European Union and Australia agree on text of free trade pact and announce a new defense partnership

By The Associated Press
March 23, 2026 | 8:42 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia: (AP) — European Union and Australia agree on text of free trade pact and announce a new defense partnership.

What to know about the protests over a Trump family-linked resort in Albania

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2026 | 12:04 AM

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania. The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership. But the venture, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania’s southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of long-time Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama. Kushner and Ivanka Trump found the site on a barefoot hike

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