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A far-right extremist who became the object of a month-long manhunt after threatening a top doctor fighting Covid-19, appears to have killed himself, authorities in Belgium said Sunday.

The body of a Belgian soldier with far-right views who went missing in mid-May after taking weapons from a military base has been found, officials say. Jürgen Conings, a 46-year-old shooting instructor, was found dead in a wooded area near the Dutch border. Conings, who was on a watch-list for...

The Russian International Affairs Council’s Andrey Kortunov joins Fareed to lay out how the Geneva meeting between the two leaders was perceived in Russia.

Cristiano Ronaldo turned on the style with a superb back-heel flick during Portugal vs Germany – but Didi Hamann was less than impressed. Ronaldo, whose Portugal side suffered a considerable blow in their efforts to progress to the Euro 2020 knockout stages after being defeated by Germany on Saturday, scored in the first-half of the contest to give his side the lead.

Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday hosted the largest pride parade in Central Europe. In its early years, a mayor twice banned the parade, saying he feared it would promote homosexuality. Rainbow Railroad executive director Kimahli Powell joined CBSN's Lana Zak with more.

My journey to Germany was, well… interesting. After the European Union lifted restrictions on American citizens to travel to its 27 member states on June 16, we decided it would be a good idea to get someone from TPG to be there as the borders opened to nonessential travel. Because Germany is a member of the EU, we figured this decision by the EU included Germany. In fact, we were under the impression that as of June 18, Germany’s borders were open.

Belgian police have said a body has been found in the search for a fugitive far-right soldier who was the target of a huge manhunt. Hundreds of security forces scoured a swath of north-east Belgium after the disappearance on 17 May of Jurgen Conings, who was on an anti-terrorism watchlist, had threatened a senior virologist involved in the country’s Covid-19 programme and had hoarded heavy weaponry.

Russian disinformation is so yesterday. Vladimir Putin speaks the gospel truth, now that he’s declared Joe Biden is not the senile old fool he’s been painted to be by a hostile media, especially in Russia. Biden is a “professional” who is “completely knowledgeable on all issues,” the former KGB case...

If the whole Super League debacle put people in the very awkward and uncomfortable position of having to side with UEFA, they can feel assured that UEFA was always going to do everything it could to squander that capital. It didn’t take them long. UEFA has opened an investigation into...

France is voting in the first round of regional elections that could see Marine Le Pen‘s far-right party make gains and step further into the political mainstream. In Sunday’s election, new assemblies will be elected for mainland France’s 13 regions and 96 departments, with Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) tipped to win at least one region for the first time in what would be a major coup.

Self-proclaimed “wild woman” Manisha Berger has been walking for eight months and is not ready to stop anytime soon. Despite having pet horses with her, Berger has been travelling by foot since September 2020 on a journey through Europe that she says made her mind “more clear”. The 27-year-old says...

MUNICH (AP) — Hungary may play its final group game at the European Championship in a stadium lit up in rainbow colors. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter said Sunday he was going to write to UEFA to ask for permission for Germany’s stadium to be lit up with the colors as a sign against homophobia and intolerance when the team plays Hungary on Wednesday.