French leader Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen qualified for what promises to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff on Apr. 24, pitting a pro-European economic liberal against a far-right nationalist. The duel starts this week after the two came out on top in Sunday’s first-round vote. The centrist Macron is heading to…

As the West continues to hit Russia with sanctions over the country’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is having trouble finding support in the United States. Prior to the war, a YouGov poll in January found that Republicans viewed Putin more favorably than members of Democratic leadership. This sentiment has largely changed, with Putin’s…

At least 50 people were killed on Friday after a missile hit a train station where thousands of people had gathered to flee in eastern Ukraine, authorities said. Officials said many of the wounded had lost limbs and were being operated on after the strike in the city of Kramatorsk, which President Volodymr Zelenskyy said was…

SpaceX launched its first private charter flight to the International Space Station on Friday. The four-man team blasted off on Friday for more than a week’s stay as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. If all goes as planned, the three rich businessmen and their escort, retired NASA…

Food prices jumped nearly 13% in March to a record high as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for commodities like grains and vegetable oil. The “massive supply disruptions” it is causing threaten millions of people in Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere with hunger and malnourishment, the United Nations said Friday. The…

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister has asked NATO members for more help in the war against Russia. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said there is an urgent need to further support Ukraine with air defense systems, anti-tank weapons, and more. Stoltenberg is “certain” the need will be addressed.  “My agenda is very simple, it’s weapons, weapons, and weapons,”…

Millions of Ukrainian refugees have continued to cross the Polish border in search of safety and a new life. Among them are some of Ukraine’s most vulnerable: orphans. Straight Arrow News met with Peter Zagarsky, the headmaster at an orphanage in Kaweczynek, Poland. He’s been caring for 24 children from Lutsk, Ukraine. The orphanage’s name translates…

The worldwide backlash to the photos and videos of dead bodies coming out of Bucha, Ukraine continued with the United States issuing additional sanctions against Russia. The sanctions, announced by the White House Wednesday, target Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…

As consumers deal with skyrocketing prices for gasoline and other commodities, oil executives defended themselves in Congress from charges by lawmakers that they are gouging Americans, saying that they are boosting energy output and no single company sets the price of fuel. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and…

More than 60 percent of the 3.5 million Ukrainians who have fled their country are landing in Poland, according to the United Nations. With Polish train stations and other central hubs full of refugees, local families have continually volunteered their own homes as shelter. The Andrzejewski family in Warsaw said it connected with Ukrainians Luda and…