Bloomberg French citizens joined global leaders to rally behind Emmanuel Macron in the aftermath of a fire that ravaged the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, giving the French President an opportunity to quell the political volatility that’s embroiled his government. Macron vowed to rebuild the 850-year-old Gothic monument, an issue that’s united the French population across the political spectrum, with ...

Bloomberg Respect among Russians for Joseph Stalin has surged to the highest level of President Vladimir Putin’s era, with 70 percent saying his rule had been good for the country, according to a poll tracking attitudes towards the Soviet dictator. A record 51 percent viewed Stalin positively in March, up from 40 percent a year earlier, the survey by the ...

Bloomberg The US’s killing of the deputy leader of an IS faction in Somalia’s Puntland will blunt the group’s ability to carry out further attacks in the semi-autonomous region that sits near a key shipping lane, Puntland’s security minister said. The US confirmed it carried out an airstrike that killed Abdulhakim Dhuqub in the northeastern Somali region. It described Dhuqub ...