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Who Is Robert Fico, the Slovakian Prime Minister?

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot and critically wounded on Wednesday in what the government called an assassination attempt. A suspect was detained at the scene, according to Slovakia’s president.

Wildfire Approaches Canada’s Largest Oil-Producing Area. Again.

A wildfire was nearing Canada’s largest oil producing region prompting the evacuation since Tuesday of about 6,600 people from Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Dutch Right-Wing Parties Reach Preliminary Deal to Form a Government

Four right-wing parties in the Netherlands said on Wednesday that they had reached a preliminary agreement to form a government that would exclude Geert Wilders, a populist politician, from becoming prime minister.

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