In one of the most predictable results of the sporting year, Iga Swiatek routed 12th seed Jasmine Paolini to claim her fourth French Open in five years and thus maintain the parallels with her idol Rafael Nadal.
A rising political newcomer hoping to deal a blow to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Budapest on Saturday in a final show of strength on the eve of a European Parliament election. Péter Magyar, a 43-year-old lawyer who in a matter of months has built up Hungary's strongest opposition party, hopes to use a good showing in Sunday's EU elections to propel himself and his movement toward defeating the nationalist Orbán in the next national ballot scheduled for 2026. Once an insider within Orbán's Fidesz party, Magyar has gained quick prominence through publicly accusing the prime minister and his allies of corruption and anti-democratic tendencies.
Jun. 8—With the support of a community panel review, the Region 2 Arts Council Board of Directors recently granted $42,000 to fund arts activity in the community through the Artists Engage Community Grant program. Artists Engage Community Grants help fund artists planning to engage the community through high-quality, accessible arts activities to people in Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake ...