What Ukraine Has Lost Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in the village of Shyrokyne, near the town of Mariupol, on Feb. 18, 2015. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party won a third term in India’s general election, but it suffered its worst-ever losses in the vote, according to preliminary results.

By JONATHAN S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The residents of Gaza are pinning their hopes on a new truce proposal, but they remain skeptical that it will bring an end to the Israeli military offensive that has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians and displaced tens of thousands more.

The European Union is facing a crisis of legitimacy, with the rise of populist, nationalist parties that are challenging the very foundations of the bloc. These parties, which have gained significant ground in recent years, are united by their opposition to immigration, their skepticism of globalization, and their rejection of the EU’s institutions and values.

City Claudia Sheinbaum, a 56-year-old engineer and former head of the city’s environmental department, won the election for mayor of Mexico City on Sunday, making her the first woman to lead the capital in its 230-year history.

By: Yair Rosenberg On July 1, 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a left-wing populist, was sworn in as the president of Mexico. He is the first Jewish president in the country’s history.

Claudia Sheinbaum, a 56-year-old engineer and former cabinet member, has been elected as Mexico’s new president. She is the first woman to hold the position and is expected to take office on December 1.

Floods in southern Germany have broken dams and submerged highways, as the region grapples with the worst flooding in more than a century. The German government has declared a disaster in the state of Bavaria, where at least 13 people have died and hundreds more are missing.

Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has been a polarizing figure since he took office in 2009. His tenure was marked by allegations of corruption, economic mismanagement, and a disregard for the rule of law.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s leftist presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, won a landslide victory on Sunday, ending seven decades of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and ushering in a new era of politics in Latin America’s second-largest economy.