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Orban, 62, had won endorsements from President Donald Trump and some top European conservatives, but early results showed ‌his nationalist Fidesz party losing to Peter Magyar’s pro-EU Tisza party due to Hungary’s economic stagnation.

The proposal would change how retirement benefits are calculated, increase contributions, and gradually raise the retirement age.

PAGO PAGO (Pacific Media Network/Pacnews) — As the Artemis II crew prepared for splashdown, Pacific eyes were on Dr. Christina Koch, the first woman to travel into deep space and her unique connection to the people of American Samoa.

The more likely track now shows the system passing south of Guam late Sunday night into early Monday, a shift from the wider range of possibilities forecasters were weighing just 24 hours earlier.

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — A dispute over the value of Malakal Port in Palau is threatening to derail a major national project tied to U.S. military expansion.

“I have been asked by some in the legislature to declare a state of emergency based on the fear of a fuel shortage. A fear that is being stoked by the attorney general,” the governor said in a special video message to the public.

The confrontation between the world’s two top economies has evolved from ‌slapping tit-for-tat tariffs to managing tensions following numerous rounds of trade talks, as well as phone calls and a meeting between their presidents last year.

(Right to Democracy) — On April 2, 2026, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court took up the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Trump v. Barbara, a criminal defendant in Alaska is relying on the Citizenship Clause to defend against allegations he “falsely” claimed to be a…

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan will strengthen its defenses of the ​Pratas as China steps up its activities around the islands which lie at the top ‌end of the South China Sea, the minister in charge of Taiwan’s coastguard said on Thursday.

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) — At a time ​of international turbulence the world does not need a crisis over Taiwan, the leader ‌of the island’s largest opposition party said on Wednesday ahead of a trip to China, adding she is seeking reconciliation.