Former President Mauno Koivisto, who in the 1980s and 1990s guided Finland from the shadow of the crumbling Soviet Union and into the European Union, has died at a hospital in Helsinki. He was 93. The office of the Finnish presidency announced the death early Saturday. Koivisto’s wife, Tellervo, said earlier this year that he

At least five people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday during protests in Ivory Coast’s second-biggest city, Bouake, against an army mutiny over bonuses, according to a witness. Mutinous soldiers have now opened up access to the city, a leader of the uprising and Bouake residents said, allowing vehicles to move in and out for

Emmanuel Macron has been sworn in as the new president of France. The handover took place in a formal ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Former president Francois Hollande handed over the reins of power to his successor in a ceremony heavy with protocol. “We are at the dawn of an extraordinary renaissance. We