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• German Greens leap in EU vote as left slumps 05/26/2019
  Germany's Green party doubled its share of the vote in Sunday's European Parliament election, leaping into second place behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and above the center-left Social Democrats.
• Support for abortion rights grows as some U.S. states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll 05/26/2019
  Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a wave of Republican-controlled state governments have imposed new restrictions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
• Teva Pharm to pay Oklahoma $85 million to settle opioid claims 05/26/2019
  Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Sunday it had agreed an $85 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma days before the company was set to face trial over allegations that it and other drugmakers helped to fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.
• Tornado tears through Oklahoma community, killing at least two 05/26/2019
  A tornado devastated a small community near Oklahoma City late on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring several more, officials said, as a succession of violent storms kept pounding the Central Plains states.
• Four killed, seven injured in three explosions in Nepali capital: police 05/26/2019
  Four people were killed and seven others injured on Sunday in three separate explosions in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, and police said they suspected a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible.
• German SPD suffers state vote rout in jolt to Merkel coalition 05/26/2019
  Germany's Social Democrats bled support in the state of Bremen on Sunday, failing to win most votes for the first time since 1946 in a major blow that could hasten the end of their national coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
• Kurz's party far ahead in Austrian EU vote, projection shows 05/26/2019
  Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's party came a clear first in European elections, the country's main projection showed on Sunday, strengthening his hand on the eve of a no-confidence motion against him in parliament.
• Trump agrees with North Korean leader Kim on Biden -White House 05/26/2019
  U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un agree on their assessment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Sunday, aligning the American president with an authoritarian foreign leader over a former U.S. vice president.