Running for reelection, the ruling Law and Justice party is flailing in every direction to keep its populist credibility, but its latest pivot may have far-reaching implications

PM Magdalena Andersson, who heads a left-wing coalition, is trying to fend off right-wing rivals, including a party that has tried to rebrand away from far-right image

Both candidates are seen as a challenge to the status quo of politics in Colombia; turnout said to be key as voters head to the polls to vote in runoffs

Nationalists gain over 40% of French votes, coming closer than ever to the Élysée Palace and entrenching racism and xenophobia in the mainstream

In new book 'Twilight of Democracy,' Anne Applebaum describes how her former friends helped bring about the Trump era, Brexit, and authoritarian governments in Poland and Hungary

Populist incumbent's campaign engaged in anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric, warning voters that his liberal opponent would sell out Polish families to Jewish interests

Election widely seen as referendum on Poland's future after several years in which ruling Law and Justice Party shifted country increasingly rightward

Center-right Ordinary People party captures 25% of vote and 53 of 150 seats in parliament, ending reign of country's long-dominant but scandal-tainted leftist party

Trupa Trupa vocalist and songwriter Grzegorz Kwiatkowski -- shaped by his ancestors' imprisonment at Stutthof concentration camp -- speaks truth to power through punk poetry

Pontiff says doctrine that has gained popularity in Western world is born of 'selfish indifference,' gives rapid rise to hatred