Chinese President Xi Jinping has hosted a military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

BUCHAREST – Voters in Romania were casting ballots Sunday in municipal elections, which are being viewed as a test of how the next general election on Dec. 6 will unfold for the country’s minority-led government. The left-leaning PSD remains the strongest party in Romania’s parliament, despite losing its governing majority. Next, in the country’s presidential election last November, Dancila suffered a crushing defeat to the NLP’s former leader. “We vote for a better town, wishing for cleaner streets, no stray dogs, cows and horses in the street and no more garbage in town,” Sulina resident Eugenia Radu said. “If nothing good happens (after the election), we will vote against them the next time."