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Paris: France went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a crunch election that is expected to leave the far right as the dominant force in a divided and paralysed parliament. President Emmanuel Macron called the snap elections three years ahead of time after his forces were trounced in...
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A West African leaders' summit opens on Sunday amid political turmoil after the military rulers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cemented a breakaway union at a rival meeting. Junta leaders' meeting overshadows West African summit The three countries announced they were forming a new confederation,...
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Hamas has accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source told Reuters on Saturday. The militant Islamist group has dropped a demand that Israel first...
Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
San Francisco Chronicle 2024-07-06
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Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili
The News-Gazette 2024-07-06
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests...
Biden digs in as Democrats consider forcing him out of presidential race
The News International 2024-07-06
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Biden told reporters he had spoken to at least 20 lawmakers and that they were telling him to stay. Asked about Warner's call for him to go, Biden said, "Well, Mark Warner, to my understanding, is the only one considering that." At the rally, Biden said he was thankful for the support of his vice...
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MANILA – Following last month’s near-fatal showdown over the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, the Philippines and China have resumed diplomatic contacts in a bid to defuse dangerously rising tensions in the South China Sea. On July 2, at the latest round of the so-called Bilateral Consultation...
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Hungary's Orbán arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin, a rare visit from a European leader
Manila Bulletin 2024-07-05
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Orbán's press chief said Friday, a rare visit to Russia by a European leader since it invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. Orbán's visit comes only days after he...
France braces for potential political earthquake: a far-right surge. What to know about the election
The Los Angeles Times 2024-07-05
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For decades, there’s been a strong political taboo in France against a far-right party coming to power. Now, just weeks before the showcase Summer Olympics begin in Paris, the nationalist-populist National Rally is making its most concerted bid ever to do just that. In Sunday’s second and final...
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