French people voted on Sunday in the first round of high-stakes snap parliamentary elections which could see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic first. The vote could put the far-right in power in France for the first time since the Nazi occupation in World War II.(AP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} …
Indian-American politician Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she is planning to vote for Donald Trump despite the former president “has not been perfect” on policies important to her, but President Joe Biden “has been a catastrophe.” Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at the Hudson Institute in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Haley says she …
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Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, November 2, 2023. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take steps to restore trust in his government amid reports he …
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People, including Russian law enforcement officers, walk near St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin’s Spasskaya Tower, as a pigeon flies over Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/files Acquire Licensing Rights Russia preparing ‘loyalty agreement’ legislation Foreigners may be forbidden from criticism of state policy Russia could forbid criticising Soviet history …
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts after meeting with Brazilian citizens, who were repatriated from the Gaza Strip, upon arrival at the Air Force base of Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Acquire Licensing Rights BRASILIA, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Paulo Gonet, Brazil’s electoral attorney general, has emerged as President Luiz Inacio …
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BUENOS AIRES, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Argentina will vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa taking on libertarian outsider Javier Milei to determine the future of the region’s second largest economy. Massa or Milei will replace outgoing center-left President Alberto Fernandez, also of the Peronist movement founded by …
Of the 35 registered voters in the village, 17 are women and 18 are men. The Assembly elections in five states are currently underway. While voting took place in Chhattisgarh and Mizoram on November 7, Rajasthan is due to vote on November 25. Ahead of this, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has set up …
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Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency, attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with graduates of the country’s military higher education institutions at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2023. Sputnik/Yegor Aleev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MOSCOW, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief said …
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WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand by his party’s hardliners for a partisan bill. The Democratic-majority Senate voted 88-9 to pass the measure to avoid the federal government’s fourth …
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A one hundred Argentine peso bill sits on top of several one hundred U.S. dollar bills in this illustration picture taken October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BUENOS AIRES, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Argentina’s troubled peso currency is at risk of suffering another devaluation after October’s presidential election or a potential second …