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Slovak PM concedes defeat in parliamentary election

Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini conceded defeat early Sunday to the opposition party Ordinary People (OLaNO) in the country's parliamentary election. The latest vote count showed that the cent

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Exit poll gives anti-corruption party wide lead in Slovak election

Slovak opposition movement Ordinary People (OLANO) holds a strong lead in the EU member country's parliamentary election, an exit poll released on Saturday suggested.The poll was in line with forecas

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Trump calls Democrats' criticism of coronavirus control a 'new hoax'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at Democrats who have criticized his administration's handling of the coronavirus spread, a deadly disease that has cla

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Thai prime minister survives vote of no confidence

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Friday, a week after a court ban on 11 op

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SpaceX gets approval to build Mars spaceship at Port of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a permit that allows U.S. private space company SpaceX to use a site at the Port of Los Angeles to build its Mars aerospace parts, local media reported Wedn

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Spain opens talks with Catalonia over separatist conflict

Spain’s prime minister and the leader of Catalonia will open formal talks Wednesday in hopes of resolving the festering political crisis provoked by the region’s separa

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Malawi to hold repeat presidential poll on May 19

Malasi’s President Peter Mutharika speaks during a past United Nations General Assembly in New York. A court overturned the result of last year’s vote, citing widespread irregularities. /Reuters

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Lesotho’s ruling party wants PM to step down immediately

Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Motsoahae Thabane arrives to attend the 30th African Union Summit at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu

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PepsiCo buys Chinese snack brand Be & Cheery for $705 million

VCG PepsiCo Inc has agreed to buy Chinese snack brand Be Cheery from local jujube maker Haoxiangni Health Food Co Ltd for 705 million U.S. dollars, the companies said.The U.S. multinational fo

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Voting begins in Iran's parliamentary election: state TV

Voting began in the Iranian parliamentary election on Friday as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was seen cast the first vote on the state television. "The electi

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Voting begins in Iran's parliamentary election: state TV

Voting began in the Iranian parliamentary election on Friday as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was seen cast the first vote on the state television. "The electi

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California will apologize to Japanese Americans for internment camps

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) California is set to apologize to Japanese Americans for its role in forced internment during World War II.After the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, m

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Israeli opposition leader urges Netanyahu to step down amid pending corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, Benny Gantz, said Tuesday Netanyahu could not carry out his state duties after his corruption trial will be ope

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Iran's top leader says high turnout in elections can disappoint U.S.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for a high turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections to disappoint the United States. "Elections n

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Putin Says Russians Should Be Directly Involved in Adoption of Constitutional Amendments

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the adoption of amendments to the Russian constitution should involve the direct participation of people via an a

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Iran starts parliamentary elections

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's parliamentary election campaign officially started across the country on Thursday. According to Iran's Guardians Council of Constitution, the main entity in charge

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UN Security Council endorses outcome of Berlin Conference on Libya

The Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to endorse the outcome of last month's Berlin Conference on Libya. Resolution 2510 won the support of 14 of the 15 members of the Security Coun