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Brazil's top court allows Copa America despite virus worries

An aerial view of the Nilton Santos stadium ahead of Copa America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8, 2021. /CFP Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday gave its go-ahead for the Copa America footba

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El Salvador approves law to make bitcoin legal tender

El Salvador has approved a law that will classify Bitcoin as legal tender in the Latin American country, its president announced, making it the world's first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency."The #Bi

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Tight result between leftist and right-wing presidential candidates

01:50 The leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has narrowly overtaken his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential vote count following this past weekend's

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Israel's parliament to vote on new government on Sunday: report

Israel's parliament on Sunday will vote on approving a new government that would unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Army Radio said on Tuesday, quoting parliamentary speaker Yariv Lev

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Mexicans vote to decide thousands of public positions

02:42 Mexico is holding its midterm elections today, in a broad-ranging vote that will decide thousands of public positions for the next six years. And while President Lopez Obrador isn

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Nevada lawmakers pass bill that would make it first presidential primary state

The Nevada state Senate passed a bill on Monday that calls for making the state the first to hold a presidential primary in the 2024 election.The Nevada Senate passed t

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Peru's presidential candidates debate ahead of vote

02:24 In the last week before the presidential elections in Peru, candidates Keiko Fujimori on the right and leftist Pedro Castillo went head to head in a final debate before the vote.C

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Russian Lower House of Parliament Unanimously Backs Pullout From Open Skies Treaty

The lower house house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously decided to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty during a plenary session."Support is unanimous",

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Multibillion-dollar investments inked at Silk Road intl expo

A host of cooperation deals involving investments of 158.3 billion yuan ($24.6 billion) were signed at the Fifth Silk Road International Exposition, which closed Saturday in Xi'an, capital of northwe

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DFB restructures leadership as president Fritz Keller steps down

Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association (DFB). /CFP Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Association (DFB), and Friedrich Curtius, general secretary of the organiz

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APD | Oli is India's choice: Indian BJP Leader

By APD writer Shristi KafleIndian Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has claimed that Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is the choice of India. He made

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Nepal PM Oli loses confidence vote in parliament

Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday.Out of the 232 lawmakers present, 93 voted in favor of Oli while 124 were against him and 15 did not vote, Parliam

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Scottish National Party wins vote to set up independence clash

62 percent of Scots opposed Brexit, electing to remain in the European Union, even as Wales and England opted to leave the bloc. /AP Scotland is headed for a protracted showdown with the U.K.

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Israel president gives opposition chief Lapid mandate to form govt

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (R) signs a letter of appointment to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entrusting the latter with forming the next government at the President's residence

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Somalia's Farmajo designates PM to spearhead election process

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo speaks during the inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, Feb. 22, 2017. /Xinhua Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Fa

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UN, France call for full withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya

FILE PHOTO: Militants that were loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar pictured near the coastal city of Derna on April 14, 2018. /VCG The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-Gener

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Armenia PM resigns ahead of snap polls

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday announced his resignation while retaining interim duties, formalizing a parliamentary vote to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a political cris