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Peruvians to vote for the country's new leader Sunday

02:18 Peruvians will go to the polls Sunday to elect their fifth president in five years but whoever wins, the country's ongoing political crisis is unlikely to end.Polls show the two c

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COVID-19 blamed for large increase in U.S. deaths

A COVID-19 patient arrives outside Maimonides Medical Center, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. /Reuters New U.S. government data shows that the country saw somewhere around 600,000 more deat

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Brazil Supreme Court judge annuls ‘Lula’ conviction

03:10 Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is again in the spotlight of Brazilian politics, following a Supreme Court decision that opens a path for him to run for re-e

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Germany boosts own vaccine makers in race for COVID-19 jab

Germany says it is providing up to 750 million euros ($892 million) to support three domestic pharmaceutical companies that are developing vaccines against the new coro

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Drug smuggling cat escapes from Sri Lankan prison

A cat, who was detained for transporting drugs into Sri Lanka's Welikada Prison, has escaped from a heavily guarded prison, days after it was caught by intelligence of

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US unemployment sees surprise improvement in May

The unemployment rate in the US improved unexpectedly last month raising hopes that economic damage tied to the pandemic will be less harmful than feared.The unemployme