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Swiss trial over German 2006 World Cup corruption opens

Wolfgang Niersbach, Theo Zwanziger and Horst R. Schmidt (L-R) have opted to miss the start of their corruption trial. /VCG Three former German football officials and ex-FIFA Secretary General

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Biden wins Democratic primary in U.S. state of South Carolina

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the party's primary in the state of South Carolina on Saturday, multiple U.S. media projected, as the results were still coming in. With less tha

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Catalan separatists rally in France with fugitive ex-Leader

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont speaks during a rally in Perpignan, France, February 29, 2020. /Reuters Tens of thousands of people who support the idea of an independent Catalonia

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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 PM overwhelmingly survives no-confidence motion after four-day censure debate

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday overwhelmingly survived a no-confidence motion alongside five of his cabinet members. Following a four-day censure debate, the prime minister, who con

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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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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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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Considers Announcing Forthcoming Term as His Last – Report

Israel has been embroiled in a political crisis since the 2019 April and September elections when Netanyahu's Likud Party twice failed to obtain the majority needed to

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Sanders takes lead in Democratic caucuses in Nevada, U.S.

Caucusgoers in the U.S. state of Nevada gathered in their respective precincts Saturday casting vote for the Democratic presidential candidates they support, with Verm

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Sanders wins Nevada Democratic caucuses -- media

As votes were still being counted, Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from the state of Vermont and Democratic presidential candidate, obtained 54.1 percent of the county delegates Saturday and was declar

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Palestine slams Netanyahu's plan to build new settlement homes

Palestine on Thursday condemned the plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build thousands of settlement homes in Jerusalem, considering his decision "systematic destruction of the two

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Sean O'Fearghail re-elected chairperson of lower house of Irish parliament

Sean O'Fearghail has been re-elected on Thursday as chairperson of the lower house of the Irish parliament, announced Peter Finnegan, clerk of the lower house. His re-election took place during the f

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Ghani wins Afghanistan presidential polls, Abdullah rejects result

Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday evening finally declared the serving President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as the elected president for the second term, nearly five months after the 2019 pres

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Ashraf Ghani wins Afghanistan's presidential elections: election commission

Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday announced incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as the winner of Sept. 28 presidential polls. His rival and chief executive of his National Unity Gove

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Ashraf Ghani wins Afghanistan's presidential elections: election commission

Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday announced incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as the winner of Sept. 28 presidential polls. His rival and chief executive of his National Unity Gove

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U.S. Senate passes resolution limiting Trump's power to launch military operations against Iran

U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution curbing the U.S. president's ability to use military forces against Iran without congressional approval. The Republican-con

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APD | India: Aam Aadmi party win Delhi elections

By APD writer Rishika ChauhanNew Delhi, Feb. 12 (APD) - The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the Delhi assembly elections for the second time, defeating the two major national