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Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa wins second term

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office, election officials said Saturday.Mnangagwa, 80, won 52.6 percent of the ballots against 44 percent

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S. Africa's Ramaphosa adds electricity minister ahead of 2024 election

solveworstAfrican President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday appointed a new electricity minister in an effort to try to solve the worst power cuts on record in the country.

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Lula takes office for third term as Brazil's president

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as president of Brazil.He defeated far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in October elections.Lula, 77, who prev

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EU ministers back $5 billion loan to Ukraine, discuss long-term options

European Union finance ministers on Friday backed a 5 billion euro ($5 billion) loan for Ukraine, according to reports. Meeting in Prague, the ministers also discussed

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Sri Lankan parliamentary speaker to formally announce president's resignation on Friday

Sri Lanka's Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has received the resignation letter of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and will formally announce his resignatio

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French president Emmanuel Macron wins second term: projections

French President Emmanuel Macron was on course Sunday to win a second term by defeating Marine Le Pen in presidential elections, projections showed.Macron was set to wi

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Vahagn Khachaturyan sworn in as Armenian president

Vahagn Khachaturyan was sworn in on Sunday as Armenian president during a special session of the parliament in the capital city Yerevan.The inauguration ceremony was at

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Public art show invigorates South China's urban scenes

Dream Unlimited, a long-term public art exhibition, brings the works of 18 internationally renowned artists from home and abroad to the Hangzhou Bay New Zone in Ningbo of Zhejiang province.Curated by

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Andrew Leung elected as president of seventh-term of HKSAR's LegCo

Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, the president of the sixth term of the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), has been elected as p

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Moon calls for sustainable peace on Korean Peninsula

President of Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in said Monday he will continue efforts to bring sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula until his term ends, calling for dialogue and cooperation with

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S. Korea's Moon likely to pardon former president Park: Yonhap

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is likely to pardon former president Park Geun-hye, who is currently serving a 22-year prison term for corruption, Yonhap News Agency

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Back to school and the COVID vaccine debate

01:37 U.S children began a new school term on Monday facing the prospect of requiring a COVID-19 vaccine to remain in class.As demands for mask mandates have led to teachers being assau

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Jailed Chadian ex-leader Hissene Habre has died, says Senegal

Former Chadian President Hissene Habre, who was serving a life jail term in Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has died aged 79, Senegalese Justice Minister Malick Sall said Tuesday.

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24 solar terms in nature: End of Heat

02:18 End of heat, or chushu in Chinese, is the 14th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on August 23 this year.Putting an end to the hot summer, it h

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Brazil court to probe president for attacks on voting system

Brazil's highest electoral body decided on Monday it will investigate far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for his constant and baseless attacks on the country's electronic voting system.The Supreme El

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Syrian president asks PM to form a new cabinet

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday renamed Hussein Arnous as prime minister and ordered him to form a new government, according to the state news agency SANA.The order came after Assad took t

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Mexico's president pursues former presidents

02:22 We may have just had a set of mid-term elections in Mexico, but the country is now a month away from another big vote - on whether the country can send former presidents to prison