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EU still at odds with US over climate, trade, Russia:Council President

European Council President Donald Tusk admitted on Thursday that the bloc is still at odds with the United States over issues like climate, trade and Russia.

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Brazil mulls options to overcome political crisis

AsBrazil'sPresidentMichelTemerfacestheloomingpossibilityofbeingoustedwithhiscredibilitycriticallyerodedbyallegationsofcorruption,observersbelievethatBrazilismul

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Macron vows to cement ties with Iran after Rouhani's re-election

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed to further boost bilateral ties with Tehran after the incumbent president Hassan Rouhani was re-elected on Saturday.

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U.S. Republican lawmakers begin to distance from Trump

SomeRepublicansinU.S.CongressarebeginningtodistancethemselvesfromPresidentDonaldTrumpamidallegationsthathesharedintelwithRussia,sparkingspeculationthatmoreRepub

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Macron takes power as French president

Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest ever president on Sunday, promising at his inauguration to restore the country's lost confidence and relaunch the flagging European Union.

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Macron takes office as French president

EmmanuelMacronbecomesFrance'syoungesteverpresidentonSunday,takingoverfromSocialistFrancoisHollandeinasolemnceremony.Macron,a39-year-oldcentrist,arrivedattheElys

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Turkey voted "Yes" for constitutional amendment according to unofficial results

Turkey on Sunday voted "yes" with a narrow lead for the country's key referendum, which will shift the parliamentary system to an executive presidency and grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more authority, according to unofficial results.

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Philippines slams US drama series for depicting president making sexual advance toward secretary of state

Manila on Tuesday “strongly protested” an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making a sexual advance on the US secretary of state.

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Will Trump break record for most litigious president in U.S. history?

Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump was to rewrite the American political playbook by engaging the legal system more than any president in U.S. History, analysts predicted.

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South Korea acting president declines to extend special prosecution probe

South Korea's acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn will not extend the current special prosecutor's investigation into a graft scandal involving President Park Geun-hye beyond the Feb. 28 deadline, Hwang's office said on Monday.

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Thousands of anti-Trump protesters say 'not my president'

About 10,000 anti-Trump protesters marched in New York to shouts of "not my president!" Monday, joined by others in cities across the United States on its Presidents' Day holiday.

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Courts likely to probe Trump's intent in issuing travel ban

Washington state’s attorney general has promised to uncover "what truly motivated" President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, an approach that could prompt a rare public examination of how a U.S. president makes national security decisions.

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Trump blasts retailer Nordstrom, raising new concern on business ties

​President Donald Trump blasted department store chain Nordstrom Inc (JWN.N) on Wednesday for dropping his daughter Ivanka's clothing line, prompting critics to accuse him of misusing public office to benefit his family's sprawling business empire.

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Scandal, gaffes hurt former UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s presidential ambitions in South Korea

It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former UN chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favourite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a sceptical press.

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Former US President George H.W. Bush out of intensive care

Former US president George H.W. Bush was being transferred out of intensive care on Monday as he recovered from pneumonia, while his wife Barbara was discharged from the hospital after a bout of bronchitis, doctors said.

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Turkey at threshold for shift to presidential system

Turkey is on the threshold for shift to an executive presidential system as the parliament approved early Saturday an 18-item constitutional amendment package.