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Argentine far-right outsider Milei posts shock win in primary election

Argentine voters punished the country's two main political forces in a primary election on Sunday, pushing a rock-singing libertarian outsider candidate into first plac

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Guatemala's top court orders presidential ballot review

Guatemala's top court on Saturday ordered ballots from the first-round presidential election to be reviewed after the front-runner's party and allies challenged the res

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Voters go to polls in Thailand's general election

Thai voters began heading to the polling stations on Sunday morning in the Southeast Asian country's general election.The polls started at 8:00 a.m. (0100 GMT) and will

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Biden overhauls policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses

President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession a

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Second round of presidential election starts in East Timor

East Timor on Tuesday holds the second and final round of its presidential election as voters choose between Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and incumbent p

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1 in 3 Americans believe violence against gov't justified: poll

FILE PIC: American flag in Washington D.C. /Xinhua About one in three Americans believe that violence against the government can at times be justified, according to poll results reported by th

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Polls close in Hong Kong Election Committee's subsector ordinary elections

The polls have closed in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (SAR) 2021 Election Committee's (EC) subsector ordinary elections, the first elections since

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Regulations can define the best places to build and invest

Market timing — how relevant an idea is to the current state and direction of a market — is the most important factor in determining the durability of that idea.Several inputs inform market timing: Th

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Pedro Castillo declared winner of Peru's presidential election

02:21 It's official.Peru's next president ​will bePedro Castillo, ​a leftist political outsider who's never before held office. Election officials certified his victory late Monday, mor

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Assad stresses the economy as fourth term as Syrian president begins

00:24 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Saturday for a fourth seven-year term, emphasizing the importance of production, investment, and anti-corruption given the tough e

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'No Shame': Biden Knocks Republicans Touting COVID Relief Law They Voted Against

President Joe Biden on Thursday chided Republican lawmakers who voted against his $1.9 trillion economic stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill before lauding its benefits i

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Corruption and crime central features of November election in Honduras

03:17 Violent crime and corruption remain the norm in Honduras, and it’s part of daily life.The situation is so bad that tens of thousandsofHondurans prefer to flee their nation.This No

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Chilean voters choose 155 delegates to draft new document

02:28 This weekend, voters in Chile elect delegates who will write the country's new constitution.It's a milestone election - there will be gender parity among the delegates chosen maki

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Biden open to accept 25% corporate tax rate to fund spending programs

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the White House, May 5, 2021. /CFP U.S. President Joe Biden said a corporate tax rate between 25 and 28 percent could help pay

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Germany's ruling coalition settles on Laschet as Merkel's successor

01:47 Contentious negotiations over who will lead the German conservative ticket as nominee for Chancellor in September's national elections have been settled.The center-right coalition

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Lasso declared himself winner of Ecuador's presidential election

Former banker Guillermo Lasso declared himself the winner of Ecuador's presidential runoff election on Sunday, saying it was a historic day for the South American count

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Benin's presidential election begins

A polling station officer gives hydro-alcoholic gel against COVID-19 to a voter at a polling station in Pahou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Benin's presidential election kicked off on Sunday. (Photo by