Election

By Karan Deep Singh NEW DELHI — The forecast was mathematically based, government-approved and deeply, tragically wrong. In September 2020, eight months before a deadly COVID-19 second wave struck India, government-appointed scientists…
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By Katie Benner  WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Trump administration, has told the Justice Department watchdog and congressional investigators that one of his deputies tried to help former President…
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By Shane Goldmacher and Rachel Shorey NEW YORK - Despite departing from office and being barred from the leading social media platforms, former President Donald Trump was the Republican Party’s most dominant fundraiser in the early months…
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By Mitra Taj and Julie Turkewitz LIMA — His parents were peasant farmers who never learned to read. As a child, he walked hours to school, before becoming a teacher himself. Then, two months ago, he burst onto Peru’s national political…
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 By P. K. Balachandran COLOMBO - Given the intense speculation that incumbent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be replaced by his brother Basil Rajapaksa as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate in the 2024 Presidential…
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By Neville Anthony GALLE - Football Sri Lanka (FSL) election held on Wednesday (30) for the top post, was a nail-biting affair, but former General Secretary Jaswar Umar prevailed over Dr. Manil Fernando to become the FSL’s new President…
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By Simon Marks and Abdi Latif Dahir ADDIS ABABA - Dozens of people were killed after an airstrike hit a busy market in northern Ethiopia on Tuesday (22), according to three doctors and a UN official, as fighting renewed in the restive…
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PARIS - France's centre-right Republicans party is on course to finish top in the first round of regional elections Sunday (20), ahead of the far-right National Rally which appears to have performed below expectations in key areas, early…
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TEHRAN - Iran's conservative press on Sunday (20) celebrated the presidential election win of ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi while the marginalized reformist camp engaged in deep soul-searching. "The Dawn of a New Era," read the…
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