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Survey: Afghans slightly more optimistic about future
Afghans are slightly more optimistic about the future than they were last year, despite a stagnant economy and near-constant attacks by a revitalized Taliban, according to the results of a nationwide poll released Tuesday.
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Polls open in central Barcelona and Sant Julia de Ramis
Polls have opened across Catalonia in a hotly contested election aimed at breaking a bitter deadlock over the region's independence drive.
Voting began at 9 a.m. on Thursday and the nearly 2,700 polling stations will remain...
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Junts per Catalunya candidate Jordi Turull votes in Barcelona
Voters in Catalonia faced a momentous choice in elections on Thursday for their regional parliament: either support political parties that are determined to keep up the pressure to turn their region into Europe's newest country, or opt...
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Ex-FARC rebel to run for Colombia presidency
Colombia's demobilised guerilla movement nominated Rodrigo Londono Wednesday to run for president in the South American nation's election next year, keeping the former top commander at the helm of the rebels' nascent political party.
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Communist supporters mark Bolshevik Revolution centennial
Thousands of Russian Communist Party members and supporters marched across downtown Moscow on Tuesday to mark the centennial of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, even as the Russian government is ignoring the anniversary.
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After Trump's report, China urges US to accept its rise
The Chinese government on Tuesday criticised US President Donald Trump's decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to accept China's rise in its own way.
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua...
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Italian populist movement criticises Trump ahead of Jerusalem announcement
A prominent Italian parliamentarian from the Five Star Movement has condemned US President Donald Trump's expected announcement to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as a "stupid choice."
According to MP...
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EU extends approval for weed killer claimed to harm health
The European Union has approved a five year extension of the use of the weed killer glyphosate in a move that failed to satisfy both environmentalists and farmers.
After a drawn-out process, the EU backed the extension with...
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Poland against EU plan to cut funds to countries where rule of law threatened
Poland said Monday that it will oppose a European Union proposal to cut funding to countries where the rule of law is deemed under threat, calling it unfair political pressure that would hurt Poland while letting other countries off the...
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Santos sees Colombia peace deal safe under hawkish successor
As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos prepares to step down, he says he's confident that his crowning achievement - the peace deal with leftist rebels that brought him a Nobel Peace Prize - will survive despite sharp criticism of it...
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Trump: 'Who gets attacked more than me?'
After President Donald Trump announced that a man was apprehended by authorities in connection with the mail-bomb scare of suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats, he asked a crowd at the White House, "Who gets attacked more than...
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'Who gets attacked more than me?' Trump asks at Black Leadership Summit
After President Donald Trump announced that a man was apprehended by authorities in connection with the mail-bomb scare of suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats, he asked a crowd at the White House, "Who gets attacked more than...
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Trump: 'Who gets attacked more than me?'
After President Donald Trump announced that a man was apprehended by authorities in connection with the mail-bomb scare of suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats, he asked a crowd at the White House, "Who gets attacked more than...
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AP Poll: Majority says President tried to obstruct
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AP Poll: Majority says President tried to obstruct
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Survey: Many Russians regret collapse of Soviet Union
An opinion survey has shown that up to two thirds of Russians regret the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Taiwanese reject China’s idea for unification
After Taiwan's ruling party lost a suite of midterm local elections in November, public support for President Tsai Ing-wen fell to its lowest ever with about 24 percent voicing approval.
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Actor who plays president on TV leads Ukraine race
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spent more than 20 years as a comedian in Ukraine peppering his stand-up routines with imitations of politicians.