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4/2/2023 11:59:25 AM
Finns began voting on Sunday in legislative elections that could see the country take a dramatic turn to the right, as centre-right and anti-immigration parties vie to unseat Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
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3/29/2023 12:06:14 PM
President Joe Biden on Wednesday opens his second "Summit for Democracy" with pledges of nearly $700 million in funds and a joint alliance against surveillance technology as US concern mounts over China and Russia.
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International
3/29/2023 11:32:55 AM
China should not "overreact" and use a stopover in the United States by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as a "pretext" for aggression against the democratically ruled island of Taiwan, a senior US official said early Wednesday.
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Africa
3/27/2023 3:59:42 PM
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday praised Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for his “democratic principles" during a visit with the West African leader, who's facing rising discontent over inflation and fresh concerns about regional security.
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3/26/2023 3:20:02 PM
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called on troops Sunday to "end" support for authoritarian leaders as talks begin on military reforms, part of a prolonged transition to civilian rule.
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3/17/2023 7:04:17 PM
A top commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces was among nine fighters killed when two helicopters crashed in Iraq earlier this week, the group said on Friday.
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Africa
3/11/2023 5:53:04 PM
Angola said on Saturday it will send a military unit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ceasefire it brokered between rebel militiamen and government troops collapsed.
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3/4/2023 4:27:47 PM
Brussels said Saturday it was setting up a "humanitarian air bridge" to deliver aid to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the visiting French president said all sides had given support to a ceasefire next week.
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Africa
2/28/2023 6:06:26 PM
Unidentified militants have kidnapped 25 young people in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, an administrative official said on Tuesday, during attacks on several villages in the region.
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2/27/2023 10:06:00 AM
Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding economic life while maintaining a government that serves the whole country and the region.
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Foreign Affairs
2/18/2023 10:16:58 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sweilem and Vice-Prime Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Eve Bazaiba Masudi visited on Saturday the climate prediction centre in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa.
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Africa
2/17/2023 5:46:58 PM
African leaders called on Friday for all armed groups to withdraw from occupied areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of next month, the regional EAC bloc said.
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Africa
2/8/2023 10:47:46 PM
Peacekeepers killed eight civilians during an attack on a UN convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the military governor of North Kivu province said on Wednesday.
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1/30/2023 4:56:59 PM
Turkey's opposition vowed on Monday to crimp the president's powers and broadly expand democratic rights if they seize power in May 14 presidential and parliamentary polls.
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1/22/2023 10:14:51 AM
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, measures that opponents say imperil the country's democratic foundation.
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Africa
1/16/2023 7:14:30 PM
At least 14 people were killed in a church bombing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, an army spokesman said Monday, raising an earlier toll of 10 dead.
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Africa
1/15/2023 7:28:14 PM
A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others after ripping through a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an attack blamed on suspected Islamists.
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International
1/4/2023 6:13:30 PM
President Joe Biden said House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate, which has prevented the chamber from beginning its legislative business, was "embarrassing'' and "not a good look'' for the country.
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Africa
1/3/2023 6:55:57 PM
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions.
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Africa
12/28/2022 9:45:05 PM
South Sudan will send 750 soldiers to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo soon to join a regional force fighting a rebel offensive, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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