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World
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International
6/10/2024 12:47:06 PM
Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections.
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World
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International
6/9/2024 11:03:57 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced he was dissolving parliament and called snap legislative elections after the far-right trounced his centrist alliance in EU polls.
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World
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International
6/9/2024 8:41:16 PM
Voting for the EU's next parliament entered its final stretch Sunday for millions of people, from Vilnius to Madrid, with early exit polls pointing to far-right gains at a pivotal time for the bloc.
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Region
6/9/2024 3:40:42 PM
Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
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World
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International
6/9/2024 10:43:07 AM
Voting began across Europe Sunday on the final -- and biggest -- day of marathon EU elections, with balloting due in 21 countries, including France and Germany, where support for surging far-right parties is being tested.
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World
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International
6/8/2024 2:03:01 PM
Nearly 400 million European Union citizens have been going to polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events.
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International
6/8/2024 1:38:34 PM
Four days of voting to choose a new European Parliament passed the halfway mark Saturday with Slovakia -- shaken by an assassination attempt last month on its premier -- and influential Italy joining in.
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World
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International
6/8/2024 1:25:57 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chief rival Rahul Gandhi was nominated on Saturday to lead India's opposition in parliament after an election result that rescued his party from the political wilderness.
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World
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International
6/8/2024 12:27:19 PM
Determining what each of the main European Union institutions does is not easy.
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World
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International
6/6/2024 10:43:22 PM
An exit poll suggested Thursday that Geert Wilders’ far-right party and a centre-left-alliance were neck-and-neck in Dutch elections for the European Union parliament.
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International
6/6/2024 9:50:55 AM
Dutch voters on Thursday kicked off a four-day election marathon across the 27 nations of the European Union -- providing an early litmus test of how far right the next EU parliament might shift.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/5/2024 4:56:09 PM
Egypt welcomed on Wednesday the decision of the Slovenian government and parliament to recognise the State of Palestine, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid.
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World
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International
6/5/2024 2:26:53 PM
It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted?
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World
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International
6/5/2024 1:49:05 PM
Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc's parliament, in a major democratic exercise that's also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/5/2024 10:00:53 AM
Slovenia's parliament on Tuesday passed a decree recognising a Palestinian state, following last week's recognition by three other European states.
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World
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International
6/4/2024 5:56:58 PM
India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had "punished" the ruling party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority.
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World
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Region
6/3/2024 4:01:19 PM
Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker registered Monday for country’s June 28 presidential election.
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World
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International
6/2/2024 10:47:19 AM
With the European Union's 370 million voters being called on to decide their next European Parliament in June 6-9 elections, here are the key issues at stake:
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World
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Region
5/31/2024 1:39:00 PM
Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Friday submitted his candidacy for a presidential election set for next month following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash, state media reported.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/30/2024 6:14:22 PM
The centrist party of Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Thursday it had submitted a bill to dissolve parliament and hold an early election.
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