Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll
The former army captain won 55.2% of the vote against 44.8% for Fernando Haddad of the left-wing Workers' Party.Mr Bolsonaro's pledge to fight crime and corruption following a string of scandals have won him mass support.However critics are worried by his praise of Brazil's former dictatorship, and by his comments on race, women and homosexuality.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek re-election in 2021
After dominating European politics for well over a decade, Angela Merkel has said her fourth term as Germany’s chancellor will be her last.Speaking after disastrous regional elections in Hesse and Bavaria for her Christian Democrats and its Bavaria-only sister party, Merkel on Monday said she saw the results as a “clear signal that things can’t go on as they are”.
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Indian state government arrests at least 14 union leaders
The state government of the northern Indian state of Haryana, ruled by the Hindu-extremist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has arrested at least 14 union leaders after more than 200,000 public workers carried out a job action last Friday in solidarity with striking public transport workers at the state-owned Haryana Roadways.
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‘Brutally honest’: Public outcry forces Facebook to stop banning pics of starving Yemeni girl
A backlash prompted Facebook to stop removing posts featuring a photo of an emaciated seven-year-old Yemeni girl, which accompanied a harrowing New York Times report from the war-torn country.The atrocities in Yemen don’t make poignant headlines in Western mainstream media as often as stories about chemical weapons in Syria or ‘Russian meddling,’ as the conflict usually gets sidelined in the press, but there are notable exceptions. ‘The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s War’ was the title of a grim report published by the NYT on Friday.
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Trkish forces bombarded Syrian Kurdish Y,P.G. militia positions east of Euphrates: Anadolu
Turkish forces bombarded Kurdish Y..P,G, militia positions on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Sunday.The move comes two days after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issued what he said was a “final warning” to those who would endanger Turkey’s borders, saying Ankara was determined to focus its attention on Syrian Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates.
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Thai Billionaire Owner Of Leicester City Dies In Helicopter Crash After Premier League Match
The duty-free tycoon and owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, died in a helicopter crash outside of the club’s King Power Stadium following the Foxes’ Premier League match on Saturday night.
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90% of world's children are breathing toxic air, WHO study finds
Poisonous air is having a devastating impact on billions of children around the world, damaging their intelligence and leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to a report from the World Health Organization.
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Israeli strike 'kills Gaza youths planting bomb'
Three Palestinian youths have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian officials say.Gaza's health ministry said the dead were boys aged 13 and 14.The Israeli military said it targeted suspected militants who approached the border fence and "were apparently involved in placing" a bomb next to it.Hamas, the militant Islamist group which dominates Gaza, accused Israel of targeting civilians.
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