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Venezuelans voted in an election widely expected to return incumbent President Nicolas Maduro to office amid an opposition boycott. Maduro, the widely unpopular political heir to the late leftist firebrand Hugo Chavez, has promised an « economic revolution » if re-elected on Sunday, having presided over an implosion of Venezuela’s once oil-rich economy since taking office in 2013.…
Muqtada Al-Sadr, the Shia cleric whose bloc beat expectations to come out on top in Iraq’s parliamentary vote, has met incumbent Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, ushering in what could be a long period of negotiations over the formation of a new government. The two leaders met in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, late on Saturday, hours after the electoral…
The US promised to put $150 billion in punitive tariffs on hold, while China agreed to « significantly increase » its imports of US goods, including energy and agricultural products.
Keaton Jennings (left) helped Alex Davies put on 175 for the first wicket at Old Trafford Royal London One-Day Cup, Emirates Old Trafford Lancashire 314-7 (50 overs): Davies 147, Jennings 73, Clark 48*; Rimmington 3-64 Durham 122 (31.1 overs): Bailey 2-16, Parry 2-20, Mennie 2-24, Parkinson 2-29, Livingstone 2-30 Lancashire beat Durham by 192 runs…
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Hardworking. Funny. Loving. Grieving family and friends recalled the endearing qualities of some of the victims of Friday’s mass shooting at a Texas high school, as authorities on Saturday released the names of the 10 killed. Eight of the 10 were students: Kimberly Vaughan, Shana Fisher, Angelique Ramirez, Christian Riley…
A small group of developers for Apple platforms has banded together to request new features and policies from Apple, and its members say they have ideas for ways to make it easier to make a living on the platform, Wired reports. They’re calling it « The Developers Union, » and they launched a website where devs can sign…
Israeli public relations efforts to turn attention away from inconvenient realities and to distract public opinion rest in large part on promoting simplified, dumbed-down messages. Those can be easily parroted by complicit media outlets, think tanks, pundits, as well as by some journalists who prefer the sensationalism of « Iranian mullahs », « Hezbollah plots » and « Hamas terrorists »…
The Queen leaving Windsor Castle the day after the royal wedding (Picture: Reuters/Dylan Martinez)The Queen was spotted leaving Windsor Castle fresh faced as she went to church this morning following the royal wedding. She was the first member of the wedding party to be snapped leaving the castle where her grandson Prince Harry married Meghan…
As Indonesia marks 20 years since the overthow of former leader General Muhammad Suharto, a meme featuring the notorious president has become a hit on the internet and on buses and minivans all over Indonesia’s cities. The meme first circulated several years ago and tends to resurface every year around the anniversary of Suharto’s resignation. It…
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