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EU chief Charles Michel on Sunday called for an investigation into election “irregularities” in Georgia after a disputed vote that showed a win for the ruling party accused of moving towards Russia’s orbit.Jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili called for mass protests to contest the result, with the pro-Western opposition denouncing the elections as “stolen”.The European …

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Japan’s ruling coalition has lost its majority after snap elections, Japanese media projected early Monday, in a major blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Ishiba, 67, called Sunday’s election only days after taking office on October 1, aiming to bolster his position and that of his scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed Japan …

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that what he called Israel’s “precise and powerful” strikes on Iran had been a success, as his country’s forces pounded targets in Gaza and Lebanon.The previous day’s strikes by Israeli planes on military targets in Iran had fed fears that the Middle East was spiralling towards an ever …

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Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said gunmen fired a hail of bullets at his car Sunday as he traveled to a radio interview in the central city of Cochabamba, wounding his driver.”The car in which I arrived has 14 bullet holes,” said Morales, adding: “This was planned. The idea was to kill Evo.”The radio station …

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Donald Trump rallies supporters Sunday at a famous New York arena while Kamala Harris goes neighborhood to neighborhood in Philadelphia just over a week before America votes in an extraordinarily close White House race.Trump’s gathering at the nearly 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden was expected to draw a blitz of coverage in the Republican’s home city, …

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that Israel’s “precise and powerful” strikes on Iran had been a success, as his country’s forces pounded targets in Gaza and Lebanon.The previous day’s strikes by Israeli planes on military targets in Iran had fed fears that the Middle East was spiralling towards an even wider conflict and …

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Georgia plunged into political turmoil on Sunday after the ruling party declared victory in parliamentary elections decried by the opposition as “falsified”.The European Union had warned that Saturday’s vote, seen as a crucial test of democracy in the Caucasus country, would determine Tbilisi’s chances of joining the bloc.A group of international observers said the vote …

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Despite Barcelona’s rapid revival under Hansi Flick, Real Madrid were confident heading into Saturday’s La Liga Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu.They had every reason to be.The reigning Spanish and European champions had gone 42 matches unbeaten in the league, one short of the all-time record held by their arch-rivals.They flexed their muscles in midweek, thrashing …

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Lithuania votes in the second round of its general election on Sunday, likely to replace the ruling conservatives with a centre-left coalition amid security concerns about neighbouring Russia.The Social Democratic Party won the most seats in the first round of voting two weeks ago, and were readying to take power in a shift that is …

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