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Mozambique’s ruling party re-elected, opposition holds protests

Mozambique’s ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide on Thursday as opposition supporters held scattered protests in several cities that resulted in at least one death. Daniel Chapo from the Frelimo party, which has been in power for half a century, took nearly 71 percent of the votes …

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King Charles’s Scottish retreat could become wedding venue

British head of state King Charles III’s remote private estate in the Scottish Highlands could become an exclusive location for weddings, if an application to the local council is approved.Documents submitted for consideration next week by the Licensing Board of the local Aberdeenshire Council outline plans to allow “weddings, dinners, meetings and associated events” at …

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Harris showcases Springsteen in star-studded swing state stop

Kamala Harris will stage a star-studded rally Thursday alongside Barack Obama and rock legend Bruce Springsteen, as she launches a series of battleground state concerts to juice support in the final days of a nail-biting US presidential election.The Atlanta, Georgia, rally — Harris’s first campaign stop with the only Black president in American history — …

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Venezuelan opposition figures win EU’s top rights Sakharov prize

The EU parliament awarded the bloc’s top rights Sakharov prize on Thursday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.They won the prestigious award for their fight for democracy under President Nicolas Maduro’s iron-fisted rule.Machado, 57, played a key role in Venezuela’s presidential election in July. Although …

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