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Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?
KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a divisive figure. For some South Africans, the controversial former president is a liberator and saviour for millions of poor people. For others, he is corrupt and ill-fit to lead. Despite having been at the forefront of some of the worst...
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Europeans want governments to focus more on curbing migration than climate change, a study says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europeans focus more on curbing immigration than on climate change and less than 15% of those interviewed across the globe consider climate issues to be among the top three priorities for their government, according to a global study on...
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North Macedonian elections set to test EU ambitions
North Macedonians go to polls to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections that can present a test for the Balkan state’s European Union ambitions. The votes on Wednesday come after Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE took a clear lead in the first round of the...
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A high-stakes report looms over Biden on whether Israel violated international law
The Biden administration is rushing to finish a high-stakes report due to Congress this week on whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law during its war in Gaza — a determination that could lead to significant repercussions and further inflame divisions at home and abroad. The...
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Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
This handout photograph taken and released by Serbia's Presidential press service, May 7, shows Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at Belgrade Airport, at the second stop of Xi's European tour after a state visit to...
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Xi’s big adventure to keep Europe open and onside
The global economy is a very different place today than it was five years ago, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping last visited Europe. Since 2019, a pandemic wreaked havoc, Joe Biden was sworn in as US president, Russia invaded Ukraine (which Beijing tacitly backed), German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
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Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever
Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. Already in office for nearly a...
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Xi's key message to Europe: cooperation
PARIS -- President Xi Jinping on Monday underscored the importance of bolstering cooperative ties between China and France as well as the European Union (EU), particularly amid escalating protectionism and raging conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. Xi, who is on a six-day trip to France, Serbia and...
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Macron is deluded if he thinks he can persuade Xi to change
Try as he might Emmanuel Macron and his party are unable to arrest the popularity of the National Rally. A month out from the European elections, the latest poll has their principal candidate, Jordan Bardella, on 32 points, double the score of Macron’s representative, Valerie Hayer. The latest head...
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Japan tells US that Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment is regrettable
Japan has described as “regrettable” U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” is stifling the Asian nation’s economic growth, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Last week Biden said “xenophobia” in economies from China to...
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