Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva elected as the new President of Brazil
Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro Sunday in an extremely tight election
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Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister after 45 days
Liz Truss resigned as UK prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that saw her announce a massive package
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Clashes erupt between Armenia and Azerbaijan again
At least 49 Armenian and 50 Azerbaijani military were killed on Tuesday in the clashes, with both Yerevan and Baku
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Liz Truss elected as UK’s next Prime Minister
Liz Truss was named leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain’s next Prime Minister on Monday, taking power at a time when
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Iraq in political turmoil after Shiite cleric resigns
Iraq’s long-running power struggle between rival Shiite camps devolved into bloody street violence this week – the culmination of months
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At least 21 protesters killed during anti-government protests in Sierra Leone
Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country’s youth minister told CNN
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: PM residence set on fire
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign next Wednesday, after months of protest against him amid an unprecedented economic crisis.
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Poland-Belarus border crisis deepens, thousands of migrants left stranded on border
Thousands of people, many of them Kurds arriving from the Middle East, are camping at the border with Poland, enduring
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Norway’s Labor party wins the election, Jonas Gahr Støre set to become new PM
Norway’s left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has had a landslide win in a general election
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Angela Merkel visits Kremlin one last time before stepping down following September’s election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia’s treatment of imprisoned Kremlin
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