https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ethiopia_militias001.jpg?w=281Two weeks ago, Americans and millions around the globe were glued to their televisions as votes were tallied in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and North Carolina. But as the world was consumed with elections in the United States, a
https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/2020–10–20T161707Z_1759028425_RC2GMJ941WPN_RTRMADP_3_USA-BRAZIL.JPG?imwidth=800WASHINGTON — A top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to admit Monday there is little chance the president will be declared the winner in this month’s presidential election, even though he and other key aides are still hoping
Jair Bolsonaro – already smarting from Donald Trump’s defeat – has suffered a further setback after candidates he had championed performed dismally in municipal elections. Sunday’s vote provided the first electoral opportunity to gauge the health of the Brazilian president’s anti-establishment
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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/2020–11–12T134304Z_373206317_RC2P1K9HCG5L_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-GERMANY-CUREVAC.JPG?imwidth=800 The European Commission, the European Union’s administrative branch, announced Monday a deal with to purchase 405 billion doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine from German bio-tech company CureVac. The announcement comes just days after EU officials announced a similar
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held a closed-door, low-key meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, a delicate tip-toe around the ticklish fact that France has already recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the U.S. election winner.
Written by Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, CNNLondon Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered at least 100 perfectly preserved ancient coffins, some containing mummies, and 40 statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of the capital, Cairo. Intricate painted designs are still
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has suffered a setback as most of the dozens of candidates he backed for municipal elections failed to secure victories or spots in runoffs. In more than 5,500 cities, Brazilians voted
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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including five people who worked on the premises and were in contact with one another, an internal email obtained by
Jean-Yves Le Drian is the French minister of foreign affairs. Heiko Maas is the German minister of foreign affairs. Europe and America need a transatlantic “New Deal” to adapt our partnership to global upheavals and in
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Former Nigeria midfielder Christian Obodo is traumatised after he was kidnapped in the country’s oil-rich Delta state for the second time in eight years. The 36-year-old, who spent over a decade in the Italy’s Serie
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