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  • No stopping Trump's way back into White House

    Although there was still no official confirmation, the Republican camp was preparing in the wee hours of Wednesday for what appears to be Donald Trump's unstoppable march back onto the White House following victories in key swing states such as Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Even the pro-Kamala Harris outlet The New York Times reckoned Trump's victory chances stood at “over 95%.”

  • Delgado and Orsi to hold presidential debate on Nov. 17

    Uruguay's Presidential candidates Álvaro Delgado and Yamandú Orsi will be debating on Nov. 17, one week before the runoff, it was announced Tuesday in Montevideo. The eristics duel will be split into five blocks, it was also agreed by the two campaign teams.

  • CFK chosen Peronist Party Chairwoman

    The Justicialist (Peronist) Party's (PJ) Electoral Board Tuesday confirmed former two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) as the new party chairwoman after no other contender challenged her "Primero La Patria" list following the dismissal of La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela's bid for allegedly lacking the necessary endorsements. CFK won by 13 votes to 1.

  • Autochtonous dengue cases reported in Argentina

    Argentine health authorities admitted that the first case of autochthonous dengue fever has been detected in the country, specifically in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and more precisely in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) Balvanera district, according to the latest issue of the Health Ministry's Epidemiological Bulletin.

  • Netanyahu sacks Defense Minister amid breach of trust

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday sacked Defense Minister Yoav Gallant amid allegations of security leaks that could have jeopardized Tel Aviv's war efforts against Iran and its terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah.

  • Dollar and bitcoin soar as Trump wins US election

    Renewable energy stocks fall, while shares in Trump’s media business rise by more than a thirdAnalysis: Trump policies mean higher pricesBusiness live – latest updatesUS election 2024 – live news updatesDonald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has sent the dollar soaring and pushed bitcoin to a fresh all-time high, while renewable energy stocks fell.Trump clinched victory on Wednesday morning after securing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Continue reading...

  • Orbán, Zelenskyy, Macron and European leaders respond to Trump’s win

    Public congratulations but private foreboding as heads of state, ministers and diplomats express hopes for cooperation and peaceUS elections 2024 – live updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerWestern leaders raced to respond to the return of Donald Trump to the White House with a powerful mandate to put his policy of “America first” into action once again. But many of the public congratulations could do little to disguise the private foreboding of what the next four years will augur for European security, populism and the world economy.Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister and the European leader closest to Trump, was one of the first to hail his ally’s victory. He posted on social media: “The biggest comeback in US political history! Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump on his enormous win. A much-needed victory for the world!” Continue reading...

  • I tried to warn Valencia’s government about flooding, but it didn’t listen | Juan Bordera

    The rightwing regional authorities ignored the climate-crisis science and dismissed the weather forecast – the consequences are their responsibilityJuan Bordera is a climate journalist and an independent MP for Compromís in the Valencian parliament It’s almost impossible to describe what we have experienced in the flooded villages and towns around the city of Valencia. Many of those villages and towns are in ruins, with at least 217 dead and others to be pulled out of the mud. There are many areas that still need urgent help. There are towns without water or electricity that have not been able to clean up. There are still flooded garages, buildings on the verge of collapse, and health problems that may result from the accumulated water.But what also defies belief is the regional Valencian government’s sheer negligence in its pre- and post-disaster management. Let me try to summarise some of the most serious shortcomings.Juan Bordera is a climate journalist and an independent MP for Compromís in the Valencian parliament. He has donated his fee for this article to a fundraiser for those affected by the stormDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

  • Clashes over budget could push Germany’s ailing coalition to collapse

    With contradictory proposals unlikely to mesh, leaders to decide whether there is scope for alliance to continueWhen, in 2021, Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats went into a “traffic light” coalition with the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, the new government was riding high on an enthusiastic spirit of cooperation.There were promises to modernise, reinvigorate and green-proof Europe’s largest economy. Germany, the coalition partners said, had sleep-walked into a complacent state during 16 years of rule under Angela Merkel. The new trio in power would jolt the country out of its hubris, and deliver it into a new era of vigour and creative transformation. That, at least, was the idea. Continue reading...

  • Ukraine war briefing: First clash with North Korean troops, say Ukrainian officials

    What was described as a ‘small engagement’ in Kursk opens a ‘new page in instability in the world’, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 987See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warNorth Korean troops in Russia have come under Ukrainian fire, a Kyiv official said on Tuesday. “The first North Korean troops have already been shelled, in the Kursk region,” said Andrii Kovalenko, a member of Ukraine’s security council. The Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov, also said, in an interview with South Korean television, that he understood the first “small engagement” had occurred with the North Koreans. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said the first battles between the Ukrainian military and North Korean troops “open a new page in instability in the world”.A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday killed six people, injured 23 and destroyed a critical infrastructure facility, Ukrainian officials said. Ivan Fedorov, the regional governor, said in a statement that a fire broke out as a result of the strike.Foreign ministers from the G7 democracies and three key allies said on Tuesday they were gravely concerned by the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and the possibility they may be used in the war against Ukraine. “The DPRK’s [North Korea] direct support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, besides showing Russia’s desperate efforts to compensate its losses, would mark a dangerous expansion of the conflict,” the ministers said. Besides G7 members the US, Japan, Italy, Britain, Germany, France and Canada, the statement was also signed by South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.The ministers said they condemned “in the strongest possible terms” increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, including Russia’s “unlawful procurement” of North Korean ballistic missiles. They said they were deeply concerned about the potential for transfer of nuclear or ballistic missile-related technology to North Korea, and would work with international partners “for a coordinated response to this new development”.An engineer at a factory that makes tanks for Russia’s war in Ukraine was jailed for 16 years on Tuesday after being convicted of committing state treason by passing military secrets to Kyiv. Weeks ago his wife received a similar sentence. The court in Sverdlovsk region said Danil Mukhametov, 32, who worked at the Uralvagonzavod tank factory, had partially admitted his guilt after being accused of passing unspecified technical military information to Ukraine’s intelligence services. Meanwhile a Russian court in the western Smolensk region jailed a man for 12 years for sabotage of the railways. Continue reading...

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