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Pakistan’s Military Is Swaying Elections, Now More Than Ever
[ad_1] Tucked away on a patch of dying grass on the outskirts of Islamabad, the gathering hardly looked like a political rally at the height of an election season. Two dozen men sat on plastic chairs in silence. There were no posters to promote a campaign, no microphones to deliver speeches, no sound system to amp up the crowd. Even…
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Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an Oasis for China’s Drifters and Dreamers
[ad_1] To find the dance circle in the bed-and-breakfast’s courtyard, drive north from the bedsheet factory converted into a crafts market, toward the vegan canteen urging diners to “walk barefoot in the soil and bathe in the sunshine.” If you see the unmanned craft beer bar where customers pay on the honor system, you’ve gone too far. Welcome to the…
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Hage Geingob, Namibia’s President, Dies at 82
[ad_1] President Hage G. Geingob of Namibia, who took office in 2015 and previously served as the country’s first prime minister after independence, died early Sunday. He was 82. The presidential office announced his death in a statement on social media that was attributed to Vice President Nangolo Mbumba, now the acting president. Mr. Geingob, who had been receiving treatment…
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Turkey’s Central Bank Chief Steps Down Amid Long Inflation Battle
[ad_1] President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey appointed a new central bank governor early Saturday, hours after the abrupt resignation of his previous appointee, who said she was stepping down because of “a major reputation assassination campaign.” The departing central bank chief, Hafize Gaye Erkan, was the fifth in five years, and the first woman to hold the post. The…
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U.S. and U.K. Launch Heavy Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen
[ad_1] The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Saturday against multiple sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to a statement from the two countries and six allies, as the Biden administration continued its reprisal campaign in the Middle East targeting Iran-backed militias. The attacks against 36 Houthi targets at 13 sites in northern Yemen…
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U.S. and U.K. Launch Heavy Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen
[ad_1] The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Saturday against multiple sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to a statement from the two countries and six allies, as the Biden administration continued its reprisal campaign in the Middle East targeting Iran-backed militias. The attacks against 36 Houthi targets at 13 sites in northern Yemen…
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Forest Fires Destroy 1,000 Homes and Kill Dozens in Central Chile
[ad_1] The death toll is expected to rise as hundreds remain missing after wildfires ripped through central Chile’s coastal hills, according to the national government. [ad_2] Source link
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Ceferin’s UEFA Term Limits Fight Renews Debate on Presidential Power
[ad_1] The new president of European soccer’s governing body settled into a chair in his glass-walled office in Switzerland, glanced out at the sweeping views of Lake Geneva and insisted he would not be there long enough to get comfortable. It was 2017, soccer was still emerging from its greatest scandal and Aleksander Ceferin, only a few months into his…
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Wildfires Threaten 2 Chilean Cities, Destroying 1,000 Homes and Killing 19
[ad_1] Forest fires ripping through central Chile’s coastal hills since Friday have killed at least 19 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes, with many more feared dead, according to the national government. The wildfires are encroaching on Viña del Mar and Valparaíso, two cities that form a sprawling region that is home to more than one million people on…
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Syria and Iraq Say U.S. Strikes Killed Civilians
[ad_1] The aftermath of the U.S. military strikes targeting sites in Syria and Iraq began coming into focus on Saturday morning as a Britain-based Syria monitoring group said that at least 18 members of an Iran-backed group had been killed in strikes there and the Iraqi government said that 16 people had been killed, including civilians. The Biden administration warned…
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