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‘Lame duck’ South Korean president reels from election debacle
Yoon, 63, has taken a tough line with the nuclear-armed North while improving ties with Washington and former colonial occupier…
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South Korea’s scandal-plagued opposition leader is election’s big winner
Lee, who was stabbed in the neck in January by a man pretending to be his supporter, rebounded from his…
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Focus on South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, cost of living, inflation as country goes to polls
VOTERS TURNING TO ALTERNATIVE PARTIES Elections in South Korea are often dominated by two major parties, the ruling People Power…
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Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in…
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Commentary: Deepfakes are still new, but 2024 could be the year they have an impact on elections
AI AND SYNTHETIC MEDIA Regulatory discussions have added urgency now that AI tools to create synthetic media – media partially…
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Indonesia’s Prabowo wins presidential election, poll body says
Election commission chief Hasyim Asy’ari unexpectedly suspended the live-streamed announcement just minutes after conveying the results, citing the need to…
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Netanyahu agrees to send officials to US to discuss prospective Rafah operation
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to…
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Indonesians protest former general Prabowo’s unofficial win in presidential election, allege widespread fraud
Indonesia’s General Elections Commission (KPU) is expected to announce the official results of last month’s presidential election on Wednesday (Mar…
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Putin is poised to rule Russia for 6 more years after an election with no other real choices
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday…
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Russia accuses Kyiv of election sabotage, Medvedev warns ‘traitors’
UKRAINIAN ATTACKS Russian media quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Putin had been receiving military reports in recent days…
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