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Spain's Pedro Sanchez, risk-taker with a flair for political gambles

Spain's Pedro Sanchez, who announced snap elections Monday after his ruling Socialists were routed in local polls, is a consummate risk-taker who's shown a flair for daring gambles during his rollercoaster political career.. The vote had been widely expected at the year's end, but after his Socialists and their allies suffered a major blow in Sunday's local polls, Sanchez took a risky gamble -- in what observers said has been a hallmark of his career. 

Mon, May 29, 2023 3 mins read

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Fighting rages in Sudan hours before truce expires

Gunshots and artillery fire rocked the Sudanese capital Monday, the last day of a frequently breached ceasefire, as calls for civilians to arm themselves stoked fears the six-week war will intensify.. "Intermittent fighting between Sudanese armed forces and Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher, North Darfur over the last few days" has seen civilians killed, homes looted and tens of thousands newly displaced in the already war-ravaged region, Harward said.

Mon, May 29, 2023 3 mins read

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Russia fires missiles on Kyiv in rare daytime attack

Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Kyiv on Monday sending panicked residents running for shelter in an unusual daytime attack on the Ukrainian capital following overnight strikes.. Authorities said early Monday that Kyiv had repelled another large number of overnight air strikes, with no casualties. 

Mon, May 29, 2023 3 mins read

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Brazil's Lula meets with Venezuela's Maduro

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Monday with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, renewing a relationship severed under far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.. The leaders will hold two hours of meetings, then preside over a signing ceremony for various agreements before attending a lunch in honor of Maduro and Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores, according to Lula's official schedule.

Mon, May 29, 2023 1 mins read

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The jailed opponents of Erdogan's Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's re-election has dashed hopes for high-profile opposition figures who have been jailed during his rule, where a crackdown on dissent intensified following a failed 2016 coup.. More than a thousand university academics were also targeted in the purge of institutions that followed the 2016 coup attempt.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Russian 'spy' whale surfaces in Sweden

A harness-wearing Beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has appeared off Sweden's coast, an organisation following him said Monday.. Directorate officials said Hvaldimir may have escaped an enclosure, and may have been trained by the Russian navy as it appeared to be accustomed to humans.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Erdogan confronts polarised Turkey after historic win

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.. US President Joe Biden and Erdogan are due to talk on Monday, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told television channel A Haber.

Mon, May 29, 2023 3 mins read

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Kosovo police clash with ethnic Serb protesters

Police on Monday fired teargas during clashes with ethnic Serbs protesting to demand the withdrawal of law enforcement officers from northern Kosovo along with new ethnic Albanian mayors.. Serbs are demanding that Kosovo police forces -- whose presence in northern Kosovo always sparks controversy -- immediately withdraw, as well as the ethnic Albanian mayors who they do not consider to be their true representatives.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Lavrov in Kenya on heels of Ukraine FM trip to Africa

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was meeting Kenyan leaders on Monday on a surprise visit to Nairobi, as Moscow and Kyiv both seek to bolster support from African nations over the war in Ukraine.. "During our visit we will discuss our cooperation in the trade, investment and economic spheres, humanitarian and cultural questions, education, cooperation in the UN and many other issues," Lavrov told Kenyan lawmakers, according to the Russian foreign ministry.

Mon, May 29, 2023 1 mins read

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Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing

In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on July 23 on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls.. In a televised address, a sombre-sounding Sanchez said he had informed King Felipe VI of his decision to dissolve parliament and  call a general election on July 23 "in light of the results of yesterday's elections".

Mon, May 29, 2023 3 mins read