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Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:39:00 GMTUp to three more weeks to know who won Peru's presidential runoff, elections authorities say
Peruvian electoral authorities Monday announced it might take even three more weeks to finally know who won the presidential runoff between the leftist Pedro Castillo and the conservative Keiko Fujimori.
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 08:36:00 GMTBiden warns Putin, renews US-NATO partnership after somber Trump years
United States President Joseph Biden Monday called on his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:56:00 GMTBolivia's ex acting president Jeanine Añez denounces she's a “political prisoner”
Bolivia's former acting president Jeanine Añez claimed she was a “political prisoner” in remarks on Twitter on Sunday. Añez has been arrested for over three months following coup allegations by her predecessor and rival E...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:20:00 GMTFalklands pay tribute to 1982 fallen on Liberation Day
Falkland Islanders are today paying tribute to the British Armed Forces killed during the 1982 conflict and commemorating the 39th anniversary of liberation from Argentine occupation.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:05:00 GMTChilean dictatorship murderer arrested in Argentina
The Government of Argentina this weekend arrested Chilean fugitive Walter Klug Rivera, who was wanted for human rights violations during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:01:00 GMTG7 Summit ends with signing of Carbis Bay Declaration to “end the pandemic”
The world's wealthiest democracies Sunday signed the Carbis Bay Declaration whereby they all pledged to “end the pandemic and prepare for our futures” as well as to “build back better.”
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMTPeru's electoral body to rule on Fujimori's appeal Monday
One week after the presidential runoff, leftwing candidate Pedro Castillo edged conservative Keiko Fujimori by around 70,000 votes to become Peru's new President. But he cannot celebrate still until the National Electoral Jury ...
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:36:00 GMTChilean centre-left wins 10 of the 16 region governorships
Chile's traditional centre-left parties will govern 10 of the country's 16 regions following Sunday's governorship runoff elections in another blow to President Sebastián Piñera Chile Vamos party.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:32:00 GMTIsrael's new PM Naftali Bennett sworn in after 12 years of Netanyahu rule
Naftali Bennett Sunday became Israel's 13th prime minister, thus bringing an end to 12 years of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party.
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:07:00 GMTArrests of Nicaraguan opposition leaders continue despite international condemnation
The Government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega continued with its arresting spree against opposition leaders over the weekend despite international condemnation against that type of practices. The arrests bring to 12 the ...