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Santiago Pena, Paraguay president struck down by a bank scandal

Paraguay's Santiago Pena has had a colorful career, going from an IMF economist to finance minister to the youngest-ever president of his small South American nation.

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Nithya Raman wins LA mayoral race, becoming city’s first South Asian mayor

DSA-backed Raman will lead the second-largest US city, promising action on homelessness and affordable housing.

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Alabama, Florida and Indiana carry out executions on same day

Unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day previously happened in 2010

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Harmeet Dhillon, top US civil rights official under Trump, resigns

New Democratic Congress expected to probe Trump Justice Department office's handling of Epstein files and ICE killings.

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Three in four displaced people live in climate danger zones, UN says

Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, or three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, urging action ahead of the…

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Jimmy Anderson in talks with Surrey to continue county career after Lancashire exit

Division One side have offered Anderson a contract Nottinghamshire also monitoring seamer’s situation Jimmy Anderson has opened talks over signing for Surrey next season with the club growing in confidence that England’s leading wicket-taker will agree to join them for what would be a remarkable swansong. The 44-year-old has been inundated with expressions of interest since being released by Lancashire last month after 25 years at Old Trafford, with Surrey understood to have made a firm move by offering him a contract. Continue reading...

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Jimmy Anderson in talks with Surrey to continue county career after Lancashire exit

Division One side have offered Anderson a contract Nottinghamshire also monitoring seamer’s situation Jimmy Anderson has opened talks over signing for Surrey next season with the club growing in confidence that England’s leading wicket-taker will agree to join them for what would be a remarkable swansong. The 44-year-old has been inundated with expressions of interest since being released by Lancashire last month after 25 years at Old Trafford, with Surrey understood to have made a firm move by offering him a contract. Continue reading...

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Silicon Valley faces Democratic reckoning after betting on Trump

Silicon Valley bosses who spent two years cozying up to US President Donald Trump now face a Democratic Congress already threatening subpoenas, after midterm elections in which antipathy toward artificial…

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South Africa’s ANC on track for new lows in local polls

The ANC was on about 32 percent of the vote with more than 60 percent of votes counted in municipal elections.

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Kamada’s late leveller rescues point for 10-man Crystal Palace and denies Hoffenheim

A late, late strike from Daichi Kamada saved Crystal Palace from embarrassment and another round of navel gazing as they snatched a Europa League draw with Hoffenheim against the odds. After being outplayed by a side currently in the bottom half of the Bundesliga, and a goal down from the seventh minute, Palace looked to have lost all hope in this fixture when Adam Wharton was dismissed with 13 minutes to go. But after Hoffenheim failed to clear a goalmouth scramble in added time, Kamada fired home under the keeper to generate a rare moment of elation at Selhurst Park this season. Continue rea

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Kamada’s late leveller rescues point for 10-man Crystal Palace and denies Hoffenheim

A late, late strike from Daichi Kamada saved Crystal Palace from embarrassment and another round of navel gazing as they snatched a Europa League draw with Hoffenheim against the odds. After being outplayed by a side currently in the bottom half of the Bundesliga, and a goal down from the seventh minute, Palace looked to have lost all hope in this fixture when Adam Wharton was dismissed with 13 minutes to go. But after Hoffenheim failed to clear a goalmouth scramble in added time, Kamada fired home under the keeper to generate a rare moment of elation at Selhurst Park this season. Continue rea

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