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Serbia holds a parliamentary election as populist Vucic faces protesting students

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A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

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Second weekend of French protests unfolds without serious incidents: 'The right to protest is just as important as the right to vote'

Despite permits and routes often being decided at the last minute, nearly 410,000 people – 800,000 according to the CGT trade union – marched peacefully on Saturday across France, protesting the high cost of living, supporting high school students and defending civil liberties. Clashes broke out in Nantes, Rennes and Marseille at the end of the day, but they were nowhere near the scale of the events of October 17.

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Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff with US influence over Latin America at stake

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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.

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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three

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Archdiocese of New York agrees to $800 million settlement over sexual abuse claims

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Ukraine strikes Russian titanium plant more than 1,400 kilometers from border, monitoring channel claims

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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election

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‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

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Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps

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She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

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Lula's Suprise Win Blocks Trump’s Push for a Far-Right Brazil

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Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat...

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Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs. Bolsonaro runoff with U.S. influence over Latin America at stake

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Lula, Brazil’s iconic working-class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback

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