Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his rivals in the October election launched their campaign ads on local TV on Sunday, targeting undecided voters who will be key to choosing whether his policies remain in place another four years. Macri’s campaign, which has been hit hard by the country’s economic crisis, highlighted the public works and […]
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Sudan rivals agree to new talks as protest strike ends: mediator
Protest leaders have agreed to end a campaign of civil disobedience launched after a deadly crackdown on demonstrators and to resume talks with Sudan’s ruling generals, an Ethiopian mediator said Tuesday. The apparent breakthrough, which the military rulers had yet to confirm, came as a top US diplomat prepared to embark on a mission to […]
Indonesia election rivals toil in ‘war rooms’ to check ballots
In a low-rise Jakarta office block, young Indonesian supporters of President Joko Widodo sit hunched over screens to count photographed vote tallies from polling stations, two weeks after an election to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy. Opposing campaigns have set up their own operations, dubbed “war rooms”, to verify counts after Widodo’s challenger, Prabowo Subianto, […]
Cardiff sink relegation rivals Brighton to keep alive their bid
Cardiff kept alive their bid to secure Premier League survival with a crucial 2-0 win against fellow strugglers Brighton on Tuesday. Neil Warnock’s side would have been pushed to the brink of relegation with a defeat at the Amex Stadium. But goals either side of half-time from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Sean Morrison moved third-bottom Cardiff […]