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Catalonians vote for a new regional parliament in snap elections
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- December 21, 2017
Two months after Madrid suspended the region’s autonomy, voters in Catalonia will elect a new regional government today. Brought to
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Sunday, December 17
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- December 16, 2017
ANDEAN ASCENSION Runoff election may spell trouble for Pinera’s Today, Chileans will head to polls for the second time in
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Talks in Moscow pave the way for Caspian Sea solution
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- December 4, 2017
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Former deputy prime minister of Australia returns to power following constitutional crisis
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- December 2, 2017
Today, Australia’s New England region will go to the polls to elect a lower-house representative. Part of an ongoing citizenship saga,
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Pensioners across Italy to protest deep cutting pension reforms ahead of 2018 elections
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- December 2, 2017
As a response to unpopular pension reforms, Italy’s largest trade union has called for nationwide demonstrations today. Implemented in 2011,
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Spectre of Iran looms large as Hamas and Fatah delay Gaza handover to salvage reconciliation deal
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- December 1, 2017
Hamas had been due to handover control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority (PA) today, but quarrelling over employment and
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Oil Producers discuss extending cutbacks beyond March 2018
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- November 30, 2017
Today, representatives from OPEC’s 14 member states will meet with Russia and nine other oil-producing nations to negotiate an extension
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Australian State elections in Queensland centre on Carmichael coal mine debate
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- November 25, 2017
The future of Australia’s largest coal mine will be in the minds of Queenslanders as they hit the polls today. Debate
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Judgement day for South Africa’s credit ranking as junk status looms large
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- November 24, 2017
Moody’s and S&P, the world’s top credit agencies, will pass judgement on South Africa’s rand-priced debt today—accounting for some 80%
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French foreign minister asserts European interests in four-day China exchange
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- November 24, 2017
Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives in China today for a four-day cultural exchange aimed at enhancing bilateral ties. Le Drian’s first
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EU lawmakers to vote on controlling the export of dual-use cyber surveillance tools
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- November 23, 2017
Today, Europe’s Parliamentary Trade Committee will vote on export control reforms that regulate cyber technologies with the potential to undermine
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Biafran nationalism underpins local elections in Nigeria’s Anambra
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- November 18, 2017
Voters in Anambra State will elect their next governor today. Once part of the short-lived secessionist state of Biafra, independence
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NAFTA talks resume in Mexico but ‘America First’ agenda causing issues
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- November 17, 2017
After a month-long hiatus, negotiators from the US, Canada and Mexico will reconvene in Mexico City today for five days
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Beijing sends a high-ranking envoy to North Korea
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- November 17, 2017
Acting as special envoy for Xi Jinping, senior Chinese diplomat Song Tao will arrive in North Korea today. The visit
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Pope Francis to host talks on a nuclear-free-world
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- November 10, 2017
Against a backdrop of an endangered Iran nuclear deal and a nuclear-armed North Korea, the Vatican commences two days of talks on
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Latest round of Brexit talks to begin Thursday
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- November 9, 2017
European and British negotiators kick off the latest round of Brexit talks today. With a March 2019 deadline looming, Brussels
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India’s Himachal Pradesh to vote in state elections
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- November 8, 2017
Today’s election in Himachal Pradesh will be a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. General elections swept Modi’s Bharatiya
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Bank of England expected to hike interest rates for the first time in a decade
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- November 2, 2017
For the first time in a decade, the Bank of England is tipped to hike interest rates today. Following last
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Pakistan’s finance minister to face court on graft charges
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- November 2, 2017
Ishaq Dar is scheduled to appear before Pakistan’s anti-corruption court today. The hearing is the latest development in a graft
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Australian PM Turnbull visits Israel to push two state solution
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- October 28, 2017
Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Israel today ahead of four days of talks, including meetings with Palestinians. A staunch supporter of
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