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US Senator Manchin encouraging industry to sue Treasury over EV tax credits

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US Senator Manchin encouraging industry to sue Treasury over EV tax credits
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US expects continued close ties, human rights talks with India after elections

The U.S. said on Tuesday it expects continued close ties, along with discussions on human rights concerns, with India after elections in

US expects continued close ties, human rights talks with India after elections
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Kansas leaders and new group ramp up efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri

Top Kansas legislators have intensified efforts to woo the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs by offering to let the professional football franchise shape a plan for using state bonds to finance a new stadium in Kansas

Kansas leaders and new group ramp up efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri
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Big GOP funders sending millions into Missouri's attorney general primary

Major Republican campaign funders are investing millions in Missouri's GOP attorney general primary

Big GOP funders sending millions into Missouri's attorney general primary
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Hard right is set to surge in this week's European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too

The European Union elections start Thursday and results will be known late Sunday

Hard right is set to surge in this week's European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too
Business|Economy

South Africa business activity grows again in May, PMI shows

South African private sector activity grew in May as new order volumes stabilised and business confidence improved, a survey showed on Wednesday.

South Africa business activity grows again in May, PMI shows
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Indian PM Modi set to take oath for a third time at the weekend as allies pledge support

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him on Wednesday to lead

Indian PM Modi set to take oath for a third time at the weekend as allies pledge support
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Modi's smaller mandate to slow India's fiscal tightening, Moody's says

The narrower margin of victory for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance in elections will forestall reforms that could have potentially facilitated

Modi's smaller mandate to slow India's fiscal tightening, Moody's says
Business|Economy

Asset sales are no panacea for Italy's debt malady

Italy's plan to raise around 20 billion euros ($22 billion) over three years by selling state assets to rein in debt is almost certain to fall

Asset sales are no panacea for Italy's debt malady
Economy

No relief for emerging currencies seen as investors ponder elections, potential US easing

Emerging market currencies will struggle to rebound this year, pressured by a U.S.

No relief for emerging currencies seen as investors ponder elections, potential US easing
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India's Modi prepares for record 3rd term as nations congratulate his government on election victory

The United States, Russia, China, and other nations have sent congratulations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government began preparations for his swearing-in for a record third term following the world’s largest democratic election

India's Modi prepares for record 3rd term as nations congratulate his government on election victory
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Athletics-Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka wins Oceania medal at 75

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, aged 75, turned back the clock to win a bronze medal in the shot put at the Oceania athletics championships on Wednesday.

Athletics-Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka wins Oceania medal at 75
Political

South Africa's ANC leans towards unity government but meets resistance

The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a government of national unity for South Africa, it said on Wednesday, but

South Africa's ANC leans towards unity government but meets resistance
Political

Removing Cuba from list of countries ‘not fully cooperating’ over terrorism may presage wider rapprochement – if politics allows

Cuban has yo-yoed on and off the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Is the Biden administration changing that?

Removing Cuba from list of countries ‘not fully cooperating’ over terrorism may presage wider rapprochement – if politics allows
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500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures

Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.

500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
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India's Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style

Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions

India's Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style
Business|Economy|News

What will become of The Epoch Times with its chief financial officer accused of money laundering?

Federal prosecutors this week arrested the chief financial officer of The Epoch Times and said he directed millions of dollars gained through criminal schemes to the company and himself

What will become of The Epoch Times with its chief financial officer accused of money laundering?
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Nigel Farage's return boosts UK's right wing Reform UK party, poll shows

Support for Britain's Reform UK party has risen to just two percentage points short of the ruling Conservatives since Nigel Farage's decision to take over leadership and stand for

Nigel Farage's return boosts UK's right wing Reform UK party, poll shows
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South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one

South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one

South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one
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Slovak PM Fico eyes return to work after shooting

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday he might return to work later this month and also accused the opposition of showing hatred and aggressiveness towards his party, in his

Slovak PM Fico eyes return to work after shooting
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Welsh leader Gething loses symbolic confidence vote

Vaughan Gething, leader of the semi-autonomous Welsh government, lost a non-binding vote of confidence on Wednesday but defied pressure to resign despite the blow to

Welsh leader Gething loses symbolic confidence vote
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Mexico nearing deal with US for direct deportations to home countries

Mexico and the United States are nearing an agreement for non-Mexican migrants to be deported directly to their home countries rather than Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez

Mexico nearing deal with US for direct deportations to home countries
Opinion|Political

Cape Verde president says governments must discuss colonial reparations

Cape Verde's President Jose Maria Neves said the rise of right-wing populism has made it difficult to hold a serious debate over colonial reparations but argued

Cape Verde president says governments must discuss colonial reparations
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Mexico's ruling coalition still short of two-thirds Senate majority

Mexico's ruling MORENA party and its allies will likely have 83 senators in the next Congress after last Sunday's vote, just shy of the two-thirds majority needed to change the

Mexico's ruling coalition still short of two-thirds Senate majority
Economy|News|Political

Portugal's Socialists and far-right team up again to block government, budget doubts mount

Portugal's centre-right minority government on Wednesday suffered another setback as the far-right Chega teamed up with the Socialists to block an income tax cut for the middle

Portugal's Socialists and far-right team up again to block government, budget doubts mount

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