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'Teflon Mark' Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief

Mark Rutte has gotten to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics

'Teflon Mark' Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief
Business|Economy|Technology

Coinbase launches $2 million ad campaign targeting Latino voters in US

Coinbase launched on Thursday a $2 million ad campaign targeted toward Latino voters and consumers, the company told Reuters, as the crypto industry makes moves

Coinbase launches $2 million ad campaign targeting Latino voters in US
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Venezuelan presidential candidates agree to respect election results, main opposition abstains

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and seven other candidates for July elections on Thursday signed an agreement to respect the results, although the country's

Venezuelan presidential candidates agree to respect election results, main opposition abstains
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Portugal tightens anti-corruption rules to confiscate assets

Portugal's minority centre-right government approved on Thursday a set of tougher measures to combat corruption, including allowing

Portugal tightens anti-corruption rules to confiscate assets
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US to focus on deepening ties with Vietnam after Putin's Hanoi visit

The U.S. responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Vietnam on Thursday by saying Washington would stay focused on deepening

US to focus on deepening ties with Vietnam after Putin's Hanoi visit
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Spain starts closing Franco sympathisers' foundation

Spain's government has begun closing down the Francisco Franco foundation, a non-profit organisation set up by sympathisers of the late dictator, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun

Spain starts closing Franco sympathisers' foundation
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California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls

The California Supreme Court has removed a measure from the state’s November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes

California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls
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Slovakia’s parliament backs a contentious plan to overhaul the country's public broadcasting

Slovakia’s parliament has approved a government plan to overhaul the country’s public broadcaster

Slovakia’s parliament backs a contentious plan to overhaul the country's public broadcasting
Economy|Political

Colombia congress approves extension of debt ceiling to $17.6 billion

Plenaries in Colombia's lower house and Senate on Thursday both approved a request from the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro to increase the debt

Colombia congress approves extension of debt ceiling to $17.6 billion
Political

Mexico president-elect taps Ebrard for economy chief, peso rallies

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday named six members of her incoming cabinet, including political heavyweight Marcelo

Mexico president-elect taps Ebrard for economy chief, peso rallies
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Argentina's Milei irritates Spain again with plans for visit

Spain's Foreign Ministry expressed strong disapproval on Thursday at what it called Argentine President Javier Milei's "deviation from expected diplomatic norms" in deciding to shun

Argentina's Milei irritates Spain again with plans for visit
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Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez's curiosity about their price takes central role at bribery trial

Prosecutors have shown jurors at Sen. Bob Menendez's trial multiple instances when he researched the value of gold as he tried to help a New Jersey businessman who authorities say bribed him with gold and cash

Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez's curiosity about their price takes central role at bribery trial
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Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants

Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor

Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants
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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office

Nearly six months into his administration Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General’s Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation that he says he found “semi-destroyed.”

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office
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Slovak parliament approves government's contested public broadcaster revamp

Slovakia's parliament approved the government's planned revamp and leadership change at public broadcaster RTVS on Thursday, overruling concerns the changes will bring the broadcaster under

Slovak parliament approves government's contested public broadcaster revamp
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Moldova warns athletes not to compete in Russia without permission

Officials in Moldova, a fierce critic of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, pledged on Thursday to crack down on athletes and cultural figures who have travelled to

Moldova warns athletes not to compete in Russia without permission
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What to expect in South Carolina's state primary runoffs

South Carolina will hold runoff elections next week to decide a handful of races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary held just two weeks earlier

What to expect in South Carolina's state primary runoffs
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What to expect in Colorado's state primaries

Colorado’s congressional delegation faces a reshuffling in new week's state primaries after a retirement, resignation and one relocation have ensured that at least a third of the state’s population will have new representation in Washington next year

What to expect in Colorado's state primaries
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What to expect in Utah's state primaries

Utah voters will decide whether Sen. Mitt Romney’s brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries

What to expect in Utah's state primaries
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What to expect in New York's state primaries

Tensions within the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are playing out in a key New York primary race next week

What to expect in New York's state primaries
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What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from a betting controversy to Farage's ambition

The U.K. general election is nearly two weeks away

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from a betting controversy to Farage's ambition
Business|Economy|Political|Technology

US proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese technology with military uses

The Treasury Department has fleshed out its proposed rule that would restrict and monitor U.S. investments in China for artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing

US proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese technology with military uses
Health

Appeals court does not block US mandate to cover cancer screenings, HIV drugs

A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to block a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventive care services like cancer screenings and HIV-preventing

Appeals court does not block US mandate to cover cancer screenings, HIV drugs
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US Democrats to welcome social media influencers in a convention first

Democrats will open the door for social media influencers to cover their political convention in Chicago this summer ahead of the U.S. presidential election, a first for the

US Democrats to welcome social media influencers in a convention first
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Thai government's $102 billion budget clears first parliamentary vote

The Thai government's 3.753 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the 2025 fiscal year passed its first parliamentary vote on Friday,

Thai government's $102 billion budget clears first parliamentary vote

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