Government and politics

A banner showing an image depicting Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, leader of the PP Party. Voters in Spain head to the polls on July 23 to cast their votes and elect Spain's next government.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez | Getty Images News | Getty…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Leah MILLIS / POOL /…
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SINGAPORE - SEPTEMBER 11: Prime Minister and People's Action Party (PAP) Secretary General, Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Dr Koh Poh Koon (R) celebrate after winning their seat for Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on…
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U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation on averting default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2023.Pool | Via ReutersWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday…
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Senate passed a…
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A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on May 31, 2023.Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesNorth Korea's first attempt at…
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that the United States will likely have enough reserves to push off a potential debt default until June 5."We now estimate that Treasury will have insufficient resources to satisfy…
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Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party (center), at a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 18 2023.Valeria Mongelli | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThailand's preliminary election results was a triumph for the progressive Move…
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters with U.S. Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at his side following debt limit talks at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. Kevin Lamarque |…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.Vladimir Astapkovich | AFP | Getty ImagesChina faces a "daunting" challenge when it…
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