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Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction
Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction
Likely winner, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said the election would decide if Hungary was flooded with immigrants
Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a “long-term response” by the West to the security threat from Russia
The face-off between opposition leader Julius Maada Bio and ruling party standard-bearer Samura Kamara was rescheduled after a complaint about fraud
The resignation of Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski last week is an untimely and negative event for Mexico, which loses a trusted and important partner
Many analysts believe this still constitutes North Korea’s stance and remain deeply skeptical Kim is willing to give up the weapons his family has been developing for decades
The detention threatens to worsen the Catalan crisis that flared last year when the region made a symbolic declaration of independence, prompting Madrid to take direct rule
While on the other side of the debate, gun rights advocates cite constitutional guarantees of the right to bear arms
Mexico has strengthened its bilateral relationship with the Republic of Korea (South) in the last years and it is a firm supporter of the total elimination of nuclear weapons in the restive northern Asian peninsula
The current tensions between North Korea and the United States—and the possible summit this year of their respective leaders—have renewed the interest on the Korean War of 1950-1953