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Election of the Weekend I: Djibouti

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It's a busy election weekend, with three more coming on Sunday, including the all-important Hungary election, but the weekend kicks off with Djibouti electing their next president on Friday. Next, in this context, almost certainly means re-electing the current president, who has been in office since...

Negotiating

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, fresh from having conveyed incorrect information that resulted in the attacks on Iran, will be going back to negotiate a ceasefire. They will be joined.

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Today in the Sixth Extinction

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Well, we've finally just about done it--eliminate the cod from the north Atlantic, which people in the past would have seen as unthinkable. Consumers should “completely avoid” buying UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has said, as it warned that populations have reached a dangerous point of...

On Impeachment

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U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,.

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