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Merkel cautions EU leaders over choice of EU Commission chief
Nigeria's Buhari wins second term as president: electoral commission results
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer, a tally by Reuters based on electoral commission results showed. Buhari had a commanding lead of 56 percent compared to 40 percent for Atiku, before the final district was announced. A message posted on Buhari’s Twitter feed late on Tuesday showed him smiling and surrounded by applauding staff at his campaign office.
Armenian acting PM's bloc leads parliamentary vote: election commission
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, is on his way to bolstering his authority as his political bloc appeared to have taken a clear lead in elections in the ex-Soviet country on Sunday, the Central Election Commission's (CEC) preliminary results showed. My Step Alliance, which includes Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party, won over 70 percent of the vote based on results from more than 50 percent of the polling stations, the CEC said on its website. …
Mexico's new president forms truth commission for missing students
“This is a matter of state,” Lopez Obrador said at an event with parents of the missing on his first weekday in office, following his inauguration on Saturday. Lopez Obrador said even the army could be investigated by the commission, which has been a key demand of family members and experts who believe that members of the military have information about the case that has yet to see the light of day. “The investigation has to include all of the government, anyone involved,” said Lopez Obrador, including any “members of the military that might have been involved.” In the past, supporters of the army have said it should not be subject to the same transparency as other parts of the government, a posture critics say helps hide the truth.
UN commission calls on rebels to leave cities in Syria's Idlib
A UN commission called on rebel groups in Syria’s Idlib province to leave urban areas to protect civilians from any looming regime assault.
Italy's Salvini wants populists, popular party to guide new EU Commission
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who also leads the far-right League party, said on Tuesday he wants the new European Commission to be led by conservatives and populists. "The aim is to cancel the duopoly between the socialists and Christian democrats," Salvini told reporters after taping a talk show in Rome. A new Commission will be seated after a European Parliament election during the first half of 2019. When asked if he wanted populists to ally with the European Popular Party to back the new Commission, he replied: "Yes, that's the goal. …
Betsy DeVos Says School Safety Commission Won't Look At Role Of Guns In School Shootings
Federal Trade Commission reportedly probing Facebook
Australia's Child Sex Abuse Commission Exposes National Tragedy Of Systemic Violence
Congo's electoral commission slams Catholic Church over vote comment
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