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Modi congratulates Joko Widodo on re-election as Indonesian President
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Indonesia's Joko Widodo on being re-elected as president for a second term in last month's presidential elections of the South-East Asian nation.
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Algeria: Army chief proposes independent body to oversee polls
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 21 (ANI): Underlining that the ensuing presidential election will prevent Algeria from "falling into the trap of a constitutional void", the Army chief Lieutenant General Gaid Salah on Monday proposed the formation of an "independent body" to organise and oversee the
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NYC mayor Bill de Blasio announces run for 2020 polls
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday became the latest Democrat to announce his run for the 2020 Presidential elections.
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Barr appoints top Connecticut prosecutor to investigate inception of Russi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 14 (ANI): United States Attorney General William Barr has appointed a top Connecticut prosecutor to examine the origins of the investigation into Russia's alleged collusion during the 2016 presidential elections.
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Lithuania goes to polls to elect new president
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 12 (ANI): Lithuania on Sunday held the first round of presidential elections, with nine candidates running for the country's highest office.
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Trump slams Democrats over demand of making his tax returns public
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday took on the Democrats for their repeated attempts to make his personal and business tax returns public, saying that he is still "under audit" and the voters "did not care" about the issue after he won the 2016 president
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France opposes 'repeated' Brexit extensions
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 10 (ANI): France on Friday said that it refuses to put up with repeated extensions of the UK's exit from the European Union (EU), according to a French Presidential adviser.
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Barr to take call on Mueller's testimony: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he would leave it up to Attorney General William Barr to decide whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller should testify before the Congress over his report on alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidentia
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'N Korea's projectiles launch not helpful in improving inter-Korean relati
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 9 (ANI): South Korea's Presidential Office on Thursday said that North Korea's latest round of projectiles launch is "not helpful at all" in improving inter-Korean relations and easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Barr in contempt of Congress
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 9 (ANI): The US House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, fuelling a simmering dispute between the Democrats and Republicans over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on alleged Russian collusion
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Tiger Woods receives 'Presidential Medal of Freedom'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 7 (ANI): American golfer Tiger Woods was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, US' highest civilian honour, by President Donald Trump at Rose Garden here on Monday.
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Democrats set contempt vote for William Barr over Mueller's report
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 7 (ANI): US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled a vote for Wednesday (May 8), to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after the latter failed to adhere to a deadline to furnish Special Counsel Robert Mueller'
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