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Alexander Stubb wins Finland's presidential election
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Alexander Stubb has won the election runoff against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to become Finland's next president and steer the country's foreign and security policy, reported Al Jazeera.
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Liberia: President George Weah concedes defeat after a tight runoff agains
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Following the release of provisional results by the National Elections Commission (NEC), Weah, the former soccer star, called Boakai. The electoral commission reported that Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia, secured 51 per cent of the votes with nearly all ballots cou
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Study finds passive processes to treat wastewater
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers found certain types of wastewater can be treated in situ using more sustainable and cost-effective methods worldwide. This study was published in the journal, Nature Water.'
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Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Erdogan defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's runoff vote.
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Polls close in presidential runoff in Turkey with Erdogan fighting for thi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Erdogan is going head-to-head with opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. In the first round of voting on May 14, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured a nearly five-point lead over Kilicdaroglu. However, he fell short of the 50 per cent threshold required to win.
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Voting begins across Turkey in first-ever presidential runoff
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Millions of voters started heading to the polls in Turkey as the country's first-ever presidential runoff election began Sunday at 8 am local time (0500GMT).
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Turkey elections: Runoff likely as Erdogan's vote share falls below 50 pc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
State-run Anadolu news agency's latest figures show Erdogan's lead under 50 per cent and his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, over 44 per cent. If neither wins a majority, they will go to a runoff -- which would be a first for Erdogan.
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Limiting global warming now can preserve valuable freshwater resource
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A research team has found that the Andean region of Chile could face noticeable snow loss and roughly 10% less mountain water runoff with a global warming of approximately 2.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels over the next three decades. The study also shows that what happen
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Chinese Communist Party propagates inevitability of Xi's third term in run
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 3 (ANI): In the run-up to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), propaganda has been centered around projecting the inevitability of a third term for President Xi Jinping.
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Study suggests voter fraud conspiracy theories can backfire on those propa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): A recent study has uncovered small but discernible links between social media engagement with misinformation about the 2020 US presidential election and voter behavior in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff election.
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Links found between 2020 Presidential polls, 2021 Georgia Senate runoff el
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): Published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' (PNAS) on August 17, a study uncovers small but discernible links between social media engagement with misinformation about the 2020 US presidential election and voter behaviour in th
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Researchers trace source of nitrogen pollution affecting world's second-la
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): Tropical coastal ecosystems are among the most biodiverse areas on Earth. And they're also on the front lines of effects caused by human activity. That's why it's becoming increasingly important, especially as human populations increase, to manage the impacts
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