By Alexander Villegas and Marco Aquino LIMA, June 7 (Reuters) – Peruvians vote in a tight run-off presidential election on Sunday that will either continue Latin America’s rightward shift or buck the trend with a leftist candidate who rattled markets. Voters are choosing between conservative Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former hardline President Alberto Fujimori …
SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday that he called for a thorough probe into a ballot shortage that impacted recent local elections, adding that the prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation. “As one citizen and as the president responsible for the government, I express …
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 7 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s security forces have freed 360 men, women and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by kidnappers in Borno state in its northeast, after an intelligence-led operation, the military said on Sunday. The government of the West African nation has struggled for years to tackle …
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Voters in Kosovo headed to the polls Sunday for an early parliamentary election, the third in less than 18 months, in an attempt to unlock a political impasse in the small Balkan nation that is striving to join the European Union and NATO. Sunday’s ballot was scheduled after the main political …
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenians are voting Sunday in parliamentary elections as the incumbent government, under mounting Russian pressure, seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and deepen cooperation with the West. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his ruling Civil Contract party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course. The opposition they …
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian man on suspicion of planning “terrorist” attacks and belonging to the militant group Hamas. Police said in a brief statement the man is also under investigation for traveling abroad to undergo training. Searches in homes in both Crete …
By Joshua McElwee and Corina Pons MADRID, June 7 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday morning to catch a glimpse of Pope Leo as he made his way to an open-air Mass in what was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain. …
MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people poured into a central Madrid plaza on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV ’s main Mass and a procession highlighting one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: flower carpets. They cheered and shouted “This is the youth of the pope!” as Leo arrived for the …
MONGBWALU, Congo (AP) — Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of Congo’s deadliest Ebola virus outbreaks. Lokudu and several of his colleagues work all day at the hospital treating an influx of patients. Notifications of suspected …
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians choose between two presidential hopefuls with starkly different views Sunday, as they elect their ninth head of state in 10 years amid growing concerns about crime. Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a disgraced former president, and Roberto Sánchez, a nationalist congressman, are on the ballot after beating 33 …