Some Russians welcomed Wagner mercenaries who appeared in their streets during brief insurrection
Some Russians greeted the weekend's armed insurrection led by the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with sympathy, appearing to welcome the mercenary fighters.
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Ruble Hits Weakest in 15 Months After Wagner Challenges Putin
The ruble weakened temporarily by almost 3% against the dollar on Monday, the most this year, after a
2023-06-26 18:54
Putting salt in tap water and drilling wells in parks: one country's desperate quest to avoid running dry
Uruguay, grappling with a multi-year drought and high temperatures, is running dry.
2023-06-26 18:20
Amazon workers in Leipzig start 48-hour strike for higher wages
Workers at Amazon's warehouses in Germany's eastern city of Leipzig started a 48-hour strike on Monday to press
2023-06-26 17:57
US woman shoots Uber driver she believed was kidnapping her
The Kentucky woman fatally shot the driver she thought was taking her to Mexico.
2023-06-26 17:51
Japan Unveils $6 Billion Deal to Buy Out Chip Linchpin JSR
Japan’s government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of
2023-06-26 16:58
Mitsotakis to Focus on Greek Economy After Big Election Win
Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis trounced the opposition in Sunday’s general election, giving the former prime minister a resounding mandate
2023-06-26 16:53
Sri Lanka to Unveil Domestic Debt Restructuring Plan This Week
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2023-06-26 16:50
Binance’s Market Share Is Stuck Near One-Year Low
Binance is reeling under the impact of increased regulatory scrutiny, with the exchange platform’s market share languishing near
2023-06-26 16:29
Ex-first lady, anti-graft candidate poised for Guatemala run-off
By Sofia Menchu and Diego Oré GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Former first lady Sandra Torres was headed for an August run-off
2023-06-26 16:24
Russia loses bid to hold onto embassy site near Australia parliament
Canberra cancelled Moscow's lease on a plot of land near parliament citing national security risks.
2023-06-26 15:57
Pro-reform Mitsotakis wins second term in Greek election that sees surge by small far-right parties
Greece's center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to be sworn in as prime minister on Monday, hours after easily winning a second term with a record-high margin over the leftwing opposition in an election that also ushered new far-right parties into Parliament. With 99.67% of the vote counted, Mitsotakis' New Democracy party had 40.55% of the vote — more than twice the main opposition Syriza's 17.84%. It was the largest margin of victory in half a century, and slightly expanded ND's 20-percentage-point lead in previous election five weeks before. Held under a new electoral law that boosts the first party, Sunday's vote gives ND a comfortable majority of 158 seats in the 300-member Parliament, with Syriza getting 48. Center-left PASOK elected 32 lawmakers and the Stalinist-rooted Communist Party 20. The remaining 42 seats will be shared between three far-right parties — including one endorsed by a jailed former leader of the defunct, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party — and one representing the far-left. Voter turnout was just under 53%, compared to just over 61% in the May vote. Mitsotakis, 55, campaigned on a platform of securing economic growth and political stability as Greece gradually recovers from a nearly decade-long financial crisis. Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is set to formally hand him the mandate to form a government on Monday, after which he will be sworn in and announce his new Cabinet. His main rival, 48-year-old Alexis Tsipras, served as prime minister from 2015 to 2019 during some of the most turbulent years of Greece’s financial crisis. Despite Syriza's dismal performance, Tsipras has shown no inclination to resign, and there have been no open calls from within his party for him to do so. After Sunday's result, Tsipras said Syriza would move on to focus on next year's European parliamentary elections. Mitsotakis, a Harvard graduate, comes from one of Greece’s most prominent political families. His late father, Constantine Mitsotakis, served as prime minister in the 1990s, his sister served as foreign minister and his nephew is the current mayor of Athens. The younger Mitsotakis has vowed to rebrand Greece as a pro-business and fiscally responsible eurozone member. The strategy, so far, has worked. New Democracy won in all but one of the country's 59 electoral regions, capturing traditional Socialist and leftwing strongholds, some for the first time. Despite scandals that hit the Mitsotakis government late in its term, including revelations of wiretapping targeting senior politicians and journalists and a deadly Feb. 28 train crash that exposed poor safety measures in public transport, voters appeared happy to return to power a prime minister who delivered economic growth and lowered unemployment. Read More Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide
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