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Nigeria's president and main rival confident as polls close

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria began counting votes in Saturday’s closely-fought presidential election although the electoral commission extended voting in some places where polling stations opened late or ballot machines malfunctioned. President Muhammadu Buhari and his main challenger, businessman Atiku Abubakar, both said they were confident of victory when casting their ballots in an election which was already delayed by […]

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Trans asylum-seeker killed after U.S. deportation back to El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A Salvadoran transgender woman who sought asylum in the United States was killed weeks after she was deported, a rights group said on Friday, underscoring the dangers of the Trump administration’s hardening policy on asylum seekers. El Salvador’s ASPIDH Rainbow Trans Association said Camila Diaz Cordova, a 29-year-old sex worker, applied for asylum in the United […]

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2 women found dead after fire in Cape Breton home

Two women have been found dead after a house fire in Cape Breton. Police say the home on Villa Nova Drive in Dominion, N.S., was fully engulfed when officers arrived to assist the fire department at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The women – aged 83 and 51 – were found dead inside. A man escaped without injury. Cape Breton […]

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Brazil says Maduro's violence to block Venezuelan aid 'criminal act'

PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil on Sunday condemned violence used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government this weekend to block aid shipments from crossing the border, branding it a “criminal act” and calling on the international community to join efforts to “liberate” the South American nation. Meanwhile, Brazilian Army Colonel George Feres Kanaan told Reuters on Sunday that two Venezuelan […]

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Bloomberg index ranks Spain the healthiest country, Australia seventh

Maybe it's the tapas or the paella, but Spain has just surpassed Italy to become the world's healthiest country. Tapas and sangria, anyone? The Spanish are doing something right on the healthy eating front.Credit:Alamy That's according to the 2019 edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 economies according to factors that contribute to overall health. Spain placed […]

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