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By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) -The registration window for candidates hoping to compete for Bolivia’s presidency in its August election expired on Tuesday, drawing a line under ex-President Evo Morales’ attempt at a fourth presidential term. A constitutional court decision last week upheld a ban on any individual serving more than two presidential terms, …

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By Mari Saito and Maria Tsvetkova BERLIN (Reuters) -The European Union on Tuesday announced sanctions against three pro-Russia activists whose activities promoting the Kremlin’s agenda inside Germany were first revealed in a Reuters investigation in 2023. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elena Kolbasnikova and her husband Max Schlund have been organising pro-Kremlin …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -Member states of the World Health Organization on Tuesday approved a revised budget of $4.2 billion for the next two years at the annual assembly in Geneva, reflecting belt-tightening after the United States, its top donor, announced its withdrawal. The proposed budget for the next two years was revised down by 21% earlier …

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(Reuters) -The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights groups say would undermine the right to asylum. The European Commission said the changes, which would let countries remove an asylum applicant if they …

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