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By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top election authority, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), told Reuters on Monday it has invited the European Union for the first time to observe its general elections this year, when President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election. Bolsonaro has questioned the validity of Brazil’s electronic voting …

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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday said tens of thousands of people have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on the southeastern city of Mariupol while the country’s rights ombudswoman accused Russian forces in the region of torture and executions. Reuters has confirmed widespread destruction in Mariupol but could not verify the …

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By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) -France’s centrist leader Emmanuel Macron will take his hunt for extra votes on Monday to the industrial heartlands of northern France, a blue-collar stronghold of his far-right rival Marine Le Pen who he will face in an April 24 presidential runoff vote. Macron and Le Pen came out on top …

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(Corrects dateline) By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops have repulsed several Russian assaults in the country’s east, the focus of a new offensive by the invading forces, British intelligence said on Monday, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week will be crucial to the course of the war. Austrian leader Karl Nehammer planned …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron will not be able to count on French voters’ traditional anti-far right front in the final runoff and will need to step up his campaign if he is to defeat Marine Le Pen, who has successfully softened her image. Although Macron was projected to win a better-than-expected …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – The French will decide on April 24 whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream consensus in favour of far-right Marine Le Pen. Here’s what to expect from them on major issues: – THE ECONOMY: LE PEN: The far-right heiress has transformed the …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he had asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a review to determine whether he had stuck to the rules on ministerial declarations following criticism over his family’s financial arrangements. Sunak said he had written to the prime minister asking him to refer Sunak’s ministerial declarations …

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