Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, died on Monday at a hospital in Zanzibar after treatment for a heart condition.
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Philippine Senate Hears Testimony That OVP Funds Went to a Dead Infant
A Philippine statistics official told the Senate that OVP funds went to a child who died in 1965, among others absent from national records.
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AfD Takes 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Faces Coalition Deadlock
Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland secured 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, nearly doubling its 2021 vote and winning 38 of 41 constituencies while leaving the state without a viable coalition path.
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Myanmar’s Junta Chief Visits Vietnam in Third ASEAN Outreach
Min Aung Hlaing’s September 4 trip to Hanoi — his third ASEAN state visit — underscores the junta’s drive to reclaim regional legitimacy as bilateral trade has fallen by more than 60 percent since 2020.
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Germany’s AfD Polls Above 40% in Saxony-Anhalt on the Eve of Sunday’s Vote
Germany’s far-right AfD is polling above 40% in Saxony-Anhalt ahead of Sunday’s state election, placing it within reach of an outright majority unprecedented in postwar German politics.
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Beijing Seeks New Mideast Security Architecture During Xi’s First Cairo Visit in a Decade
Xi Jinping visited Egypt for the first time since 2016, signing economic agreements and urging Middle Eastern nations to oppose external interference and reshape the region’s security order.
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Sweden Opposition’s Lead Shrinks to 2.6 Points Before 13 September Vote
Sweden’s Social Democrat-led opposition bloc holds a slimmer advantage over Ulf Kristersson’s government as a new Novus poll puts its margin at 2.6 percentage points, down from 6.9 in August.
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Xi Jinping Set for First India Visit in Seven Years at New Delhi BRICS Summit
China’s leader heads to New Delhi for the September 12–13 BRICS summit, his first trip to India since 2019, as both sides seal an eight-point border consensus ahead of a Modi meeting.
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Xi, Putin and Modi Convene in Bishkek for SCO’s 25th Anniversary Summit
Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi gathered in Bishkek on August 31 for the 26th SCO leaders’ summit, marking 25 years since the bloc’s formation and anchoring a dense schedule of bilateral meetings.
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Iceland Votes Against Restarting EU Membership Talks
Icelanders rejected a proposal to reopen EU accession negotiations by 52.8% on August 29, ending the country’s closest bid for membership in more than a decade.