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Judgment Day for the Trump Era: America Votes in Midterms That Could Hand Democrats Congress

With a record advertising spend, a deeply unpopular president and forecasters giving Democrats a commanding edge in the House, Tuesday's election will decide whether Washington's one-party control survives the second half of Donald Trump's term.


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South Africa Heads to Local Elections Under a Cloud of Political Violence, With the ANC's Grip and the Unity Government on the Line

JOHANNESBURG 

South Africans began casting special ballots on Monday in municipal elections that will test the ruling African National Congress, the durability of the coalition government it leads, and the country's ability to hold a vote amid a surge in political killings. General voting takes place Wednesday, Nov…
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Ethiopia's Abiy Sends Ministers to Military Boot Camp as War in Tigray Deepens and Eritrea Standoff Edges Toward Open Conflict

ADDIS ABABA

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has put cabinet ministers and senior officials through military conditioning, images posted on his official social media accounts show, a striking display of a leadership recast for war. The drills come more than five weeks after fighting resumed in northern Ethiopia between…
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Rights Group Accuses Zambia of Enforced Disappearances and Torture as Opposition Leader Awaits Bail Ruling on Treason Charges

LUSAKA

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Nov. 1 that Zambian police and soldiers forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat and threatened opposition members, lawyers, journalists and critics around the August general election, and it called on President Hakainde Hichilema's government to end what it…
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Belgium's Government on the Brink: De Wever Offers Resignation as the Eurozone's Biggest Deficit Splits His Coalition

After a weekend of failed talks over a 10 billion euro savings target, the Flemish nationalist prime minister has gone to the palace, leaving King Philippe to decide whether Belgium gets a rescue, a rebuilt majority or new elections.


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Three Days Out: Subpoenas, Threats and a Judge's Warning as the Justice Department Takes Its Election-Integrity Fight to the Eve of the Midterms

With ballots already being counted, federal prosecutors have demanded that California election workers testify the day after the vote, even as courts keep refusing to let Washington interfere with the count.


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Three days before the November 3…