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RUSSIA ELECTIONS – Moscow – The Kremlin party, United Russia, rushes the last day of the legislative elections to try to renew the majority in the Duma or Lower House, given the momentum that the communists have taken in recent weeks and with the main opposition leaders imprisoned or removed from the electoral contest.
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DEBATE – Berlin – The main candidates for the German Chancellery – the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, the conservative Armin Laschet and the environmentalist Annalena Baerbock – participate in a pre-election debate organized by several private television channels before the imminent general elections on September 26.
ECONOMY – Berlin – The Merkel era has been for Germany a period of growth, job creation, exports and debt reduction; but his legacy also leaves shadows, from the sustainability of the social system to competitiveness.
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LATIN AMERICA – America Editorial – Although not in a coordinated manner, Latin America has been attending the UN General Assembly since Tuesday to present its complicated situation after the pandemic, both in economic terms and in terms of access to vaccines, and with the expectation that can propose a kind of Marshall Plan for the recovery of the region. By Luis Alejandro Amaya
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VACCINES – Geneva – Rich countries have a surplus of at least 1,200 million vaccines against covid-19, but they remain reluctant to donate part of those reserves to countries where vaccination coverage is very low, according to what a Senior COVAX official, on the eve of the debates on this issue that will be held by the political leaders who will attend the UN General Assembly this week.
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FRANCE ELECTIONS – Paris – Seven months after the French presidential elections, the phenomenon of the pre-campaign is called Éric Zemmour, a controversial far-right gathering party whose plan to stand in the elections has shaken the country’s political landscape. Luis Miguel Pascual.
CORONAVIRUS USA – Washington – The decision of a panel of experts from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recommend the booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine only to those over 65 years of age it thwarts the plans of the Government of President Joe Biden, who wanted to administer it to the entire population.
USA IMMIGRATION – Del Río (USA) – The United States plans to imminently initiate several deportation flights to Haiti to discourage the massive arrival of immigrants from this Caribbean nation, who in recent days have arrived in avalanche to Texas, where more than 10,000 remain camped on the border. By Alex Segura
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ALGERIA PRESIDENCY – Algiers – Algeria today says goodbye to Abdelaziz Bouteflika, its longest serving president and one of the most intriguing, influential and controversial figures of the past 20th century, who died on Friday at the age of 84 after a long illness. By Nacera Ouabou
CANADA ELECTIONS – Toronto (Canada) – Canada culminates this Sunday one of the most bitter electoral campaigns in its history due to the anti-vaccine protests, which have focused their anger on the acting prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau.
EU FUTURE – Strasbourg (France) – Coming from the four cardinal points of the European Union, the young Europeans who participate this weekend in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in the citizen panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe have a common clamor for their future: end precariousness and get a job opportunity. By Jorge Ocaña
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WINNERS – Los Angeles (USA) – “The Crown”, “The Mandalorian” and “Wandavision” start as favorites for the 73rd edition of the Emmy, awards that have been given to the new Marvel and Star Wars series. with permission from Netflix. By David Villafranca
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GALA -Los Angeles (USA) – After more than a year of pandemic, the Emmy Awards will try to give a feeling of normality with an in-person open-air gala and a limited red carpet that will not be attended by stars like Jennifer Aniston, for the health situation in the US By Javier Romualdo (Chronicle)
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NETHERLANDS DRUG TRAFFICKING – The Hague – Young criminals recruited by drug trafficking mafias in the Netherlands to collect and remove drugs from sea containers arriving from South America at the port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest jetty, are already an “unmanageable” problem for the Dutch authorities, with 325 arrests this year. By Imane Rachidi
PORTUGAL ARQUEOLOGÍA – Lisbon – A doe drawn on slate rock with unique closed lines and very sharp stones. A sketch with more than 20,000 years that has become the last find of the Hispano-Portuguese cave enclave Côa-Siega Verde, on the border of the Duero basin and listed as a World Heritage Site.
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UN NUCLEAR – Vienna – Robert Floyd, the new head of the CTBTO, the UN organization that monitors that there are no nuclear tests, assures that although this prohibition is not yet legally binding, simple international verification is discouraging atomic tests in the world.
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