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Indians are casting ballots in the first round of voting across 21 states. Voting will take place over a six-week period and votes will be counted on June 4.

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Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term
By ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Thu,04/18/24-8:33PM , 67 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting on Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of
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U.S. Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood votes against resolution during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Thu,04/18/24-2:21PM , 51 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon poses for the media with husband Peter Murrell, outside polling station in Glasgow, Scotland, on Dec. 12, 2019. The husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been re-arrested in a probe into the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party. Police Scotland said a 59-year-old man had been taken into custody on Thursday, April 18, 2024 and was being questioned by detectives. While police did not name the suspect, the details provided matched up with Peter Murrell, the party's ex-chief executive who was first arrested over a year ago. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

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Husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon charged with embezzlement in party finance probe
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Thu,04/18/24-12:32PM , 50 Reads
LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon was charged Thursday with embezzlement in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s pro-independence governing party, a shocking setback for the co
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Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Japan’s Nikkei down 3.5%, as Mideast tensions flare
By ZIMO ZHONG - Associated Press
Thu,04/18/24-3:18AM , 235 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights.

Tensions in the Middle East were weighing on sentiment across the region, and U.S. futures were sharply lower.
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