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Viewpoint: With his reelection bid, Ecuador’s Noboa seeks more time to bring violence under control
February 06, 2025
Supporters hold cardboard cutouts of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, days before the Ecuadorian presidential election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Feb. 4, 2025.
REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Ecuadorians head to the polls on Sunday, Feb. 9, to choose their next president against a backdrop of spiraling violence similar to that of the last presidential election in 2023.
Silhouettes of soldiers stand in front of a computer screen displaying an image of President Donald Trump, alongside a Palestinian flag, on Feb. 05, 2025.
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Reuters
Unsurprisingly, much of the world reacted with horror to US President Donald Trump’s call on Monday, at a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, for the deportation of the Gaza Strip’s 2.2 million people and a US takeover of the enclave.
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 5, 2025.
Francis Chung/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters
Thursday is the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s offer of eight months of pay and benefits in exchange for abandoning their posts. As of Wednesday, more than 40,000 employees, less than 2% of the federal workforce, had reportedly accepted the buyout.
Close up of South African flag.
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Elon Musk got on the phone Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following the Tesla CEO’s condemnation of Pretoria’s “openly racist” land ownership laws and threats by US President Donald Trump to withdraw $400 million in aid.
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte attends a legislative inquiry into her office's use of public funds at the House of Representatives, in Quezon City, Philippines, on Nov. 25, 2024.
REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
One of the most ferocious family feuds in global politics has escalated, as Philippines Vice President Sara Dutertewas impeached by the country’s lower house on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio embraces Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo at the end of their joint news conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City, on Feb. 5, 2025.
Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
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Trump and Xi on opposite sides of a fence.
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