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(Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has urged patience with Darwin Nunez amid the Uruguayan forward’s struggles in front of goal, saying the 23-year-old would have enjoyed a more prolific debut season if the Premier League side had been at their best. Nunez has scored 15 goals in 42 appearances since being signed last year for an initial fee of 75 million euros ($82.56 million). He has scored one goal […]

ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to retain former president, John Mahama, as its leader for the 2024 presidential election. This is the third time Mahama will run for the top job in Ghana, one of Africa’s most stable democracies. He came second to President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 and 2020. The upcoming presidential vote is expected to be keenly contested. […]

By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -If Turks oust President Tayyip Erdogan in elections this month it will largely be because of an economic reversal that saw their prosperity, equality and ability to meet basic needs start to tumble midway through his two-decade reign. The May 14 vote, which lands during the Turkish Republic’s centenary year, is Erdogan’s biggest test yet. Some polls show he is trailing an opposition candidate, Kemal […]

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday and thanked his government for its “fantastic solidarity” as he secured a big boost in military aid on his first visit to the country since Russia’s invasion. Zelenskiy arrived in Berlin from Rome, where he met separately on Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis. The pope indicated that the Vatican would help […]

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -A powerful storm closed in on the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people to safer locations, many from frail homes in low-lying areas. Cyclone Mocha, packing winds of up to 210 kph (130 mph), could bring sea surges of up to 12 feet (4 m) affecting more than 2 million people directly in its path, […]

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday and thanked his government for its “fantastic solidarity” as he secured a big boost in military aid on his first visit to the country since Russia’s invasion. Zelenskiy arrived in Berlin from Rome, where he met on Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis. He flew on […]

(Reuters) -Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters had been shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed. Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had made up a raiding party, and had been “shot down almost simultaneously” in an ambush in the Bryansk […]

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turks voted on Sunday in one of the most important elections in modern Turkey’s 100-year history, which could either unseat President Tayyip Erdogan and halt his government’s increasingly authoritarian path or usher in a third decade of his rule. The vote will decide not only who leads Turkey, a NATO-member country of 85 million, but also how it is governed, where its economy is headed […]

(Reuters) -Voting has opened in Turkey in an election where President Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest political challenge of his two-decade rule. Here is a guide to the election, the presidential candidates, the key issues, and the alliances vying for power: THE ELECTION Turks will be electing both a president and parliament for a five-year term. To win the presidency in the first round, a candidate must obtain more than […]