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Ukraine partially imposes martial law after Russia flare-up

Bloomberg Ukraine imposed martial law in some regions a day after its navy was fired on by Russia in a major re-escalation of hostilities that drew condemnations of the Kremlin from the US and the European Union. President Petro Poroshenko said martial law was needed to ready Ukraine for potential further Russian aggression amid fears Sunday’s incident near Crimea would ...

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No takers for May ‘Brexit’ in Belfast

Bloomberg As Theresa May flies into Northern Ireland to sell her Brexit plan, the Democratic Unionist Party is uniting behind leader Arlene Foster’s opposition to the deal. May was in Belfast to drum up support for her accord, which the DUP say imperils Northern Ireland’s place in the UK by potentially tying the region to European Union rules indefinitely. “The ...

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Thailand ousted party is voters’ first choice

Bloomberg The party linked to ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra remains a “dominant force” in Thailand and leads in polling by an opposition party ahead of a general election expected next year. About 17 percent of 9,000 people surveyed across Thailand last month said they would vote for the Thaksin-linked Pheu Thai party that was overthrown in a military coup ...

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