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Nationalists dealt setback in Slovakia

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Bloomberg European voters may be starting to put a damper on nationalists who want to shift the continent’s political direction. Ahead of next month’s European Parliament elections, Slovakia provided one of the last signals of voter sentiment when it elected a socially liberal anti-corruption campaigner as president over populist challengers. Zuzana Caputova’s victory may serve as a warning to euroskeptic ...

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Indonesia’s opposition cries foul over voter list

Bloomberg Indonesia’s opposition has warned of street protests if irregularities in the country’s electoral roll are not resolved before the presidential poll later this month. Political parties backing Prabowo Subianto’s bid for presidency will legally challenge the outcome if the former general loses the poll to incumbent Joko Widodo in the April 17 vote, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, communications director for Prabowo’s ...

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Stocks advance, Treasuries slide on upbeat China data

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Bloomberg Stocks strengthened worldwide as strong manufacturing data out of the world’s second largest economy helped ease investor worries about a slowdown in global growth. Treasuries extended losses after as a gauge of US factories topped estimates in March. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were all in the green. Shares of Lyft dropped below its IPO price as analysts ...

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