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Trump enters hospital with Covid, jolting poll campaign

Bloomberg President Donald Trump remains in a US military hospital outside Washington after contracting the coronavirus, a development that unnerved the White House and shook his struggling re-election campaign. The White House said his symptoms were mild and that he would continue to work from a suite at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, but his hospitalisation ...

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Sudan signs peace accord with rebels

Bloomberg Sudan’s transitional government ratified a long-awaited deal with rebels that promises to end years of war in the western region of Darfur and two southern border states. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, the president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, signed the pact with the Sudanese Revolutionary Front in neighbouring South Sudan on Saturday, formalising an agreement made in August. Under the deal, ...

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Ardern votes two weeks before election

Bloomberg New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has voted two weeks before election day as part of a strategy to encourage people to cast their ballots in advance. Early voting began on Saturday at 450 locations across the nation, ahead of the October 17 election day. The Electoral Commission has estimated as many as 60% of votes could be cast early, ...

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