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The party of Andrej Babis, former leader of the Czech government, is expected to prevail in parliamentary elections that begin Friday.

Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power.

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government.

A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities.

Japan’s beleaguered governing party will convene for a crucial election that could pave the way for the first female prime minister or the youngest leader in 140 years.

The militant group responded to a proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza.

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

Hamas said it would release the Israeli hostages but wanted to negotiate elements of the Trump plan. Later, in a video, President Trump said, “Everybody was unified in wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the Middle East, and we’re very close to achieving that.”

Mexico’s dominant party, Morena, rose to power by championing the poor. Now it is having to explain the luxurious lifestyles of some of its most prominent members.

The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said.

Hamas has agreed to some elements of the proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza, but it’s not clear if its conditions ultimately would satisfy the White House or Israel.

Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.

President Trump said he believed Hamas was “ready for a lasting peace” after the militant group offered to release hostages and discuss the U.S.-led peace proposal.

The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.

It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration’s legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

A senior member of the Palestinian group said it would soon announce its position on President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.

Two people were killed on Yom Kippur after a driver rammed a vehicle into people in Manchester and stabbed others. One man who died was accidentally shot by the police, who also killed the attacker.

The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Trump to try to ease some of the tariffs imposed by the United States.

The Indian comedian Kunal Kamra was forced offstage after a political joke led to a mob attack. Unlike Jimmy Kimmel, he is unlikely to return anytime soon.