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The Kremlin have declared there is no rival to 'absolute leader' Vladimir Putin a day after fierce anti-election rallies were held across Russia. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects an honor guard on arriving at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. Photo: Thomson Reuters
Brazil will use blockchain – the technology behind the bitcoin currency – to curtail fraud. The move comes on the heels of a four-year, high-level corruption investigation, but experts warn that this attempt will not be a silver-bullet fix.
The Amazon rainforest is seen in an aerial shot next to forest torn down for soybean farming in Tato Grosso state in Western Brazil. Photo: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (c), Deputy Prime Minister Beata Szydło (r) and Undersecretary of State Wojciech Kolarski (l) light candles at the International Monument to the Victims of Fascism. Photo: Stanislaw Rospedzik/EPA
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro may be cruising to a second six-year term after his regime's abrupt decision last week to move up the coming election, catching an already battered opposition off guard.
