Senegal’s president-elect Faye vows to govern with humility
By Portia Crowe and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among disaffected youth, promised on Monday to govern with humility and transparency. Faye,…
Guatemala president-elect proposes restarting transition process in coming days
(Reuters) – Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo has sent a proposal to current President Alejandro Giammattei seeking to restart meetings for the transition process as of this Sept. 25, he said in a…
Guatemala President-elect Arevalo calls on public to back his transition
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arevalo on Friday called on the public to “unite” behind his government after the suspension of his party by electoral authorities sowed doubts about the…
Paraguay president-elect to visit ‘great friend’ Taiwan’s Tsai
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Pena, will visit Taiwan this week and meet “great friend” President Tsai Ing-wen, he said on Sunday, shoring up a relationship at a time China is…
Paraguay’s President-elect Santiago Pena: puppet or pragmatist?
By Lucinda Elliott and Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s President-elect Santiago Pena, a clean-cut former central bank director, will need all his wits and cool to steer the South American nation…
Nigeria’s Tinubu declared president-elect by electoral commission
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday declared winner of a disputed weekend presidential election by the electoral commission after defeating two of his closest rivals. (Reporting…
Kenya President-elect Ruto says electoral commission officials are heroes
NAIROBI – Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto said on Monday that the electoral commission officials were heroes minutes after he was declared winner of a presidential vote, in a ceremony marred by scuffles…
Colombian President-elect Petro names energy and interior ministers
BOGOTA – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro appointed two cabinet members on Saturday, a day before taking office in a bid to drive deep social and economic change. Petro appointed Irene Velez as…
S.Korea’s president-elect nominates conservative lawmaker as finance chief
By Hyonhee Shin and Cynthia Kim SEOUL -South Korea’s incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday named Choo Kyung-ho to be deputy prime minister and finance minister, as the country seeks to tackle…
S.Korea’s president-elect vows ‘strong deterrence’ amid N.Korea nuclear test signs
By Soo-hyang Choi (Reuters) – South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said on Thursday strong deterrence was crucial in the face of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea amid a renewed warning…
S.Korea’s president-elect wants U.S. nuclear bombers, submarines to return
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – Advisers to South Korea’s president-elect sought redeployment of U.S. strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean peninsula during talks held on a visit…
Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID, President-elect Yoon backs practice
By Joori Roh SEOUL – Kim Jin-woo, a 27-year old resident of Seoul battling COVID-19 and recovering at home under a new government policy, needed to see a doctor when his symptoms…
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