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Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass to become Los Angeles’ first Asian-American mayor

The India-born Democrat will lead the nation’s second-largest city after defeating the incumbent in a race shaped by housing, homelessness and the response to the 2025 wildfires ...
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Data centers also lost at the ballot box in the United States

The rejection of 40 out of 41 proposals to build these facilities is a major blow to the industry and signals a shift in how Congress views the sector ...
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Casavalle, the vulnerable neighborhood on the outskirts of Montevideo awaiting Pope Leo XIV

Priest Pablo Coimbra is leading a housing project whose homes will be blessed by the pontiff in this settlement marked by poverty, drug trafficking and violence ...
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Canadian who went to the Moon leads a Madrid development project with 12,000 luxury homes: ‘It’s going to be extraordinary’

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who flew on the Artemis 2 mission, explains to EL PAÍS why he is supporting a ‘smart city’ built around a giant replica of the satellite ...
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UK’s ‘tax haven empire’ costs the EU $9 billion a year

Three countries in the European Union also rank among the top 10 most harmful jurisdictions, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network ...
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Bombings, extraditions, and militarized cities mark De la Espriella’s first 90 days in charge of security

The Colombian government has regained the military initiative following several campaign promises to restore the state’s territorial control within three months ...
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Hakeem Jeffries, the level-headed Democrat poised to become the first Black speaker of the House of Representatives

The New York congressman is positioning himself to take over the role from Mike Johnson now that the Democrats have taken control. To do so, he will have to win over the party’s progressive wing ...
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A midterms of firsts: Records set for women, Black people, gay people, Muslims, Latinos and Indigenous people

It will also include the first openly gay man. For the first time, a Black woman will head a state. A Native American will also do so. And Texas will have its first Latina governor. All signs point to ...
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Gina Hinojosa’s Mexican roots: A family of lawyers and a past in the Huasteca Potosina

Texas has turned blue and has, for the first time in its history, elected a Hispanic woman of Mexican descent as governor of a state long considered a Republican stronghold. During the midterms held ...
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Republicans seek culprits for midterms debacle but fall short of pointing to Trump

President blames Iran war for Republican defeat while boasting about progress on construction of White House ballroom ...
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Talarico, Hinojosa and Pulido: The trio with which the Democrats are beginning to turn Texas purple

For the first time in 30 years, the Democrats have won all the state’s key offices, marking a shift in the balance of power that the party had been pursuing for years ...
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What happens now? Democrats and Republicans are beginning to map out their strategies in the wake of the electoral upheaval

Trump is toying with the idea of vetoing his rivals’ measures; the new majority is considering launching investigations into members of the administration ...