His presidential power came into force right after election victory was confirmed
MONTREAL, Canada - A United Nations agency has launched an effort to craft global guidance for the use of laptops and other portable electronics in passenger aircraft cabins after selective bans by the United States and the United Kingdom upset airline passengers as well as Middle Eastern carriers.
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives could form a three-way coalition with the liberal Free Democrats, or FDP, and the pro-environment Greens after a September parliamentary election, a poll released by the Forsa Institute on Wednesday showed.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has fired James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned the country could defeat any aggressors but insisted that the world come together to fight terrorism as Moscow marked 72 years since victory in World War II.
BEIJING - The Republic of Korea will have a new president after Tuesday's election. Amid increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul is more than ready for a positive leadership that underlines a return to the previous pro-peace policy toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan's experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging populations, warning that parts of the region risk "getting old before becoming rich".
MONTREAL, Quebec - Debris-filled choppy waters on Monday kept divers from searching for a toddler and her stepfather who were swept away in a swollen Quebec river as the military battled to protect the flooded province.
LONDON - Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the Beatles are three of the things people identify as Britain's greatest features, a survey released on Monday has revealed.
PARIS - On a gray and rainy Sunday morning, millions of French voters headed to the polling stations to decide who will lead the country for the next five years.
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