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    Panama's president-elect Mulino, from the farm to the hot seat

    Jose Raul Mulino left his farm and horses behind with his sights set on becoming Panama's vice president under his former boss, ex-head of state Ricardo Martinelli.- Closing the Darien Gap - Mulino replaced his erstwhile boss as the candidate of the right-wing Realizing Goals party using the slogan: "Mulino is Martinelli."

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    Ex-minister Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama presidential race

    Jose Raul Mulino, the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state, was declared Panama's president-elect after elections Sunday.Panama's presidency has a one-term limit.

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    EU chief will urge 'fair' China competition in Paris talks with Xi

    EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday she will press for "fair" competition with China in talks with its President Xi Jinping, who is in Paris on a state visit. "We have to act to make sure that competition is fair and not distorted," she said in remarks issued hours before a face-to-face Paris meeting between her, Xi and French President Emmanuel Macron.She added that, previously with Xi, "I have made clear that the current imbalances in market access are not sustainable and need to be addr

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    Missing surfers died from gunshots after attempted robbery, Mexican officials say

    Families of two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California have identified the bodies, officials say

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    Child dies in flood, hundreds saved after storms lash Texas

    Hundreds of people have been rescued from flooded homes and roads in the Houston area of southern Texas, where rainfsll continued into Sunday, while to the north in the Fort Worth area, a child has died after a car was caught in floodwaters.

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    'Everybody is vulnerable': Fake US school audio stokes AI alarm

    A fabricated audio clip of a US high school principal prompted a torrent of outrage, leaving him battling allegations of racism and anti-Semitism in a case that has sparked new alarm about AI manipulation.AI-generated content -- and particularly audio, which experts say is particularly difficult to spot -- sparked national alarm in January when a fake robocall posing as Biden urged New Hampshire residents not to vote in the state's primary.

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    Floor by floor search for flood victims in Brazil's Porto Alegre

    From top to bottom, rescuers scour buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in apartments or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers. According to the mayor's office, the level of the Guaiba River that runs past Porto Alegre reached 5.3 meters (about 17.4 feet) on Sunday -- higher than the previous record of 4.76 meters recorded during historic floods in 1941. 

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