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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Marxist rebels, won Colombia's first-round presidential election on Sunday, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to confront privileged elites.

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president is expected to ask a former International Monetary Fund official on Monday to head a stopgap government amidst political and constitutional turmoil, with early elections looking inevitable.

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(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid protesters in main London during his UK visit in July and rather satisfy her at her country residence, the Sun paper reported on Sunday.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Monday Nigeria's government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft.

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(Reuters) - Thousands of Florida residents evacuated homes on Sunday as Subtropical Storm Alberto picked up strength as it headed north through the Gulf of Mexico, with forecasters saying it could bring life-threatening inundation to Southern coastal states.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May deals with a face-off with ministers and legislators in her Conservative celebration after declining to back reform of Northern Ireland's highly limiting abortion guidelines after neighbouring Ireland's vote to liberalise its laws.

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