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Chess-Nakamura downplays ratings controversy after taking 'Mickey Mouse' route to Candidates

FILE PHOTO: Chess - FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022 - Blitz Open - Almaty, Kazakhstan - December 30, 2022. Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S. sits in front of a chess board during a game. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Chess - FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022 - Blitz Open - Almaty, Kazakhstan - December 30, 2022. Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S. sits in front of a chess board during a game. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo

Honduras' presidential runner-up challenges loss as legal action looms

Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate of the Liberal Party, gives a message after the Central American electoral body declared Nasry Asfura the winner of the presidential election, following weeks of uncertainty and fraud allegations, at party headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate of the Liberal Party, gives a message after the Central American electoral body declared Nasry Asfura the winner of the presidential election, following weeks of uncertainty and fraud allegations, at party headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

In Peru, record 34 candidates are presidential hopefuls amid political distrust

FILE PHOTO: Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) political party, attends a press conference with her lawyer Giulliana Loza after a judge dismissed the \"Cocteles\" (Cocktails) case against Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) political party, attends a press conference with her lawyer Giulliana Loza after a judge dismissed the \"Cocteles\" (Cocktails) case against Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

Opposition candidates in Central African Republic's presidential election

Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Peruvian presidential candidates to get bulletproof vests after gun attacks

A general view of the the National Congress  in Lima, Peru November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
A general view of the the National Congress  in Lima, Peru November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

UN hopeful Grynspan vows to rebuild trust after Trump criticism

Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, and Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, and Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

Taiwan looking forward to re-establish ties with Honduras, foreign minister says

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung takes questions from the members of the media in Taipei, Taiwan November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung takes questions from the members of the media in Taipei, Taiwan November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Conservative Asfura's lead narrows in Honduras presidential election

A woman sets up a newspaper stand that displays cover stories on the preliminary results of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
A woman sets up a newspaper stand that displays cover stories on the preliminary results of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

US political support tilts Latam market risk, investors say

Jose Antonio Kast, Chilean presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, takes part in a meeting with his supporters in Vina del Mar, Chile November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
Jose Antonio Kast, Chilean presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, takes part in a meeting with his supporters in Vina del Mar, Chile November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

Guinea-Bissau challenger, incumbent both claim victory in presidential vote

FILE PHOTO: Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition leader Fernando Dias gestures during his final campaign rally in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition leader Fernando Dias gestures during his final campaign rally in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

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