Pakistan senator Kakar picked as caretaker PM to oversee elections

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed on Saturday to name Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker premier to oversee elections, the Prime Minister’s office said. Kakar, 52, a little-known politician from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and head a government…

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Exclusive-DeSantis and his backers paid $95,000 to Iowa religious leader’s group, documents show

By Alexandra Ulmer and Joseph Tanfani (Reuters) – As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian conservative leader and his following in the key early voting state of Iowa. Trailing far behind former…

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Argentine farmers back conservatives in election, hoping for freer markets

By Maximilian Heath and Miguel Lo Bianco SAN VICENTE, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s grains fields and cattle ranches, farmers are hoping upcoming elections will bring political change and an end to years of economic uncertainty, ushering in freer markets with fewer currency controls and export limits. The South American country will vote in open…

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