By Anna Maria JAKUBEK WARSAW, Oct 15, 2023 (AFP) – Former EU chief Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition that is tipped to have won a majority in Sunday’s elections, is a football-mad historian with roots in the anti-communist movement. The 66-year-old former prime minister plunged back into Polish politics as head of the centrist Civic Platform party after returning from a stint in Brussels. President of the European Council until 2019, he handled […]
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Dynastic succession: Daniel Noboa, heir to banana empire, becomes Ecuador’s youngest president
QUITO, Oct 16, 2023 (AFP) – At the age of 35, Ecuador’s president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams of his banana tycoon father, who failed five times to win the presidency. With about 52 percent of the vote, based on a near-complete count, little-known businessman Noboa was on Sunday elected the youngest president-elect in modern Ecuadoran history, edging out socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez. With a serious air, but tanned and sporty, Noboa focused […]





