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Japan's Takaichi set for landslide election win, exit poll shows

Japan's Takaichi set for landslide election win, exit poll shows

Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, could secure as many as 366 of the 465 seats

Asia
Indian refiners avoid Russian oil in push for US trade deal

Indian refiners avoid Russian oil in push for US trade deal

Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Reliance Industries are not accepting offers from traders for Russian oil loading in March and April, says a trader

Europe
US pressing Ukraine and Russia to end war by June, Zelensky says

US pressing Ukraine and Russia to end war by June, Zelensky says

Ukraine says ceding ground will embolden Moscow and so it will not sign an agreement that fails to deter Russia from invading again

Middle East
Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament or 'foreign rule'

Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament or 'foreign rule'

Khaled Meshal says criminalizing the resistance, its weapons, and those who carried it out is something that should not be accepted

North America
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis announces departure, following mass layoffs

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis announces departure, following mass layoffs

Lewis, a former Dow Jones chief executive and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, was appointed to the role at the Washington Post in 2023 as the newspaper was suffering steep financial losses