World update: April 17 2019
Stories from Turkey, China, North Korea, Sudan, Nigeria, and more
MIDDLE EAST
TURKEY
Ekrem İmamoğlu of the Republican People’s Party has been “declared” mayor of Istanbul after recounts of the March 31 election failed to overturn his victory. They did lower İmamoğlu’s margin of victory from somewhere around 20,000 votes to somewhere closer to about 14,000, but that’s still a win. Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development …
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