The US presidential candidate from the Republican Party, Donald Trump won the presidential race, according to calculations by Associated Press and Bloomberg.
The US presidential candidate from the Republican Party, Donald Trump won the presidential race, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. This is according to Associated Press. Later Clinton herself admitted the defeat.
Trump’s victory is also reported by Bloomberg. He has 276 electoral votes, which follows from the calculations of the agency.
Media give their forecasts for the end of the election based on exit polls and a preliminary count of votes. To be elected President, it is necessary to have 270 electoral votes. The fact that Trump was able to recruit them, winning in the sufficient number of states, is reported by The Washington Post. However, the official vote count continues. The head of the electoral headquarters of Clinton John Podesta suggested earlier waiting for the morning and the final results, but Clinton herself called Trump, and congratulated him on his victory. -02D-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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