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Norendra Modi, India's Prime Minister declared victory in the country's election.

With more than half the vote counted, declared victory in the country's election.

With more than half the vote counted,

the governing Baratier-Genata party

looks set to lose its parliamentary majority.

Mr. Modi will probably have to rely on other parties to form a government.

Share prices of Indian companies, especially those linked to allies of Mr. Modi, have plunged.

The Economist is tracking the results. of Mr. Modi have plunged.

The economist is tracking the results as they are announced.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that would prevent migrants who cross America's southern border with Mexico

illegally from applying for asylum. The rule comes into effect when average daily

encounters at the border exceed 2,500 over a seven-day period.

This threshold has reportedly already been met, meaning that the border could soon temporarily

close.

A month before Britain's general election,

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