RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday in a corruption investigation, according to local media. (Brazil-Temer-Corruption)

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BUENOS AIRES -- The Second High-level United Nations (UN) Conference on South-South Cooperation kicked off here on Wednesday, with senior officials urging to deepen and expand the initiative to realize development goals.

South-South cooperation is the key to the world's sustainable development and the fight against global warming, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the opening session of the three-day conference. (Argentina-UN-Cooperation)

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THE HAGUE -- The Dutch coalition government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte will lose its majority in the Senate with the right-wing populist party Forum voor Democracy (FvD) being a major winner in provincial elections on Wednesday, showed exit poll.

The Dutch coalition, comprised of the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Christian Democrats (CDA), the Democrats 66 (D66) and the Christian Union (CU), will fall from 38 seats to 31 in the 75-member senate. (The Netherlands-Elections)

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MOSCOW -- The first flight of the new Russian military transport aircraft Il-112V will take place at the end of March or the beginning of April, local media reported Thursday.

"Everything is ready, all issues with engines have been resolved," TASS news agency quoted a source in the defense industry as saying. (Russia-Aircraft) Enditem

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