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Google launched a verification platform dubbed 'CrossCheck' at the French Development Agency's headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, aimed at combatting fake news. The partnership between First Draft and the Google News Lab will work in collaboration with 17 newsrooms, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), BuzzFeed News, France Televisions and Le Monde, among others. The CrossCheck launch comes as France prepares to hold presidential elections this summer.
Managua,Jul 12 (EFE).- The opposition Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), founded by former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán (1997-2002) and the country's second biggest political party, presented Monday four presidential candidates for the elections on Nov. 7, in which the current leader Daniel Ortega will also seek a new reelection. (Camera: RENÉE LUCÍA RAMOS). SHOT LIST: A HEADQUARTERS OF THE OPPOSITION CONSTITUTIONALIST LIBERAL PARTY (PLC) IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, AND ITS FOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Lima, Jun 8 (EFE).- Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo from Free Peru party has received 113,193 votes more than his rival Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Popular Force, in the presidential elections, where 96.86 percent of the votes have already been counted. (Camera:MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO SPEAKS WITH HIS SUPPORTERS IN LIMA, PERU.SOUND BITE:PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEDRO CASTILLO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: I call on the electoral authorities, please be respectful for Peru, for democracy, for our country. Let's not taint the will of the Peruvian people.
RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto-1 TV/Iran International.Eslamshahr, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday held an election campaign rally in city of Eslamshahr, southern of Tehran ahead of the elections on Jun. 18.Raisi is the current Chief Justice of Iran and had run for presidency in 2017 elections, in which he lost to Incumbent President Rouhani. (Camera: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH).SHOT LIST: IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EBRAHIM RAISI HOLDS THE CAMPAIGN RALLY IN CITY OF ESLAMSHAHR, SOUTHERN OF TEHRAN, IRAN.
Lima, Jun 6 (EFE).- Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori was ahead of the leftist Pedro Castillo in the presidential elections Sunday, according to an exit poll which has yet to allow her to claim the victory.According to the polls carried out by Ipsos for the América Televisión channel, which has a margin of error of 3 percent, Fujimori gathered 50.3 percent of the valid votes compared to 49.7 percent that Castillo received. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACÁN).SHOT LIST: KEIKO FUJIMORI'S SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE AS THE EXIT POLL SUGGEST THAT SHE WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN LIMA, PERU.
Managua, May 2 (EFE) .- Five men and a woman were presented Sunday as the candidates for the Presidency of Nicaragua by the National Coalition, one of the opposition factions, ahead of the Nov. 7 elections.The presidential candidates are Dr. María Eugenia Alonzo, ex-guerrilla member Luis Fley, Afro-descendant activist George Henríquez Cayasso, peasant leader Medardo Mairena, academic and former secretary of the Ministry of Defense (2004-2007) Félix Maradiaga, and businessman and journalist Miguel Mora.(Camera: RENEE LUCÍA RAMOS)SHOT LIST: THE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL COALITION OF NICARAGUA IN MANAGUA.