Indonesia, Canada sign comprehensive economic partnership
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FILE - A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sept. 12, 2023.
Indonesia and Canada on Monday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that aims to strengthen economic ties between the two G20 members, three years after negotiations began.
Electoral workers count ballots at the National Electoral Council during the presidential and parliamentary election in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2025. This combination of pictures created on Feb.9, 2025, shows Ecuador's President and presidential candidate Daniel Noboa and candidate Luisa Gonzalez showing their ballots after voting Feb. 9.
A voter casts her ballot during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2025. President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection, holds up his ballot before voting in the presidential election in Olon, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2025.
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