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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing growing criticism over his handling of reported anti-Semitism among some of his supporters. The simmering row escalated today with newspaper reports about numerous anti-Semitic Facebook posts from groups that support Labour. The Sunday Times reported that some senior Labour staff workers were members of Facebook groups that made anti-Semitic and violent comments. Labour has denied the groups are connected to the party in any way. Corbyn’s leadership also has been criticized by longtime Labour activist David Garrard, a major donor. Garrard told…

Polling stations across Costa Rica opened early today for a presidential election that has split the country between an ultra-conservative evangelical preacher who slams gay rights and a former minister from the centre-left ruling party. The result will decide who rules the small Central American nation of five million people for the next four years. Pre-vote surveys suggest a neck-and-neck race between Fabricio Alvarado, a right-wing 43-year-old preacher, journalist and singer, and Carlos Alvarado (no relation), a 38-year-old former journalist who was a labor minister in the outgoing government. Fabricio…