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US midterms: World leaders hope for reset

PARIS: World leaders voiced hopes for a reset with the United States on Wednesday after voters delivered a huge midterm election defeat to President Donald Trump and his Republican party. Germany German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he hoped to see new initiatives to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. “With their majority in both chambers of Congress, the Democratic Party will likely seek to shift the political course in the United States,” Wadephul said. Through cooperation between the United States and Europe, “there may be a new opportunity to launch a fresh i