A woman walks by banners of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an election watch event hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman walks by banners of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an election watch event hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. The United States headed for the polls to vote for their new president... (Associated Press) 
 
 MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on world reaction to the U.S. election (all times EST): 
 
 1:50 a.m. 
 
 Indonesians on social media are questioning why Americans have voted in big numbers for billionaire Donald Trump, who many in the world's most populous Muslim country perceive as intolerant and reactionary. 
 
 Twitter, Facebook and chatrooms in instant messaging apps are buzzing with speculation about whether Trump would follow through on campaign rhetoric that included a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. 
 
 Some people say that under a Trump administration they fear they'll be prevented from visiting relatives and friends who live in America or traveling there as tourists. 
 
 About 100,000 Indonesians live in the United States. 
 
 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says on national television that his government will work with whoever becomes president. 
 
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 1:45 a.m. 
 
 News of Trump's widening lead hit hard in Cuba, which has spent the last two years negotiating normalization with the United States after more than 50 years of Cold War hostility. 
 
 Normalization has set off a tourism boom in Cuba and visits by hundreds of executives from the U.S. and dozens of other nations newly interested in doing business on the island. Trump has promised to reverse Obama's opening with Cuba unless President Raul Castro agrees to more political freedom on the island, a concession considered a virtual impossibility. 
 
 Speaking of Cuba's leaders, Communist Party member and noted economist and political scientist Esteban Morales told the Telesur network that "they must be worried because I think this represents a new chapter." 
 
 Carlos Alzugaray, a political scientist and retired Cuban diplomat, said a Trump victory could, however, please some hard-liners in the Cuban leadership who worried that Cuba was moving too close to the United States too quickly. 
 
 While many Cubans were unaware of the state of the race early Wednesday morning, those watching state-run Telesur or listening to radio updates said they feared that a Trump victory would mean losing the few improvements they had seen in their lives thanks to the post-detente tourism boom. 
 
 "The little we've advanced, if he reverses it, it hurts us," taxi driver Oriel Iglesias Garcia said. "You know tourism will go down. If Donald Trump wins and turns everything back it's really bad for us." 
 
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 1:10 a.m. 
 
 A couple of Chinese participants at a U.S. Embassy event in Beijing say they'd welcome a Trump presidency, while another says he thinks the Republican candidate projects a flawed image of the United States. 
 
 Blogger Wang Yiming says he hopes Trump will win because the Republican Party has been typically more willing to demonstrate American leadership globally, and he hoped a Republican president would do more to encourage freedom of speech in China. 
 
 Wang says: "I think America has stagnated and Trump represents justice, the rule of law and personal freedom." 
 
 Lou Bin, a 43-year-old academic at a university in Beijing, says he didn't support either candidate but Trump didn't come across as much of a "gentleman." He says: "As president you want someone who represents the country's image." 
 
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 1 a.m. 
 
 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says at this stage, it would appear that Donald Trump is most likely to claim the presidency. 
 
 Bishop told reporters in Canberra, Australia's capital, that her government is ready to work with whomever the American people, "in their wisdom," choose to be their president. 
 
 She says a U.S. presidential election is always a momentous occasion, and in this instance, "it has been a particularly bruising, divisive and hard-fought campaign." 
 
 She also says the new administration will face a number of challenges, including in Asia-Pacific, and Australia wants to work constructively with the new administration to ensure the continued presence and leadership of the United States in the region. 
 
 She calls the U.S. "our major security ally" and the largest foreign direct investor and the second-largest trading partner. 
 
 She says: "The United States is also the guarantor and defender of the rules-based international order that has underpinned so much of our economic and security issues. And interests." 
 
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 11:45 p.m. 
 
 Watching the results of the U.S. election at a New Zealand bar, 22-year-old student Sarah Pereira says she is looking forward to working as an intern in the U.S. Congress, but dreads the prospect of Donald Trump winning the presidency. 
 
 Pereira, a master's student in strategic studies, says she will leave for Washington this weekend after winning a scholarship to work for Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks. 
 
 She predicts the effects of a Trump on international relationships would be "catastrophic." 
 
 Pereira commented while attending an event hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Wellington. 
 
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 11:20 p.m. 
 
 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told an aide that "the competition is closer than expected" in the U.S. election. 
 
 Aide Takeo Kawamura tells Japan's Kyodo News service that Abe is following the vote count in his office. 
 
 The Japanese government has remained neutral in public statements, but analysts on both sides of the Pacific have talked about a possible change in U.S. policy toward Japan and the rest of Asia if Republican candidate Donald Trump should win. 
 
 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is reaffirming his government's commitment to the U.S.-Japan security alliance. He tells reporters that whoever is the next president, the Japan-U.S. alliance will remain the cornerstone of Japan-U.S. diplomacy. 
 
 — This item corrects spelling of Takeo. 
 
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 11 p.m. 
 
 Chinese state media outlets are casting the U.S. election as the embodiment of America's democracy in crisis in contrast to China's perceived stability under authoritarian rule. 
 
 The state-run Xinhua News Agency says the campaign has highlighted that, in its words, "the majority of Americans are rebelling against the U.S.'s political class and financial elites." 
 
 The official Communist Party newspaper People's Daily says in a commentary that the presidential election reveals an "ill democracy." 
 
 On Tuesday, the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV ran man-on-the-street interviews with unidentified American voters in which they expressed disgust with the system and dissatisfaction with both candidates. ||||| 
 
 CTVNews.ca Staff 
 
 
 
 
 
 Following a deeply divisive election campaign, Americans have elected Donald Trump their next president. 
 
 Over the course of the campaign, Trump has made many controversial remarks about America’s relationship with other countries. Here’s what his presidency could mean for Canada: 
 
 Trade and the economy 
 
 Trump’s campaign trail proclamations could spell trouble for Canadian exporters. 
 
 He has slammed the North American Free Trade agreement as the “worst trade deal ever.” He is also against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the proposed free trade agreement between a dozen Pacific Rim countries, including Canada. 
 
 One expert told The Canadian Press that Canadian officials have likely thought of specific proposals to update NAFTA and protect Canadian interests should Trump demand changes to the agreement or tear it up altogether. 
 
 But others have pointed out that withdrawing from NAFTA is not that simple. The U.S. Congress would have to repeal the legislation that enables NAFTA. 
 
 Daniel Kiselbach, a partner at Deloitte Tax Law LLP, told CTVNews.ca last month that if Trump moves to ditch NAFTA, American importers would likely take the U.S. government to court. 
 
 Keystone XL and climate change 
 
 Trump has said that he would invite TransCanada to revive its application for the pipeline, which was vetoed by President Barack Obama. The pipeline would give Alberta crude a more direct route to refineries in the U.S. 
 
 Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has supported Keystone XL, a re-do of the pipeline approval process would likely be welcomed by the Canadian government. And if the pipeline is built in the coming years, it would be a much-needed boost for Alberta’s economy. 
 
 On the broader issue of climate change, Trump has vowed to “cancel” the Paris climate deal that U.S., Canada and nearly 200 other nations signed last year. 
 
 Security and defence 
 
 Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport illegal immigrants from the U.S. and institute “extreme vetting” of Muslim immigrants and refugees. He has also promised to implement a biometric entry-exit visa tracking system at all border crossings. 
 
 Since the U.S. and Canada work closely together on national security and border issues, this could create headaches for the Canadian government. 
 
 Trump has also threatened to withhold American military support from NATO if its partner countries don't meet their targeted defence spending. All NATO countries pledged to devote two per cent of their GDP to their defence budgets, but Canada is among the countries that don't hit that target. That’s another potential conflict with the U.S. once Trump is sworn in. 
 
 With files from CTV’s Laura Payton and The Canadian Press ||||| A woman watches a television broadcast of U.S. election in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. The United States headed for the polls to vote for their new president on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman watches a television broadcast of U.S. election in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. The United States headed for the polls to vote for their new president on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (Associated Press) 
 
 MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on world reaction to the U.S. presidential election (all times local): 
 
 12:30 p.m. 
 
 The Taliban have called on Donald Trump to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan once he takes office as president. 
 
 In a statement sent to The Associated Press, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Wednesday that a Trump administration "should allow Afghans to become a free nation and have relationships with other countries based on non-interference in each other's affairs." 
 
 The Afghan conflict is in its 16th year. The Taliban have spread their footprint across Afghanistan in the two years since most international combat troops withdrew. 
 
 President Barack Obama expanded U.S. troops' mandate to enable them to work more closely on the battlefield with their Afghan counterparts, and to conduct counter-terrorism operations against Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State group and the Taliban. 
 
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 12:25 p.m. 
 
 Chinese President Xi Jinping has conveyed his congratulations to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, saying he looked forward to working with Trump on promoting ties in a "constructive" way that avoids conflict and confrontation. 
 
 During his campaign, Trump accused China of illegally subsidizing exports, manipulating its currency and stealing intellectual property. 
 
 State broadcaster CCTV reported Wednesday that Xi said the two biggest economies in the world shared common interests and shouldered a "special and important responsibility in upholding world peace." 
 
 Xi says: "I highly value China-U.S. relations and am looking forward to working with you to expand cooperation in all fields, including in bilateral, regional and global aspects." He says he expects they would "manage differences in a constructive way, in the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect, cooperation and win-win." 
 
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 12:15 p.m. 
 
 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of congratulations to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, saying "the American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly." 
 
 Kenyatta says Wednesday that "the ties that bind Kenya and the United States of America are close and strong. They are old, and based in the values that we hold dear: in democracy, in the rule of law, and in the equality of peoples." 
 
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 12:05 p.m. 
 
 The president of Slovenia — small Alpine nation that is the home country of future U.S. First Lady Melania Trump — says he hopes relations with the U.S. will further improve during Donald Trump's presidency. 
 
 President Boris Pahor says Wednesday "we are allied as part of NATO and I will strive for the friendship and the alliance to deepen further." 
 
 Pahor also says "American people have the right to decide on their leader." Prime Minister Miro Cerar has also congratulated the Trumps in a Twitter message. 
 
 Melania Trump was born as Melanija Knavs in the industrial Slovenian town of Sevnica before working internationally as a model. 
 
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 12:01 p.m. 
 
 The Vatican's first reaction to the election of Donald Trump has focused on its wish for global peace. 
 
 Pope Francis pope did not mention the U.S. elections during his Wednesday audience, but secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, offered Trump congratulations in a statement to Vatican Radio that "his government can be truly fruitful." 
 
 He added the Vatican offered its prayers "that the Lord illuminates and sustains him in service of his country, naturally, but also in service of the well-being and peace of the world." 
 
 Parolin concluded by noting that "there is need for everyone to work to change the global situation, which is in a situation of severe lacerations and great conflict." 
 
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 11:55 a.m. 
 
 Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready to try to restore good relations with the United States in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. 
 
 Putin said Wednesday at a ceremony accepting the credentials of new ambassadors that "we aware that it is a difficult path, in view of the unfortunate degradation of relations between the Russian Federation and the United States." 
 
 Putin says "it is not our fault that Russian-American relations are in such a state." 
 
 Earlier, the Kremlin said Putin sent Trump a telegram of congratulation, expressing "his hope to work together for removing Russian-American relations from their crisis state." 
 
 Putin also says ties between Moscow and Washington must be "based on principles of equality, mutual respect and a real accounting each other's positions." 
 
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 11:45 a.m. 
 
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has congratulated Donald Trump, calling him a "true friend of the State of Israel." 
 
 Netanyahu said Wednesday he believes the two leaders "will continue to strengthen the unique alliance between our two countries and bring it to ever greater heights." 
 
 Earlier, a key ally in Netanyahu's center-right coalition, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, said Tump's victory means that "the era of a Palestinian state is over." The Palestinians want a state in lands Israel captured in 1967. 
 
 Netanyahu has said he is willing to negotiate a border deal, but has retracted offers made by his predecessors while pressing ahead with Jewish settlement expansion on war-won land. 
 
 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he hopes "peace will be achieved during his term. 
 
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 11:40 a.m. 
 
 Without commenting directly on Donald Trump's election, China's government says Beijing hopes to work with the new U.S. administration to build sustainable ties and expressed confidence the two countries can handle trade disputes maturely. 
 
 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that China is "looking forward to making concerted efforts with the new U.S. government to ensure the sustainable, steady and sound development of bilateral relations" to benefit both countries' people and the world. 
 
 Asked about U.S. voters' anger about economic losses blamed on Chinese exports, Lu said only that the two countries had established ways to deal with trade disputes. He says "as mature, large countries, China and the U.S. are able to handle such issues." 
 
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 11:35 a.m. 
 
 Iran's semi-official news agency Tasnim has quoted the country's foreign minister as saying that the United States needs to implement its part of multilateral international commitments under last year's historic nuclear deal. 
 
 The comments Wednesday by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came after businessman Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. 
 
 During the campaign, Trump has criticized the deal and suggested he would try to renegotiate it. Zarif was quoted as saying that any U.S. president "should have a correct understanding of realities of the world and our region and face them realistically." 
 
 Zarif says that America has accepted multilateral international commitments and has to "implement the nuclear deal." 
 
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 11:30 a.m. 
 
 The Iraqi government says relations with the United States have a "solid base" and this is not expected to change after Donald Trump's election as president. 
 
 Government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Iraq is keen to develop its relations with the U.S. and "boost cooperation in the fight against terrorism." 
 
 He noted the leading U.S. role in the current battle to push back Islamic State extremists in Iraq's north. Last month, a U.S.-led military coalition launched an operation to retake Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, from Islamic State extremists. 
 
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 11:20 a.m. 
 
 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered President-elect Donald Trump "close cooperation" on the basis of shared trans-Atlantic values that she says include respect for human dignity regardless of people's origin, gender or religion. 
 
 Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday that the campaign which ended in Trump's victory featured "confrontations that were difficult to bear." 
 
 Merkel stressed Germany's close historical connection with the United States. She said: "Germany and America are connected by values: democracy, freedom, respect for the law and for the dignity of human beings, independently of origin, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political views." 
 
 She added: "On the basis of these values, I am offering the future president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, close cooperation." 
 
 She said the partnership with the U.S. "is a foundation stone of German foreign policy." 
 
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 11:15 a.m. 
 
 A top official in South Sudan has welcomed the election victory of Donald Trump. 
 
 South Sudan's Minister of Information and government spokesman Michael Makuei says Trump "will be better after all" for his nation. 
 
 Makeui says "I really doubt President Obama had any clear policy to South Sudan other than to destroy it. So we will definitely expect better relations with Trump ... and the U.S.A. after the election." 
 
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 11:10 a.m. 
 
 Cambodia's long-serving authoritarian prime minister Hun Sen has congratulated Donald Trump on his U.S. presidential election victory. 
 
 On his official Facebook page, Hun Sen called Trump "your excellency" and pointed out that he'd announced his support for the Republican candidate several days earlier. 
 
 He says "American voters have shown their choice to elect your excellency ... My support for your candidacy is not wrong either." 
 
 Hun Sen has kept a tight grip on Cambodian politics for three decades by silencing critics with lawsuits, intimidation and other tactics. 
 
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 11:05 a.m. 
 
 European Union leaders have invited U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to come visit the 28-nation bloc as possible to assess trans-Atlantic ties. 
 
 With "sincere congratulations," EU Council President Donald Tusk and his Commission counterpart Jean-Claude Juncker said that, despite Trump's campaign talk of protectionism and isolationism, both sides "should consolidate the bridges we have been building across the Atlantic." 
 
 Tusk famously quoted his wife during the U.S. election campaign, saying that "One Donald is more than enough!" 
 
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 10:50 a.m. 
 
 Indonesia's president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says the world's most populous Muslim nation will work with Donald Trump's new U.S. administration. 
 
 He says "we will keep good relations, especially in trade and investment as we know the U.S. is one of Indonesia's major investors. I think there will be no change." 
 
 But, Komaruddin Hidayat, a noted Indonesian Islamic scholar, saysTrump's election as U.S. president is "shocking" for many people in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. 
 
 Hidayat, who is also rector of Indonesia's state-run Islamic University, says Trump has signaled backing for ultra-nationalist, isolationist and protectionist policies that could be harmful. 
 
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 4:45 a.m. 
 
 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent his "heartfelt congratulations" to Donald Trump for his election as the next U.S. president. 
 
 Abe says that "as a very successful businessman with extraordinary talents, not only you made a great contribution to the growth of the U.S. economy, but now as a strong leader, you have demonstrated your determination to lead the United States." 
 
 Abe, in the statement, reminded Trump of the importance of the Asia-Pacific region, saying its peace and stability is "a driving force of the global economy" that also brings peace and prosperity to the U.S., reminding him of the importance of the region. 
 
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 4:35 a.m. 
 
 Donald Trump's surprise triumph dealt a blow to online betting sites, some of which had paid out winnings prematurely to gamblers backing Hillary Clinton. 
 
 Irish bookmaker Paddy Power says it lost about 5 million euros ($5.5 million) in what the Dublin-based business called its "biggest political payout ever." 
 
 Company spokesman Feilim Mac An Iomaire said Wednesday: "We're in the business of making predictions and decided to put our neck on the line by paying out early on Hillary Clinton, but boy did we get it wrong. We've been well and truly thumped by Trump." 
 
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 4:30 a.m. 
 
 British Prime Minister Theresa May has congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, saying the two countries will remain "strong and close partners on trade, security and defense." 
 
 In a statement, May said Trump had won after "a hard-fought campaign." 
 
 May, who took office after British voters delivered a shock to the establishment by deciding to leave the European Union, declined to comment on rival candidates Trump and Hillary Clinton while the U.S. race was on. 
 
 On Wednesday, she stressed the enduring trans-Atlantic "special relationship, based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise." 
 
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 4:25 a.m. 
 
 Egypt's president has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election, saying Cairo wants to see more "cooperation and coordination" between the two nations to bolster stability and peace in the Middle East. 
 
 President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi telephoned Trump to offer his congratulations. He also invited the next U.S. president to visit Egypt. 
 
 Cairo receives more than $1 billion dollar annually in U.S. military and economic aid under an assistance program that began in the 1970s to reward Egypt for signing a peace treaty with Israel. 
 
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 4:20 a.m. 
 
 Germany's foreign minister says the outcome of the U.S. presidential election is "different than most people in Germany would have wanted, but of course we have to respect it." 
 
 Frank-Walter Steinmeier says that Donald Trump's victory means "nothing is going to get easier. A lot will get harder." 
 
 But he told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday that it was important to maintain good trans-Atlantic relations which he likened to "the foundations of the West." 
 
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 4:15 a.m. 
 
 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he's looking forward to working with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and that U.S. leadership is vital to the world's biggest military alliance. 
 
 Stoltenberg said Wednesday that "it is important that the Trans-Atlantic bond remains strong" and that "U.S. leadership is as important as ever." 
 
 Trump has criticized many allies for not paying their fair share of the NATO budget. 
 
 Stoltenberg said he looks forward to welcoming Trump at next Spring's NATO summit, to be held in the alliance's sprawling new premises in Brussels. 
 
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 4:05 a.m. 
 
 Malaysia's prime minister has congratulated Donald Trump on his "extraordinary victory," saying his success showed that politicians should never take voters for granted. 
 
 Najib Razak is a possible beneficiary of what could be an inward-looking U.S. under a Trump presidency. He is embroiled in a scandal over the alleged theft by his associates of several billion dollars from a state investment fund. A U.S. Justice Department probe has linked Najib to the embezzlement. 
 
 Najib said opinion polls and established political figures all underestimated the strength of Trump's support. 
 
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 4 a.m. 
 
 Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election is being viewed with shock and revulsion in Ireland. 
 
 The country is close to the Clintons and fearful of Trump's campaign pledge to confront U.S. companies using Ireland as a tax shelter. 
 
 The Irish Times branded the New York businessman a "misogynistic racist liar" who would fan instability overseas and intolerance at home. 
 
 Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole wrote Wednesday: "The republic of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt is now the United Hates of America." 
 
 "President Trump is the creation of the same demographic that gave Europe its far-right authoritarian movements with such disastrous consequences for the world," he wrote. 
 
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 3:50 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's prime minister has called on Donald Trump to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen — blamed by Ankara for the failed coup in July — as soon as he is sworn in. 
 
 Binali Yildirim also said Wednesday that he hoped that the new leadership in the United States would take into consideration Turkey's "sensitivities concerning the fight against terrorism," give priority to policies that would bring peace and stability to the region and advance traditional friendship between the two countries. 
 
 Ties between the two allies have been strained over perceptions in Turkey that the United States is reluctant to arrest and extradite Gulen. 
 
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 3:40 a.m. 
 
 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump in a message posted on Twitter. Modi tweeted that "we appreciate the friendship you have articulated toward India during your campaign. 
 
 Trump had reached out to Indian-American voters at a rally in New Jersey in mid-October, praising Modi and vowing to defeat terrorism. 
 
 In the Indian capital Wednesday, some from right-wing Hindu nationalist group Hindu Sena celebrated Trump's victory at a central protest ground. 
 
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 3:30 a.m. 
 
 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has lashed out at Barack Obama for criticizing his deadly anti-drug crackdown, has congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. 
 
 Duterte says he looks forward to working with the new American leader to further enhance the treaty allies' relations. 
 
 Duterte, who took office in June, has had an uneasy relation with the U.S. The 71-year-old leader has announced his desire to scale back joint combat drills with the U.S. military and end the presence of foreign troops, including Americans, in the country in two years. 
 
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 3:20 a.m. 
 
 Hungary's prime minister says Donald Trump's victory is "great news" and shows "democracy is still alive." 
 
 Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been often criticized by the United States, including by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, for weakening the democratic system of checks and balances. Orban offered his congratulations to Trump on his Facebook page. 
 
 Orban, who returned to power in 2010 and last year built fences on Hungary's southern borders to stop the flow of migrants heading toward Western Europe, said in July that Trump's immigration policies made him the best candidate for Hungary and Europe. 
 
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 3:15 a.m. 
 
 The European Union's foreign policy chief says that the trans-Atlantic ties with the United States go beyond the election of Donald Trump. 
 
 Federica Mogherini said Wednesday in a Twitter message that "EU-US ties are deeper than any change in politics. We'll continue to work together, rediscovering the strength of Europe." 
 
 EU Parliament President Martin Schulz said the result "must be respected" as he said that Trump "managed to become the standard-bearer of the angst and fears of millions of Americans." 
 
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 3 a.m. 
 
 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says in a statement that he "congratulates the elected American president, Donald Trump, and hopes that peace will be achieved during his term." 
 
 An Abbas aide, Saeb Erekat, said Wednesday he doesn't expect U.S. positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to change under Trump. 
 
 Erekat said the Republican and Democratic parties are both committed to a two-state solution of the conflict and "I think this will not change with the coming administration." 
 
 The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, lands Israel captured in 1967. Gaps between Abbas and Israel's hawkish leader on any border deal remain wide. 
 
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 2:35 a.m. 
 
 Russia's lower house of parliament is applauding the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president. 
 
 State news agency RIA-Novosti says Vyacheslav Novikov, a member of the foreign affairs committee from the governing United Russia party, addressed the State Duma on Wednesday morning. 
 
 Novikov said that "three minutes ago, Hillary Clinton acknowledged her defeat in the U.S. presidential elections and just a second ago, Trump began his speech as president-elect. I congratulate all of you on this." 
 
 The chamber then broke into applause. 
 
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 2:25 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's justice minister says a change of presidents in the United States won't make a big difference to the "deep-rooted" relations between the two countries. 
 
 Bekiz Bozdag told the state-run Anadolu Agency on Wednesday: "in essence our relations are relations between two states and we hope that under the new presidential term the Turkish-U.S. relations will be much better. That is our expectation." 
 
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 2:15 a.m. 
 
 Dutch anti-Islam populist lawmaker Geert Wilders has tweeted his congratulations to Donald Trump. 
 
 Wilders, whose Freedom Party is riding high in opinion polls ahead of Dutch elections due in March, calls Trump's win in the presidential election "A historic victory! A revolution." Looking ahead to the Dutch vote, Wilders finished his tweet: "We also will give our country back to the people of the Netherlands." 
 
 Wilders is known for his strident anti-Islam rhetoric and opposition to the Netherlands' European Union membership. 
 
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 1:30 a.m. 
 
 Canada and the prospect of Americans moving there appears to have drawn so much online interest that it has knocked out the country's immigration website. 
 
 Searches for "move to Canada" and "immigrate to Canada" spiked Tuesday night as election returns favored Republican nominee Donald Trump. "Canada" was a leading U.S. trend on Twitter, with more than 1 million tweets. 
 
 While much of the chatter was clearly tongue-in-cheek, the website for Citizenship and Immigration Canada was down at the same time. Agency officials could not be immediately reached for comment. 
 
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 1:10 a.m. 
 
 The first French presidential candidate to comment on the U.S. election was populist, anti-immigrant politician Marine Le Pen, congratulating Trump even before the final results are known. 
 
 Le Pen, hoping to ride anti-establishment sentiment to victory in April-May French presidential elections, tweeted her support to the "American people, free!" 
 
 French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said France would continue to work with the new president whoever wins the final tally, though expressed concern about Trump's lead and said it could hold a cautionary message for Europe. 
 
 "We don't want a world where egoism triumphs," Ayrault said on France-2 television Wednesday. France's Socialist government had openly endorsed Clinton. 
 
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 12:45 a.m. 
 
 News of Trump's widening lead hit hard in Cuba, which has spent the last two years negotiating normalization with the United States after more than 50 years of Cold War hostility. 
 
 Normalization has set off a tourism boom in Cuba and visits by hundreds of executives from the U.S. and dozens of other nations newly interested in doing business on the island. Trump has promised to reverse Obama's opening with Cuba unless President Raul Castro agrees to more political freedom on the island, a concession considered a virtual impossibility. 
 
 Speaking of Cuba's leaders, Communist Party member and noted economist and political scientist Esteban Morales told the Telesur network that "they must be worried because I think this represents a new chapter." 
 
 Carlos Alzugaray, a political scientist and retired Cuban diplomat, said a Trump victory could, however, please some hard-liners in the Cuban leadership who worried that Cuba was moving too close to the United States too quickly. ||||| Donald Trump’s stunning lead in the U.S. presidential race was causing deep anxiety late Tuesday in Mexico, whose currency was steeply declining in international markets. 
 
 “I’m in shock, my stomach aches, I can’t believe it,” said a stunned Maria Torres, 28, who arrived at a bar in Mexico City expecting a victory for Hillary Clinton. “This is like watching the Titanic sink.” 
 
 As a television screen showed Trump leading in Florida, Carla Figueroa, 33, was dumbfounded. “Florida, seriously, for Trump?” asked Figueroa. “And the Latinos? What terrible news.” 
 
 Some viewed thundershowers that lashed the capital shortly after dusk as a sign of turbulent times to come. 
 
 “The rain was an omen of the storm that is coming this evening,” said Juan Antonio Diaz, 34, as the television reported the peso headed toward a record low of 20 to the dollar. 
 
 Early results showing Trump running strong in key states contributed to a drop in the Mexican peso on the spot market to almost 19.8 to the dollar, a decline of 7.37% compared to the exchange rate at closing time, Bloomberg reported. 
 
 At an American-themed bar in the capital, where many gathered to watch electoral results, the mood was grim: There was little laughter, dazed patrons were chain smoking, and some called relatives in the United States to find out what had happened. 
 
 "It's so worrying," said Roberto Ascencio, 27, a Mexican urban planner who plans to study in the U.S. next year and was among the bewildered clients at the bar, Legion Americana. "I'm seeing my savings reduced. It's scary to see how much the peso has been reduced in the last few hours." 
 
 For Ascencio and many other Mexicans, the prospect of a President Trump seemed unimaginable — at least until Tuesday evening. 
 
 "This is the first time I actually imagined [a Trump victory] as a real scenario," said Ascencio. "I really haven't had the chance to interact with people who are supporting him." 
 
 During the campaign, Trump had thrown his weight behind a number of controversial Mexico-related policy plans — notably vowing to build a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border — earning him the enmity of many here and in much of Latin America. 
 
 Apart from his infamous wall, Trump had backed large-scale deportations, pledged to nix trade deals with Mexico and threatened to cut cash funds wired home by Mexican immigrants — remittances that totaled almost $25 billion last year, overtaking oil as Mexico’s second-largest source of foreign currency, after manufactured goods. 
 
 The peso and the Mexican stock market have been oscillating in recent weeks in close correlation to U.S. polls — dropping as Trump has risen in the polls, gaining as surveys have shown Trump on the decline. That reflects fears that the Mexican economy could slide if Trump wins. 
 
 Perhaps no other country outside the United States is as invested in the election as Mexico. It is the polarizing figure of Trump — widely reviled here as a Mexico basher — that drove up interest in the U.S. presidential contest. 
 
 "American elections are always important to us, because we're neighbors," said Cecilia Beaven, 30, who was watching election results roll in at the Legion Americana bar. "But this year it feels personal." 
 
 "What will happen to me when I'm in the U.S.?" asked Beaven, a Fulbright scholar who will be going to the U.S. to study art next year. "I'm scared. There has never been anyone more threatening to Mexicans and immigrants in general." 
 
 Throughout Tuesday, the election received extensive coverage in the Mexican media, with stations featuring expert panels and hours of talking-head air time. 
 
 The two major networks, Televisa and Television Azteca, dispatched anchors to the United States to direct the detailed coverage — often focusing on the expected critical role of the Latino vote. 
 
 Special correspondent Cecilia Sanchez contributed to this report. 
 
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 The USC/L.A. Times poll saw what other surveys missed: A wave of Trump support ||||| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks rallied on Wednesday after a dramatic overnight sell-off, while bond yields jumped on inflation expectations and the Mexican peso was battered as investors reacted to Donald Trump’s surprise win in the U.S. presidential election. 
 
 While equity investors’ election night panic turned to daytime jubilation, bond investors worried Trump’s protectionist policies would ultimately weaken the dollar and hike inflation. 
 
 U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yields gained almost 25 basis points in their sharpest rise in more than five years. 
 
 Benchmark U.S. 10-year note yields also advanced, climbing 21 basis points to their highest since January in their biggest increase in more than three years. 
 
 The U.S. dollar rose across the board and hit its highest against the Japanese yen in nearly four months. It gained support from the equity turnaround and the yield spreads, said Kathy Lien, managing director at BK Asset Management in New York. 
 
 The Mexican peso recouped some losses after falling to a record low. The currency has been vulnerable to Trump’s threats to rip up a free trade agreement with Mexico and to tax money sent home by migrants to pay for building a border wall. 
 
 The three major U.S. stock indexes rose as investors piled into financial and healthcare stocks on hopes of weaker regulation than was expected from a Hillary Clinton presidency. 
 
 “The fact the Republicans control all three branches of government made a lot of people think that some of Trump’s ideas that were pro-business - lower taxes and lower regulation - could actually be passed,” Rick Meckler, president of investment firm LibertyView Capital Management in Jersey City, New Jersey. 
 
 Goldman Sachs chief investment officer Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani advised private wealth clients to “stay the course” on expectations for a large stimulus that would boost investments. 
 
 Traders watch, as Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the morning after the U.S. presidential election in New York City, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 
 
 Investors also recalled that global stocks’ dramatic decline after Britain voted in June to leave the European Union was short-lived and was ultimately seen as a buying opportunity. 
 
 The MSCI world stock index plunged as much 7.2 percent in the two trading sessions after the June 23 Brexit vote before rising 8.8 percent in the following 12 days. The index, which was flat on Wednesday, was 8.6 percent higher than the post Brexit low. 
 
 But many money managers said they expect volatility in the coming weeks as the world awaits January’s inauguration for more concrete clues of what a Trump presidency means. 
 
 “Trump doesn’t have a history in government that people can look back at,” said Meckler. “Whatever he has to say in the coming weeks will have an oversized effect on the market.” 
 
 The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 256.95 points, or 1.4 percent, to 18,589.69, the S&P; 500 had gained 23.7 points, or 1.11 percent, to 2,163.26 and the Nasdaq Composite added 57.58 points, or 1.11 percent, to 5,251.07. 
 
 UNCERTAINTY 
 
 Trump’s victory speech pledge that he would forge strong relations with other big nations helped ease some concerns about heavy tariffs being slapped on imports to the United States and a starkly more aggressive geopolitical attitude. 
 
 But emerging markets bore the brunt of the Republican nominee’s victory, with Mexico’s peso still down 8.2 percent after falling more than 13 percent to hit a record low overnight. 
 
 LibertyView’s Meckler said he would be surprised if Asian stocks don’t bounce back Thursday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan ended down 2.3 percent Wednesday while Tokyo’s Nikkei fell 5.4 percent. 
 
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 In commodity markets, safe-haven gold sharply pulled back initial gains and were essentially flat at $1,275 an ounce after climbing as much as 4.9 percent to $1,337.40. 
 
 Oil prices recovered along with U.S. equities, with Brent crude up 0.96 percent at $46.47 a barrel and U.S. crude rising 0.6 percent to $45.27.
– Reactions to the biggest political upset in recent memory are pouring in from around the globe, and if any world leaders are shaking in their boots, they aren't showing it. A look around: Mexico: "I'm in shock, my stomach aches, I can't believe it. This is like watching the Titanic sink," a woman told the Los Angeles Times late Tuesday from Mexico City, where a thunderstorm was viewed as an omen of tumult. Mexico's peso hit a record low overnight but has recovered slightly, per Reuters. "I'm seeing my savings reduced," said one man. Canada: While some Canadians are ready to welcome Americans into their "igloos," others fear Trump will tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, putting a dent in the Canadian economy, reports CTV News. If Trump approves the Keystone XL pipeline, however, it would be considered an economic win. Cuba: A political scientist says Cuba's leaders "must be worried." Based on his campaign remarks, Trump is likely to reverse Obama's course of a stronger relationship. Without US tourism dollars, Cubans may suffer. But some who were hesitant that the two countries would become too cozy might actually be pleased. Indonesia: Some in the world's most populous Muslim country believe they won't be able to set foot on US soil for the next four years, per the AP. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, however, expects "no change" in Indonesia's "good relations" with the US. China: President Xi Jinping says he's "looking forward to working with [Trump]" and expects they can "manage differences in a constructive way," stressing the countries' "special and important responsibility in upholding world peace," per the AP. Russia: With Trump, Vladimir Putin says he hopes to restore relations with the US. "We [are] aware that it is a difficult path, in view of the unfortunate degradation of relations," but "it is not our fault that Russian-American relations are in such a state," he said. Israel: Israeli leaders are among the most jubilant. The country's education minister says Trump's victory means "the era of a Palestinian state is over." Benjamin Netanyahu says Trump is a "true friend of the State of Israel." Iran: The country's foreign minister appears less pleased, stressing that America must "implement the nuclear deal" reached last year. Trump has said he would renegotiate it.