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French government faces collapse as left and far-right submit no-confidence motions
PARIS - The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted...
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Facts-What happens after Romania's parliamentary election?
BUCHAREST - Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, one week after an independent far-right candidate won the most votes in...
Dec 1, 20243 min read


Facts-How Sri Lanka elects its new parliament
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a...
Nov 20, 20242 min read


Irish PM kicks off election focussing on immigration, housing and Trump
DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris on Friday announced the formal start of the country's general election campaign, hoping to...
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Pressure mounts on Germany's Scholz to trigger election after coalition collapse
BERLIN - German opposition parties and business groups on Thursday urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to trigger a new election quickly to...
Nov 8, 20243 min read


Moldova's pro-Western Sandu claims election win after meddling allegations
CHISINAU - Moldova's pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu claimed victory at Sunday's closely-fought presidential election, defeating...
Nov 4, 20243 min read


Mozambique counts votes amid allegations of irregularities
MAPUTO - Votes were being counted by Mozambique's national election authorities on Thursday as civil society monitors were compiling a...
Oct 11, 20242 min read


French far-right leader Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds
PARIS - Marine Le Pen, the leading figure of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, went on trial on Monday accused of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Japan's incoming PM Ishiba calls election for Oct 27, seeks to unify party
TOKYO - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said on Monday he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Analysis-France's new government is fragile but don't write it off just yet
PARIS - It's a mess, but it might just hold. Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised by...
Sep 28, 20243 min read


Factbox-The racial divide in South Africa's economy
JOHANNESBURG - Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
PARIS - France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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