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Dec 28, 20244 min read
South Korea's parliament impeaches acting president Han, as Yoon goes on trial
SEOUL - South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Facts-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament impeached him on...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
French Socialists repeat call for left-wing PM as Macron seeks coalition talks
PARIS - France's new prime minister should come from the left and any coalition government must commit to pension changes and helping...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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...
Nov 20, 20242 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...
Oct 1, 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...
Sep 28, 20243 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 20, 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 19, 20243 min read
Explainer-What's at stake in Austrian parliamentary election?
VIENNA - Austrians elect a new parliament on Sept. 29 in a vote that could put the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in pole position to form...
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Georgian parliament approves law curbing LGBT rights
TBILISI - Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors"...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Thailand's new PM outlines policies to parliament as consumer mood drops
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday outlined her government's policy agenda to parliament, headlined by...
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Factbox-What's at stake in Jordan's parliamentary election?
AMMAN - Jordanians vote on Tuesday for a 138-seat parliament, with tribal, centrist and pro-government deputies expected to remain...
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