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South Africa's new MK party seeks majority win in pivotal election, Zuma says
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party is aiming to win a parliamentary majority in a May 29 election so that it...
May 19, 20242 min read


Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports
TBILISI - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia's state-run...
May 19, 20241 min read


Russian activist in Georgia warns 'foreign agent' law will kick-start crackdown on dissent
TBILISI - Grigory Sverdlin says he has seen this story before. A Russian activist now living in exile in the Georgian capital Tbilisi,...
May 18, 20242 min read


Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
TAIPEI - Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the...
May 17, 20242 min read


Taiwan's incoming president faces angry China, fractured parliament
TAIPEI - Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped...
May 17, 20243 min read


Georgian parliament passes 'foreign agent' bill, prompting US anger, new protests
TBILISI -Georgia's parliament on Tuesday passed the third and final reading of a "foreign agents" bill, prompting a warning from the...
May 15, 20242 min read


U.S. deeply alarmed by Georgia's foreign agent bill, Sullivan says
TBILISI -The United States said on Saturday it was deeply alarmed by democratic backsliding in Georgia which Washington said had a choice...
May 11, 20242 min read


Putin, seeking continuity, proposes Mishustin remain Russia's prime minister
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the reappointment on Friday of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a technocrat who has...
May 11, 20242 min read


Ukraine sacks two senior ministers at heart of wartime economy
KYIV -Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two...
May 11, 20242 min read


Ukraine's parliament dismisses agriculture minister suspected of corruption, lawmaker says
KYIV - Ukraine's parliament has dismissed Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky who tendered his resignation in late April as he faces an...
May 11, 20241 min read


Australia targets social media with parliamentary probe
SYDNEY - Australia announced on Friday that it would hold a parliamentary inquiry to look into the negative impacts of social media...
May 10, 20242 min read


Togo ruling party wins sweeping majority in legislative poll, final provisional results show
LOME - Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's...
May 5, 20241 min read
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