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Nov 4, 20243 min read
Explainer-How Germany's coalition works and could it fall apart?
BERLIN - The parties in Germany's ruling coalition are under pressure to assert themselves after regional election defeats, dismal...
Nov 3, 20243 min read
Kemi Badenoch becomes first Black woman to head British Conservatives
LONDON - Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on...
Oct 11, 20242 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
Mozambique vote counting starts as ruling party eyes another win
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Vote counting started in Mozambique on Wednesday evening for an election that is widely expected to deliver another...
Oct 5, 20244 min read
EU presses ahead with Chinese EV tariffs after divided vote
BRUSSELS - The European Union will press ahead with hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, the EU executive said on Friday, even...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
New NATO chief Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine on Kyiv trip
KYIV - NATO chief Mark Rutte told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "your security matters for ours" on Thursday during his first...
Oct 4, 20243 min read
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase
LONDON/PORT LOUIS - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the...
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Singapore's disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
SINGAPORE - A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
First test for Mexico's new president? Marathon daily press conferences
MEXICO CITY - There could be a live mariachi band, clips from old Mexican movies, or the photo of a journalist being scolded for their...
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...
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