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Unreasonable tax audit of some Hong Kong media: press union
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
Hong Kong's press freedom ranking has plummeted since Beijing cracked down on dissent after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019. The Hong Kon...
Army parade in US capital to feature tanks on Trump's birthday
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
The fact that the parade falls on the same day as Trump's birthday is a source of controversy, and protests are being planned when the event -- part of a celebr...
US Supreme Court weighs judicial checks on Trump with birthright case
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
The case before the top court involves the Republican leader's bid to end automatic citizenship for children born on American soil. But the immediate question a...
India kills 31 alleged Maoist rebels in 'biggest-ever operation' targeting Naxalism
May 15, 2025 (UPI)
The nearly three dozen accused rebels were killed during a 21-day operation in central India's Kurraguttalu Hill region along the Chhattisgarh and Telangana sta...
Trump renews third-term talk in troop rally in Qatar
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
Speaking to uniformed soldiers at the Al Udeid base, Trump again falsely claimed to have won the 2020 election against Joe Biden. "We won three elections, ok? A...
Price tag for Washington military parade on Trump birthday approaches $45 million
May 15, 2025 (UPI)
The event is set to take place on June 14th, Trump's 79th birthday, which is also the 250th anniversary of the United States Army, and will feature tanks, warpl...
Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
The 89-year-old -- who spent a dozen years behind bars for revolutionary activity -- lost his battle against cancer after announcing in January that the disease...
Guinea doing 'everything' to hold elections in December: PM
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
The west African country's junta leader General Mamady Doumbouya has promised that 2025 would be "a crucial electoral year" and has announced a constitutional r...
Bolivian army chief charged with terrorism over alleged coup attempt
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
Zuniga and others were arrested last June after soldiers and tanks took up positions outside government buildings in what Arce said was an attempt to unseat him...
Myanmar junta chief meets China's Xi for first time: state media
May 10, 2025 (AFP)
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing led a military coup in 2021 overthrowing Myanmar's brief experiment with democracy and plunging the nation into civil war. In the...
Australian Greens chief loses his own seat
May 08, 2025 (AFP)
People who "hate" right-leaning opposition leader Peter Dutton had flocked to Labor to keep him out of power, Bandt told reporters after losing the seat of Melb...
Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide
May 04, 2025 (AFP)
Wong's People's Action Party took all but 10 seats in the 97-seat unicameral legislature with a total of 65.57 percent of the more than 2.4 million votes cast i...
Maldives president holds record 15-hour press conference
May 04, 2025 (AFP)
Muizzu, 46, began the marathon press conference at 10:00 am (0500 GMT) on Saturday, and it continued for 14 hours and 54 minutes with brief pauses for prayers, ...
Left-leaning PM Albanese triumphs in Australian election
May 03, 2025 (AFP)
Albanese's slow-but-steady leadership resonated at a time of global tumult, analysts said, with voters deserting hard-nosed opposition leader Peter Dutton in dr...
Trump asks Congress to cut billions in nondefense spending; up funds for military, border
May 02, 2025 (UPI)
Trump sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, the Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, presenting his...
Hong Kong ex-lawmaker calls prison experience 'surreal'
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
Claudia Mo, 68, was among the 45 Hong Kong opposition figures imprisoned in the city's largest national security case, after they held an informal election in 2...
Hong Kong releases former opposition lawmakers jailed for subversion
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
Ex-legislators Claudia Mo, Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki and Gary Fan were part of a group of 47 public figures -- including some of Hong Kong's best-known democracy a...
Carney's Liberals win Canada election defined by Trump
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
China responded to Carney's victory saying it was open to improving ties, while the United Kingdom congratulated him and the European Union chief said the bloc ...
Junta chief wins 94.85% in Gabon vote landslide: final results
Apr 25, 2025 (AFP)
That result marks a five-percent increase on his score in the provisional results given the day after the April 12 ballot, the country's first since Oligui ende...
Philippine security agency says signs of China election interference
Apr 24, 2025 (AFP)
The accusation emerged at a Senate hearing where a senior lawmaker claimed Beijing's embassy in Manila was "paying Filipinos to work in troll farms" to undermin...
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