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Wilders party drops 'Nexit' pledge in EU election manifesto
Apr 05, 2024 (AFP)
The Freedom Party (PVV) led by Wilders won a stunning victory in Dutch national elections in November and polls indicate will likely top the June 6-9 European v...
Online hate sows Muslim fears as India votes
Apr 04, 2024 (AFP)
India has a long and grim history of sectarian clashes between the Hindu majority and its biggest minority faith, but analysts warn increasingly available moder...
Hong Kong book lovers mourn store closure after constant complaints
Apr 01, 2024 (AFP)
Mount Zero said it would close at the end of March after constant complaints to authorities, which had accused it of illegally occupying government land by tili...
'Grave step backwards': Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year
Apr 01, 2024 (AFP)
The tech giant says CrowdTangle will be unavailable after August 14, less than three months before the US election. The Palo Alto company plans to replace it wi...
Under shadow of 2023 riot, Lula plays down Brazil's '64 coup
Mar 30, 2024 (AFP)
"We need to bring Brazilian society and the armed forces closer, not treat each other as if we were enemies," the leftist president told reporters in late Febru...
Myanmar junta chief blames election delays on resistance fighters
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
The military has suffered a series of major losses to an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups, and earlier this week admitted it may not be possible to hold...
Mali's junta bans opposition coalition: decree
Mar 26, 2024 (AFP)
The country has been under military rule since back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, with the security situation compounded by a humanitarian and political crisi...
US, UK, NZ accuse China of cyber attacks on 'democratic institutions'
Mar 26, 2024 (AFP)
In rare and detailed public accusations against China -- Washington, London and Wellington described a series of cyber breaches over the last decade or more, in...
Senegal presidential candidates hold final rallies ahead of vote
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
Seven million people are eligible to vote Sunday in the traditionally stable West African nation set to become an oil producer, but where more than a third live...
Separatist leader Puigdemont eyes return to Spain as Catalan vote looms
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
A European Parliament lawmaker who fled Spain for Belgium to avoid prosecution over the botched 2017 Catalan independence bid, Puigdemont plans to announce whet...
China's Xi congratulates Indonesia's Prabowo on election win
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
Prabowo and his vice-presidential running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing leader Joko Widodo, had already declared victory after unoffic...
Swiss move towards vote on reinforcing neutrality
Mar 20, 2024 (AFP)
The sovereigntist organisation Pro Switzerland has collected more than enough signatures to launch a vote aimed at better anchoring Swiss neutrality in the coun...
Stoltenberg urges democratic reforms in NATO-hopeful Georgia
Mar 18, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking at a press conference in Tbilisi alongside Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Stoltenberg reiterated NATO's promise to accept Tbilisi as a ful...
CORRECTED: Stoltenberg urges democratic reforms in NATO-hopeful Georgia
Mar 18, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking at a press conference in Tbilisi alongside Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Stoltenberg reiterated NATO's promise to accept Tbilisi as a ful...
Hong Kong jails 12 over 2019 legislature storming
Mar 16, 2024 (AFP)
It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of the huge protests that upended the financial hub that year, with Beijing later imposing a sweeping natio...
Greek opposition chief halts duties for military service
Mar 15, 2024 (AFP)
Stefanos Kasselakis reported to the central town of Thiva for a 20-day period at a local army base. Speaking to a crowd, he said it was "an honour" to serve in ...
Main points of Spain's amnesty law for Catalan separatists
Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)
Here is a summary of the key points of the text: - Who will it affect? - This law aims to "put an end to judicial processes and sentences affecting anyone, with...
EU, NATO say Russian election not 'free and fair'
Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of deceased Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny, has urged on the West not to recognise the results of the presidential election, which starts...
Led by Musk, Silicon Valley inches to the right
Mar 10, 2024 (AFP)
Long considered non-identifiable ideologically, Musk's politics are now hardline right wing as he uses his platform (now called X) to stoke the themes cherished...
China supports 'full' UN membership of a Palestinian state: FM
Mar 07, 2024 (AFP)
"We support Palestine becoming a formal member of the United Nations," foreign minister Wang Yi told journalists at a press conference. "The catastrophe in Gaza...
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