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Will Italy's coronavirus epidemic fuel the far right?

Apr 18, 2020 (AFP)

Much will depend on how Rome handles the easing of the national lockdown, how quickly it manages to get liquidity to suffering businesses, and how much solidari...

Poland says May 10 election on track despite epidemic

Mar 20, 2020 (AFP)

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Warsaw that declaring an epidemic allowed his right-wing government "to suspend school lessons until Easter", adding t...

Israeli ex-general, pragmatist aiming to oust Netanyahu

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

The 60-year-old has been in the public eye since first declaring political ambitions and running against Netanyahu in December 2018. Within months, his centrist...

Hong Kong political rivals woo voters with free face masks

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

Masks have been in desperately short supply in Hong Kong since the start of the year when the epidemic reached the financial hub. Politicians from both the resu...

Press freedom group stores censored articles in Minecraft library

Mar 15, 2020 (AFP)

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, enables players to build entire universes from Lego-like digital blocks, either alone or with others online. R...

Myanmar army blocks bid to slash parliamentary power base

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

The vote was the climax of a year of fierce debates between MPs as the civilian government attempted to reform the constitution and reduce the military's strang...

Israeli ex-general takes third jab at ousting Netanyahu

Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)

The 60-year-old has been in the public eye since first declaring political ambitions and running against Netanyahu in December 2018. Within months, his centrist...

Years of giving and activism help Bloomberg raise an army of backers

Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)

The billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a Democratic hopeful in this year's presidential race, went about recruiting his own "army" in an unusual way, relying on goo...

Silicon Valley weighs 'shades of blue' in presidential pick

Mar 01, 2020 (AFP)

Frontrunner Bernie Sanders has gotten the most donations from the "internet industry," according to tracking by the Center for Responsive Politics with rivals P...

Israel's once-mighty left now endangered species

Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)

Next week's election, Israel's third in less than a year, is expected to be another tight race between right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and ...

Rio carnival gets political in Bolsonaro's Brazil

Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)

Vying for the title of carnival champions, the city's 13 top samba schools get one hour each to wow spectators and judges with elaborate shows flush with scanti...

Iran accuses 'enemies' of using virus to sabotage vote

Feb 23, 2020 (AFP)

The final results of the parliamentary election are due on Sunday, two days after they were held on the heels of the confirmation of novel coronavirus cases in ...

Two sides claim victory in Togo vote as challenger cries foul

Feb 23, 2020 (AFP)

The national electoral commission Ceni has yet to announce results from Saturday's election, which passed off peacefully in the West African nation. But Gilbert...

Smartphone voting stirs interest -- and security fears

Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)

Rising interest in electronic voting has heightened concerns among security experts who fear these systems are vulnerable to hacking and manipulation that could...

Political ad spending surges; Facebook dominates digital: survey

Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)

A report by eMarketer predicted total campaign media spending jumping 63 percent from four years ago to $6.89 billion, attributing the rise to the "intensity" o...

Duvivier a satirical troublemaker in Bolsonaro's Brazil

Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)

Since then, the Franco-Brazilian comedian moves around in a car with bullet-proof windows accompanied by a bodyguard. "I thought it might be time to leave the c...

Soros pledges $1bn to battle 'would-be and actual dictators'

Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said humanity was at a turning point and the coming years would determine the fate of rulers like President...

Taiwan's Tsai wins landslide in stinging result for China

Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)

Tsai, 63, was greeted by thousands of jubilant flag-waving supporters outside her party headquarters, hailing a result which looks set to infuriate China. "Toda...

Draft deal to restore N.Ireland government published

Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)

The document throws down the gauntlet to the region's parties ahead of a Monday deadline which will see an election called if no deal is agreed. "I think we hav...

AMLO's 'Maya Train' wins in landslide in Mexico

Dec 16, 2019 (AFP)

The $6.2-billion "Maya Train" is meant to link Caribbean resorts such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen with ancient Mayan archaeological sites such as Palenque an...