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Australians' faith in government hits record low
Dec 09, 2019 (AFP)
The 2019 Australian Election Study showed Aussie voters -- facing drought, floods and increasingly intense bushfires -- have become significantly more concerned...
Bouteflika's brother appears in court; As Algerian army sees route back to shadows
Dec 07, 2019 (AFP)
Said Bouteflika was seen as the real power behind the throne after the debilitating 2013 stroke suffered by his brother, who quit office in April following week...
UK PM avoids Trump row in pre-election visit
Dec 04, 2019 (AFP)
Johnson was forced to deny he was dodging Trump during his visit for a NATO summit, after failing to publicly greet him at Downing Street and holding their face...
General urges mass voter turnout as 'slap in face' of Algeria foes
Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)
"If November marked the liberation" from French rule, said General Ahmed Gaid Salah, referring to the November 1954 start of the country's war of independence, ...
Trump says to 'stay out' of UK vote on NATO visit
Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)
Downing Street is braced for fireworks as Trump attends a meeting of the NATO military alliance in Britain, just days before a crucial election on December 12. ...
Another year of protest in the Middle East
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
Here is a round-up of this year's protests in the Middle East. - Iraq: government resigns - Following calls for action on social media, hundreds of people demon...
Political microtargeting: the good, bad and ugly
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
Google and Facebook notably have fine-tuned their networks to allow "microtargeting," giving advertisers the ability to reach small segments of the online popul...
Hong Kong leader vows to 'listen' as voters send sharp rebuke to Beijing
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
In a rout that stunned the semi-autonomous territory, candidates seeking to loosen control by China seized an overwhelming majority of the 452 elected seats in ...
Bloomberg News to make editorial changes for owner's presidential run
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed he is joining the crowded field of Democrats seeking to take on his fellow New York billionaire, President Don...
Bolivia's president asks Congress to approve law for new elections
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement comes after the number of people killed in clashes with security forces at a fuel plant near La Paz on Tuesday rose to eight, officials said, t...
Google shifts rules for political ads, pressuring Facebook
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
The move by Google placing restrictions on how advertisers can target specific groups of voters also adds to the pressure on Facebook to modify its hands-off po...
Google, Facebook business models threat to rights: Amnesty report
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
The organization argued that offering people free online services and then using information about them to target money-making ads imperils a gamut of rights in...
Digital battleground looms large for 2020 election
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
His opponents are rushing in with multimillion-dollar efforts to prevent him from dominating the web, even as the rules of the main platforms are in flux. Trump...
Rajapaksa brothers cement power in Sri Lanka
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
Mahinda, a two-term president himself, will be sworn in as premier on Thursday following the resignation of Ranil Wickremesinghe after his party suffered a humi...
Italy's 'Sardine Movement' takes on far right
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
The movement launched by four little-known youths says the anti-immigration League party led by Matteo Salvini represents hate and exclusion. Some 15,000 people...
Bloomberg launches $100 mln ad campaign targeting Trump
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
"This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. We're taking the fight to Trump directly," the former New York mayor tweeted, alongside a link to a New York Times article...
Twitter exempts some 'cause-based' messages from political ad ban
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
The San Francisco-based messaging platform unveiled details of its move to bar all paid political messages, starting November 22, while easing concerns expresse...
Chaos in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests 'blossom everywhere'
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
The new phase in the crisis, which has forced schools and shopping malls to close as well as the shutdown of large chunks of the vital train network, prompted p...
Morales: indigenous leader brought low by his refusal to yield power
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
Forced to resign after losing the support of Bolivia's military, he slipped away into exile in Mexico Monday night on a Mexican military jet. Morales could have...
Morales leaves for Mexico as Bolivia military pledges to tackle violence
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
The senator set to succeed Morales as interim president, Jeanine Anez, pledged to call fresh elections to end the political crisis. The United Nations and the O...
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