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Greek conservatives on track for landslide win: exit polls
Jul 07, 2019 (AFP)
A combined survey by Greece's main TV stations showed New Democracy, headed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, son of a former prime minister, leading Tsipras's Syriza par...
Keep the faith: Religion on front lines of Hong Kong protests
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
The humorous threat, which was aimed at police and quickly went viral, referenced a hymn and notorious earworm that has become the anthem for recent massive dem...
Jailed China rights lawyer allowed to see wife after four years
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
Wang, 43, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in January for "subverting state power" following a closed-door trial. A prominent lawyer who defende...
Caputova: Slovak president is outsider, environmental lawyer
Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)
"I did not come to rule, I came to serve the citizens and residents of Slovakia," the 45-year-old said in her inauguration speech. The community activist whose ...
From homework to helmets, Hong Kong's protesters evolve and harden
Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)
When police cleared protesters from the centre of Hong Kong after the two-month "Umbrella Movement" occupation in 2014 calling for the right to elect the city's...
US lawmakers pressure China with bill backing Hong Kong rights
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives introduced the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a measure that would also threaten to remove Hong ...
Hong Kong protesters plan weekend rally after violent clashes
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The move sets up a fresh confrontation with the city's leaders who have refused to withdraw the proposed law and have the staunch backing of Beijing, which desc...
Shanahan reminds military of 'apolitical' mission following McCain flap
Jun 12, 2019 (UPI)
Two one-page memos -- one to top managers and other to all personnel, including active duty and civilians -- were distributed Tuesday, 10 days after the U.S. Na...
Could Germany's next chancellor be 'Green'?
Jun 08, 2019 (AFP)
The environmental group recorded rocketing support in European elections in late May, boosted by the youth-led Fridays for Futures school strikes urging action ...
Russia effort in 2016 US election was 'vast,' 'professional'
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
A report by the security firm Symantec said some of the accounts linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency dated back as far as 2014 and that the manipulation...
Climate, hygge and flexicurity: Five things to know about Denmark
Jun 03, 2019 (AFP)
Some of the issues dominating the campaign -- in a country that sees itself as a champion of the good life -- have included concerns over the climate, defending...
Greens out in front in German poll
Jun 01, 2019 (AFP)
The poll, from Forsa poll for broadcasters RTL and n-tv, suggested they had moved ahead of the ruling Christan Democrats (CDU) and coalition partner the Social ...
Merkel party's battle with YouTubers escalates
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's call for "rules" for online media around election-time came after her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its centre-left coalitio...
'Green wave' in EU vote amid climate crisis
May 27, 2019 (AFP)
The environmental party doubled its score in Germany from the last EU elections in 2014, knocking the Social Democrats off their traditional second place. In Fr...
Duterte tightens grip on power in Philippine polls
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
Loyalists won both houses of the legislature, shutting out all opposition candidates in the Senate, which had served as a buffer against Duterte's most contenti...
Germany's far-right AfD warms to climate change denial
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
Politicians of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have discovered climate change denial in their campaign for European Parliamentary elections. In time...
New York Mayor de Blasio joins 2020 race to 'take on' Trump
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
The 23rd prospective Democratic challenger to Trump, de Blasio kicked off with a frontal attack on the Republican president, dubbing him "Con Don" for claiming ...
NY mayor takes protest to Trump Tower
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
De Blasio led about 70 demonstrators chanting "our planet is not your profit," and charged that former developer Trump's buildings emitted as many greenhouse ga...
Ex Aussie PM tears into spooks over China suspicions
May 06, 2019 (AFP)
Just weeks before a national election, the opposition Labor Party was on Monday forced to distance itself from its former talisman's comments. Keating -- who wa...
Woman war pilot shot down in Iraq returns -- as US senator
Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)
The decorated US Army veteran led an official congressional delegation to Baghdad, Taji and Arbil, where they sat down with Iraqi leaders, received intelligence...
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