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Green party's Al-Wazir, German politician on the rise
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
Already Hesse state's most popular politician in opinion surveys, the 47-year-old Yemeni-German could become kingmaker or possibly even state premier in the reg...
Who is to blame for America's toxic environment?
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
With 12 days before hugely consequential midterm elections, US authorities have foiled mail bomb attacks against former president Barack Obama, President Donald...
Knock, knock with an app: the US door-to-door campaign ritual
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
In the age of the smart phone and algorithms, door knocking has only cemented itself as a vital way to mobilize US voters, especially those traditionally apathe...
US veterans, including many women, seek to serve anew in Congress
Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)
Washington may well need them. The US Senate and House of Representatives are gridlocked, Donald Trump's presidency has deepened the partisan divide, and approv...
Brazil's Bolsonaro can count on conservative grip over Congress
Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)
Or, as Brazil's media have take to calling them, the "BBB" -- for "beef, bullets and the Bible." That support transcends traditional parties, which in any case ...
Brazil stock market soars after far-right candidate's first-round win
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
While the results energized investors, the election has deeply polarized Brazil, leaving voters with a stark choice in an October 28 run-off that will now take ...
Bolsonaro, Haddad hold different visions of Brazil future
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
Here is a glance at their key policy differences: - Economy - BOLSONARO: Reduce public debt by 20 percent through a raft of privatizations and the sale of state...
National security law looms over Hong Kong freedoms
Sep 27, 2018 (AFP)
Article 23 of semi-autonomous Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, says the city must enact national security laws to prohibit "treason, secession, sed...
Maldives military backs 'will of the people' after election
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Yameen decisively lost the country's Sunday presidential election to opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, despite warnings from private poll monitors that t...
China denies meddling in US midterm elections
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
The comments came after Trump wrote a combative series of tweets on Tuesday claiming that Beijing's retaliatory import duties on US goods were seeking to influe...
Trump accuses China of election meddling in trade war
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
The allegation raised the temperature in the escalating dispute after Trump pulled the trigger late Monday on 10 percent tariffs against another $200 billion in...
EU lawmakers to confront 'threat' of Hungary's Orban
Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)
Orban plans to deliver a "frank and outspoken" defence of his stance before the European Parliament, which will decide whether to start steps that could lead to...
Silver-tongued Turnbull bows out as Aussie PM
Aug 24, 2018 (AFP)
Always something of an outsider in his own party, Turnbull maintained the air of calm detachment that has marked his premiership as he blasted a political class...
Batting for ballots: Imran Khan and other sports stars turned politicians
Aug 18, 2018 (AFP)
But he is not the only one to have swapped playing fields for the hustings. Here are five other sport stars who have made a similar switch: - George Weah - Khan...
Japan ex-defence minister to challenge Abe as party chief
Aug 10, 2018 (AFP)
Abe is widely expected to win another term as head of the Liberal Democratic Party with Ishiba likely to be his only challenger. Polls suggest the premier is su...
Cambodia PM's party to win 'all seats' in flawed election
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Sunday's ballot has prolonged Hun Sen's 33-year rule, but observers say that questions of legitimacy may haunt the wily political survivor as frustration sets i...
Hong Kong police seek landmark ban on pro-independence party
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland including freedom of expression but concern is growing those rights are under serious threat fr...
Malaysia's Najib: from powerful PM to graft suspect
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
Since his shock election defeat in May, Najib has faced a tightening noose as the new government headed by his former mentor Mahathir Mohamad ramped up investig...
France aiding Egypt repression through arms sales: NGOs
Jul 02, 2018 (AFP)
The study was released as Egypt's Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki was due to undertake an official visit to Paris on Monday and comes after France's Foreign Minis...
Democracy in decline around the world, including US: study
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
"While most people in the world still live in democracies in 2017, democracy has declined in 24 countries home to 2.6 billion people," they reported in the jour...
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