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NATO chief slams 'unacceptable' attempts to influence elections
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that outside attempts to manipulate national elections cannot be tolerated, amid uproar over claims Russian interferen...
Draft law may allow China police to shoot protesters: HRW
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
A revised draft of China's policing law could give officers the power to use firearms against peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday as it cal...
Big data helped Trump even after he scorned it
Dec 04, 2016 (AFP)
Donald Trump derided the use of data and technology tools for his presidential campaign -- but those techniques might well have propelled him to victory. Trump'...
Merkel warns against fake news driving populist gains
Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Wednesday against the power of fake news on social media to spur the rise of populists, after launching her campaign for ...
Protesters take over entrance to Brazil's presidency
Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of indigenous people and traditional fishermen occupied the veranda outside the entrance to Brazil's presidential palace on Tuesday. The demonstrators,...
Haiti struggles to organize vote in hurricane's aftermath
Nov 19, 2016 (AFP)
Tensions are high at a school in the Haitian city of Les Cayes where victims of Hurricane Matthew have been housed for six weeks but worry they will be thrown o...
Trump looms large over French presidential race
Nov 17, 2016 (AFP)
Donald Trump's election looms large over the race for president of America's oldest ally France, where mainstream candidates all style themselves as uniquely qu...
Thai court scraps mine defamation case in rare media win
Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)
A Thai court on Wednesday threw out defamation charges against a news agency for alleging environmental damage by a gold mine, a lawyer said, in a rare win for ...
How Trump bypassed hostile media to deliver his message
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
With the mainstream media almost uniformly hostile toward him, Donald Trump rallied supporters during the presidential campaign by delivering his message on Twi...
Brexit fresh, gamblers raise stakes for Trump win
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
In the final countdown to the US election, Americans and foreigners alike are jostling to bet on a shock Donald Trump victory, buoyed by tightening polls and me...
Politics and social media: Americans see overload
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
The political debate on Facebook and Twitter is getting too mean for many Americans. While social networks have become a key part of the political landscape in ...
Hong Kong MPs take street protests into parliament; China media punished
Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong rebel lawmakers swore, shouted, banged drums and railed against "tyranny" Wednesday when they took their oaths of office in the city's parliament, as ...
SNC and UN announce dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser space mission
Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and have announced details of the first-ever United Nations space missio...
Hong Kong pro-independence students protest over ban
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Secondary school students pushing for Hong Kong's breakaway from China have threatened protests after staff stopped them from handing out political pamphlets, a...
Young activists take on China in key Hong Kong election
Sep 04, 2016 (AFP)
Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood in major elections for the first time Sunday, the biggest vote since 2014 p...
Maldives issues arrest warrant for ex-president Nasheed
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
The Maldives announced Wednesday it is seeking former president Mohamed Nasheed's arrest for failing to return to the troubled archipelago to complete a prison ...
Race relations key social media element, for US blacks
Aug 15, 2016 (AFP)
Social media has become a key forum for discussing US race relations -- but far more so for blacks than whites, a study showed Monday. The Pew Research Center r...
Council of Europe chief backs Turkey 'clean-up' after coup
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
The head of a top European rights watchdog Wednesday backed a "cleaning up" of Turkish institutions after a failed coup blamed on supporters of US-based preache...
Nepal lawmakers elect Maoist chief as prime minister
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pledged Wednesday to unite a country hit by deadly protests over constitutional changes after lawmakers elected th...
Colombian women, LGBT victims stand to get equal 'peace rights'
Jul 24, 2016 (AFP)
If Colombia signs its landmark peace deal to end a half century of civil war, the pact will offer equal social rights for women and LGBT victims, a draft inked ...
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