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Pro-EU Serbian PM wins election landslide: official results
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Serbia's pro-EU Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won a landslide victory in the country's general election, the electoral commission confirmed Monday after nearl...
Austrian 'end of an era' after far-right election triumph
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Austrian commentators declared the end of an era Monday after the anti-immigration far-right triumphed in presidential elections, ending 70 years of domination ...
Serbia's pro-European PM set for landslide win
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
Serbia's pro-European Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was set to win a landslide victory in Sunday's general election, according to initial projections. Vucic's...
Brazil's people will 'prevent setbacks' to democracy: Rousseff at UN
Apr 23, 2016 (AFP)
President Dilma Rousseff voiced confidence Friday that Brazil's people will "be able to prevent any setbacks" to democracy as she battles a bid to impeach her. ...
US warns of global attack on freedom, slams some allies
Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)
Governments around the world are cracking down on basic freedoms, the United States warned Wednesday, in a report that did not spare key US allies like Turkey a...
America's top general reminds troops to stay out of politics
Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon's top general is reminding US forces not to express political views during a heated election season marked by Republican candidates calling for con...
Hong Kong threatens 'action' against independence party
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
The Hong Kong government has threatened to "take action" against a new independence party and China slammed the group, which said Thursday it had been blocked f...
Myanmar army chief vows to uphold democratic transition
Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)
Myanmar's powerful army chief vowed Sunday to keep the nation "on the path to democracy", days before Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government takes office after ...
Tinder looks to 'swipe' into presidential campaign
Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)
Tinder made a name for itself by getting users to "swipe" right or left to find a date. Now it wants to use that idea in the US presidential campaign. The mobil...
Hong Kong student leader Wong to set up political party
Mar 20, 2016 (AFP)
The teenage face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement announced on Sunday he will head a new political party to be set up to contest legislative elections in S...
China labour rules harm economy: finance minister
Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)
China's labour regulations harm workers by reducing job opportunities, the finance minister said Monday as Beijing tries to restructure its economy while avoidi...
Flint to host Democratic debate after tainted water scandal
Mar 05, 2016 (AFP)
Tiana Lankford's two-year-old daughter was poisoned by the lead-tainted water that flowed from the taps in their home, causing the toddler to develop appetite a...
John McCain decries 'disturbing' Republican race
Mar 01, 2016 (AFP)
Senator John McCain, a Republican Party elder who ran against Barack Obama in 2008, decried Tuesday the contest for his party's presidential nomination that at ...
France's Hollande under attack from left of his party
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande and his Prime Minister Manuel Valls are under open from the left flank of the governing Socialist party, with leading figures...
Suu Kyi, army chief talk as Myanmar presidency issue looms
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Aung San Suu Kyi met Myanmar's army chief for the third time since her pro-democracy party swept elections, officials said Wednesday, heightening speculation th...
Stump speeches: Regulators, locusts and jokes aplenty
Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)
Agence France-Presse has launched a weekly series of reporters' blogs taking readers behind the scenes of the 2016 US election for a look at the events and atti...
China's Ai Weiwei shuts show to protest Danish migrant law
Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Wednesday closed down his exhibition in the Danish capital after lawmakers passed a controversial bill allowing authoritie...
Myanmar president pushes to expand army-run ministry
Jan 26, 2016 (AFP)
Myanmar's outgoing army-backed president asked parliament Tuesday to extend the powers of the military-controlled home affairs ministry by giving it control ove...
Suu Kyi meets Myanmar army chief as power transition looms
Jan 25, 2016 (AFP)
Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's powerful army chief held fresh talks Monday on the country's dramatic political transition, days before a military-dominated legi...
Thanks to big data, US parties know all about voters
Jan 24, 2016 (AFP)
If you're an American voter and have provided personal information to a company, chances are data groups have shared it with political parties to help them targ...
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