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Gold sinks as French election tension eases
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/04/2017
» SINGAPORE - Gold sank the most in more than seven weeks as investors returned to riskier assets on speculation pro-growth centrist Emmanuel Macron will become France’s next president after the first round of voting, potentially removing a threat to the euro zone from one of the region’s top economies.
Dutch liberals vote to stop populist surge
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/03/2017
» AMSTERDAM - Dutch voters turned out in force to back pro-European parties and help Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals easily beat off an election challenge by the anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders, drawing a line in the sand over the spread of populism.
Turnbull defeats Abbott to become new Australian PM
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/09/2015
» CANBERRA — Former Cabinet Minister Malcolm Turnbull will become Australia’s sixth prime minister in eight years after defeating Tony Abbott in a ballot of Liberal Party lawmakers on Monday.
Mahathir son in UMNO bid
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/10/2013
» Mukhriz Mahathir, the 48-year-old son of Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister, will on Saturday contest the vice presidency of the country's biggest political party, staking his claim as a potential future national leader.