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Senate election held in Cambodia, ex-PM Hun Sen set for top post
Published on 25/02/2024
» Members of Cambodia's lower house and local councillors voted on Sunday to elect senators, with former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is running from the ruling party of his eldest son's government, seen to win a seat and get the top post at the upper house.
Guinea-Bissau dissolves parliament after coup bid
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» BISSAU - The president of Guinea-Bissau dissolved parliament on Monday ahead of fresh elections, saying an "attempted coup" had plunged the West African nation into a new crisis.
'Mother of all reforms': Italy seeks to directly elect premier
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni presented a constitutional reform bill Friday that would allow voters to directly elect the premier, a move designed to curb chronic political instability.
From East to West to southern trap, 50 years of hip-hop
AFP, Published on 12/08/2023
» NEW YORK - Five decades after a Bronx block party ushered in hip-hop's 'Big Bang' moment, the culture-shifting genre is celebrating its 50th birthday Friday.
Presidential hopes darken for Senegal's Sonko
AFP, Published on 01/08/2023
» DAKAR: Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko's presidential plans have been blighted by a fresh barrage of criminal charges and the dissolution of his party ahead of next February's elections.
Pro-Kurdish party urges voters to back Erdogan rival
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» ANKARA: Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies called on voters on Friday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in the May 14 polls.
Greek PM kicks off election countdown
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the dissolution of parliament on Saturday, kicking off the countdown to general elections set for May 21.
Florida takes over Disney district to punish 'woke' politics
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» MIAMI - Florida's governor seized control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district on Monday, hailing the end of the "corporate kingdom" as he effectively punished the entertainment giant over its "woke" opposition to his political agenda.
Peru Congress again rejects snap poll despite protests
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» LIMA - Peru's congress on Wednesday voted down another bid to advance elections from April 2024 to this year, a move sought by President Dina Boluarte to calm unrest that has left dozens dead in seven weeks of anti-government protests.
Boluarte calls for Peru 'truce' as protesters mass again in Lima
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» LIMA - Peru's President Dina Boluarte called Tuesday for a "national truce" to end weeks of nationwide unrest as protesters again clashed with police in the capital to press for her resignation and fresh elections.