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Egypt election offers more of the same despite crisis
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» CAIRO: Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.
France's Le Pen ordered to stand trial in EU funding scandal
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» PARIS - French prosecutors on Friday ordered far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen to stand trial over claims she used European Union (EU) funds to finance party activities in France.
Zimbabwe ruling party eyes supermajority in votes without opponents
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» HARARE - Zimbabwe will hold nine by-elections on Saturday with opposition candidates largely absent as President Emmerson Mnangagwa cements his control over the mineral-rich nation.
QR codes, shut metros: Police outline Paris Olympics security
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» PARIS - The Paris police chief has outlined drastic security measures for next year's summer Olympics, sparking an outcry from politicians Wednesday who said they were an attack on civic freedoms.
'Citizens of the Reich': Raids and suspicion as German group grows
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» WITTENBERG (GERMANY) - On the outskirts of the eastern German town of Wittenberg, a corrugated iron gate painted with green leaves welcomes visitors to the "Koenigreich Deutschland" (Kingdom of Germany).
Dutch vote in knife-edge election
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - Dutch voters headed to the polls Wednesday for a nail-biting election that will transform the country's political landscape after Prime Minister Mark Rutte's record 13 years in power.
Top UK court rejects Rwanda migrant policy
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» LONDON - The UK Supreme Court rejected Wednesday a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Ex-PM Cameron makes shock return to UK government
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» LONDON - Former UK leader David Cameron sensationally returned to the British government as foreign secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook up his top team with a general election looming next year.
Hundreds of mobsters face hard time after Italian 'maxi-trial'
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» ROME: Hundreds of alleged members of the 'Ndrangheta -- Italy's most powerful organised crime group -- and their white-collar collaborators face sentencing this week following a historic, nearly three-year trial.
Ghana's ruling party votes for 2024 candidate
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» ACCRA - Ghana's ruling party voted on Saturday in primaries to elect its candidate for next year's presidential ballot, with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia widely favoured to win.