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Sara Duterte wants impeachment trial to go on, sees ‘bloodbath’
Bloomberg, Published on 18/05/2025
» Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte wants her impeachment trial to go ahead, days after her allies outperformed at the midterm election that could add to her bloc of supporters in the Senate.
Philippines VP Duterte impeachment trial to start in July: Senate chief
Bloomberg, Published on 10/02/2025
» Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial will start when a new Congress convenes in July, Senate President Francis Escudero said, ruling out the chances of a special session while lawmakers are on election break.
Philippine House backs impeachment of VP Duterte
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2025
» MANILA - The Philippine lower house of Congress on Wednesday endorsed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former president, paving the way for a rare trial in the Senate.
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
AFP, Published on 05/01/2025
» SEOUL - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.
Trump has been convicted. Can he still run for president?
New York Times, Published on 31/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Not since Eugene V. Debs campaigned from a prison cell more than a century ago has the United States experienced what is now happening: a prominent candidate with felony convictions running for president. And never before has that candidate been someone with a real chance of winning.
Madagascar President Rajoelina's re-election contested
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won another term in office, the election commission said on Saturday, but his victory in a vote boycotted by most opposition candidates is already facing legal challenges.
Pakistani ex-PM Nawaz Sharif plots comeback
AFP and Reuters, Published on 21/10/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived back in Pakistan Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, primed to make a political comeback ahead of elections.
'Shameful' as Ukrainian fencer disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» MILAN - Ukraine's Olha Kharlan was disqualified from the world fencing championships for refusing to shake hands with her beaten Russian opponent on Thursday in a decision blasted as "absolutely shameful".
Cambodian heir apparent hails poll victory, defying international criticism
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's heir apparent insisted Monday on the legitimacy of elections his party won against no meaningful opposition, defying international criticism that the polls were neither free nor fair.
Cambodia poll body disqualifies sole opposition party from July election
Reuters, Published on 15/05/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's election commission on Monday disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from contesting elections in July over its failure to submit proper registration documents.