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German far-left politician launches 'Stand up' movement
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» BERLIN: A German far-left politician will launch on Tuesday a cross-party movement called "Stand up", modelled on the populist campaigns of US Senator Bernie Sanders and Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Kremlin loses regional votes amid anger over pension reform
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» MOSCOW - Russia's ruling party suffered two rare defeats in regional elections this weekend as its candidates lost to nationalists amid widespread discontent over a pension reform backed by President Vladimir Putin.
Trillions in US net worth vulnerable to recession: IMF
AFP, Published on 10/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - A severe recession would slash US public wealth by about $5 trillion, causing vastly more damage to Washington's finances than just an increase in debt and deficits, the IMF warned Tuesday.
British PM battles for survival over Brexit deal
AFP, Published on 15/11/2018
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May battled for her political survival on Thursday as ministers resigned and members of her own party plotted to oust her over a draft Brexit deal struck with Brussels this week.
'Angel', 80, drives to aid of poor St Petersburg pensioners
AFP, Published on 16/11/2018
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Long retired from her job as a Saint Petersburg trolley driver, 80-year-old Galina Yakovleva still spends her days behind the wheel, but now in a mini-van distributing food to needy pensioners.
Taiwan's progressive image takes hit after divisive polls
AFP, Published on 25/11/2018
» TAIPEI: LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is battling for her political future after a wide-ranging vote that saw the island swing towards conservatism.
Early Christmas for France's 'yellow vests', but will they cheer?
AFP, Published on 11/12/2018
» PARIS: Emmanuel Macron's government mobilised Tuesday to sell the financial relief offered to quell the "yellow vest" movement, after many of its members assailed the measures as not enough to end protests which have spiralled into weekends of violence and vandalism in Paris and other cities.
Tower of London Beefeaters switch tunics for yellow vests
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» LONDON - Beefeater guards at the Tower of London switched their traditional red uniforms for yellow vests on Friday as they went on strike with staff at other historic sites over pensions.
At least 43 killed in Kabul govt compound attack
AFP, Published on 25/12/2018
» KABUL: An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year.
Anger as UK's May asks yet more time for Brexit
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called for still more time to renegotiate her Brexit deal, and drew outrage by suggesting parliament may not be able to vote on the text until just 17 days before Britain leaves the EU.