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Candidates face first cull in battle to be British PM
AFP, Published on 13/06/2019
» LONDON - The 10 candidates running to replace Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May face the first round of voting on Thursday -- when at least one will get the chop.
Race to replace UK's May gets underway
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» LONDON: Around a dozen British Conservative MPs will formally throw their hats into the ring on Monday in the fight to replace Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister, with her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson seen as the runaway favourite.
UK Tory hopefuls vow to succeed where May failed
AFP, Published on 25/05/2019
» LONDON: The race to become Britain's next premier opened Saturday with an array of hopefuls promising to succeed where Theresa May failed and finally pull the divided country out of the EU.
Inequality tops agenda as Lithuanians choose new president
AFP, Published on 12/05/2019
» VILNIUS - Lithuanians vote Sunday for a new president in a tight race dominated by concerns over income inequality and poverty in a country boasting some of the eurozone's strongest growth.
Paris on edge as thousands gather for May 1 rallies
AFP, Published on 01/05/2019
» PARIS: Thousands began rallying for May Day in Paris on Wednesday, with a heady mix of labour unionists, "yellow vest" demonstrators and hardline troublemakers expected to turn out in a test for France's zero-tolerance policy on protest violence.
Paris police brace for May 1 rallies
AFP, Published on 01/05/2019
» PARIS - France's zero-tolerance approach to protest violence will be tested Wednesday when a heady mix of labour unionists, "yellow vest" demonstrators and hardline hooligans are expected to hit the streets on Labour Day.
Comic leads as Ukraine votes for president
AFP, Published on 31/03/2019
» KIEV - A comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV is likely to top the first round of voting when Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday.
Estonia votes as far-right surge challenges mainstream
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» TALLINN - Estonians began voting Sunday in a general election with the centre-left coalition duelling its traditional liberal rivals and a surging far-right party buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters in the Baltic eurozone state.
Estonia votes as far-right surge challenges mainstream
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» TALLINN - Estonians vote Sunday in a general election with the centre-left coalition duelling its traditional liberal rivals and a surging far-right party buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters in the Baltic eurozone state.
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.