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Eyeing White House bid, DeSantis targets Chinese influence
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
The measures were part of a package of legislation that also outlaws the storage of sensitive data on servers linked to the regime of President Xi Jinping and t...
Convoy carrying ASEAN diplomats 'attacked' in Myanmar
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's administration in February 2021. On Sunday a convoy of several vehicles travelling ...
EU countries renew push to streamline decision-making
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
A so-called Group of Friends including Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain issued an appeal to overhaul voting...
Spain's far-right MPs snub visiting Colombian leader
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
Addressing parliament, Petro said his visit was not just about "remembering the past and the historical scars" left as a result of Colombia's past as a Spanish ...
China FM meets Myanmar junta chief: military
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
Myanmar has been riven by violence since the putsch that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the i...
Ailing Erdogan tries to project health by video link
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
Erdogan is also expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he attempts to project health and vigour at one the more vulnerable moments of his tw...
Biden's first term score card
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
- Overcoming political division - Biden's overarching campaign theme in 2020 was a vow to "heal" the national "soul" in the wake of Trump's tumultuous presidenc...
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon meets Myanmar junta chief
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
Diplomatic efforts to end the crisis unleashed by the military's 2021 coup have stalled, with the junta ignoring international criticism of its brutal crackdown...
Cambodia PM Hun Sen's son becomes four-star general
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
Hun Sen has publicly backed Hun Manet to lead the kingdom in the future. Hun Manet, who is commander of the army, received the four-star rank at a ceremony atte...
Biden praises leftist Colombian president's rights record
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
Calling Colombia a "key" to the hemisphere, Biden told Petro in the Oval Office that he had been "outspoken and strong" on human rights in a region with a long ...
Turkey's quake survivors fear being left out of May vote
Apr 15, 2023 (AFP)
His parents are missing and his ancient hometown, Antakya, lies in ruins. To fight back, Ali, who like many survivors declines to give his full name, has launch...
US condemns jail terms for Chinese human rights lawyers
Apr 11, 2023 (AFP)
"The United States condemns the People's Republic of China's (PRC) unjust detention and sentencing of human rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi," the Sta...
Tennessee lawmaker expelled over gun control protest reseated
Apr 10, 2023 (AFP)
Justin Jones and another Democratic colleague, both of whom are Black, were expelled by Republican lawmakers last Thursday after they disrupted an assembly sess...
Myanmar jails Christian pastor for six years: lawyer
Apr 07, 2023 (AFP)
Since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in February 2021, Myanmar's military has regularly jailed those it deems a threat, often on char...
Quake anger ebbs in Erdogan stronghold ahead of vote
Apr 05, 2023 (AFP)
The last person the 58-year-old shopkeeper wants to blame for his ruined city's troubles is the country's president. "If there is one man who can make this coun...
US says rule of law keeps declining in Hong Kong
Mar 31, 2023 (AFP)
In a required report to Congress, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that China "continues to erode Hong Kong's judicial independence and the rule of law." ...
Finland heads for elections under new iron curtain
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
"The trees have been cleared because of the new border fence," he says, overlooking part of his property in the town of Imatra that adjoins the Russian border, ...
US condemns Myanmar dissolving Suu Kyi party
Mar 29, 2023 (AFP)
Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced that the National League for Democracy would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a mi...
Israel parties discuss justice reforms after Netanyahu U-turn
Mar 29, 2023 (AFP)
Scepticism remained high over the negotiations on the judicial overhaul, which foresee curtailing the authority of the Supreme Court and giving politicians grea...
Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi's NLD party: state media
Mar 28, 2023 (AFP)
The NLD, which Suu Kyi led to crushing victories over military-backed parties in elections in 2015 and 2020, will be "automatically cancelled as a political par...
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