Written by Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority government that may push him to yield more to an emboldened opposition bloc. The first runoff vote in three decades to select a new […]
Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority government that may push him to yield more to an emboldened opposition bloc. In the first runoff vote in three decades to select a […]
Puigdemont, who fled Spain after leading Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, resumed his place at the helm of the Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) after winning more than 90 percent of the ballots cast by party activists. Addressing a party congress in Calella near Barcelona via videolink, Puigdemont told his supporters that it was […]
Mozambique’s Frelimo party claims victory in disputed elections, sparking protests as opposition leader accuses them of fraud. Mozambique’s ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide on Thursday as opposition supporters held scattered protests in several cities. Daniel Chapo from the Frelimo party, which has been in power […]
Former US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office if re-elected in November. Trump was asked during a friendly interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would first pardon himself or terminate Smith to remove the legal cloud hanging over […]