Macron and Le Pen fail to make ground: Exit poll
BBC :Early results indicate both President Emmanuel Macron and his opponent Marine Le Pen will fail to make the gains they were hoping for in the first round of regional elections in France. Mr...
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Swedish PM Lofven loses no-confidence vote
BBC :Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has lost a no-confidence vote, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government or call a...
Ethiopians vote in elections seen as test for PM Abiy Ahmed
Reuters :Ethiopians are voting in a crucial parliamentary election taking place against the backdrop of war and famine in the northern Tigray region, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expected to cement his hold on...
Trial of high-profile ‘sedition’ suspects begins in Jordan
AP :Jordan’s trial of the century has gotten under way as a relative of King Abdullah II and a former chief of the royal court were ushered into the defendants’ cage at the state...
World reacts to election of Iran’s new hardline President Raisi
BBC :Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s hardline judiciary chief, has won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the...
Polls open in Armenia snap parliamentary election
BBC :Polls opened in Armenia on Sunday for a snap parliamentary election called by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan amid growing anger after the country’s defeat in the war against arch-foe Azerbaijan.Around 2.6 million people...
Former UK Parliament speaker Bercow joins opposition Labour Party
BBC :John Bercow, the colourful former speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, has left the Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party, launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson.In an interview with...
Abortion rights: US Catholic bishops face clash with Biden
BBC :US Catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with President Joe Biden after voting to commission a document that may call for him to be barred from Holy Communion. The US Conference...
US withdraws anti-missile batteries from Middle East
Alzeera :The Biden administration is withdrawing Patriot antimissile batteries from four Middle East countries as the US reduces its military footprint in the region amid a reduction in tensions with Iran, a US news...
Australia takes wine dispute with China to WTO
Al Jazeera :Australia will file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after China imposed up to 218% tariffs on its wine last year.China says the tariffs were increased because of trading...
Uganda imposes new Covid restrictions as cases surge
BBC :Uganda is tightening its COVID lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in infections in the East African country that is seeing an array of variants.The measures, announced late on Friday by...
Ethiopia goes to elections on Monday
BBC :Ethiopians vote next week in twice-delayed elections overshadowed by warnings of famine and mounting reports of atrocities in the war-hit northern region of Tigray.Some 37 million people of Ethiopia’s about 110 million have...