Japan joining growing global trend of declining democracy
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European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines....
Switch from defined benefit to defined contribution model aims to ensure long-term sustainability...
Mamdi Doumbouya secured almost 87% of the vote, while several opposition figures were either barred from contesting or were in exile. Doumbouya seized power after staging a coup in 2021....
Tatiana Schlossberg revealed she had been diagnosed with a rare type of leukemia in an essay for The New Yorker last month. She was highly critical of her uncle Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US health se...
For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to choose local representatives directly under the "one-person, one-vote" princ...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, riding high in opinion polls, is expected to call a general election in the coming months to capitalise on her popularity and seize the opportunity to rebuild a...
Governments have repeatedly tweaked electoral rules in their favour over past decades...
The fight for net neutrality never seems to be truly won or lost. Federal net neutrality rules have been on and off for the past 15 years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the Open I...
Syrian army forces have taken control of the Kurdish-dominated districts in Aleppo after a ceasefire was announced....
The brother of Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, didn't say how many political prisoners would be released. Meanwhile, the US Senate has voted to curb further military operations in Venezue...
The US has pledged to pull out of dozens of international organizations and treaties established to advance the protection of the planet. But it doesn't spell the end of environmental action....
The proposal narrows Florida’s crypto ambitions, effectively limiting eligible assets to Bitcoin and distancing itself from pension exposure....
Beijing’s intelligence used Salt Typhoon to access communications used by top panels in US Congress...
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Crude revenues to be funnelled to American banks as Washington lifts some sanctions on Caracas...
The US has dropped federal guidance recommending several vaccines for all children, effective immediately. The move is one of several vaccine changes made by the Trump administration under Health Secr...
The US president has argued that control of Greenland is a "strategic" necessity. The Danish government has warned a takeover of Greenland would mean the end of NATO....
European leaders have issued a joint statement on Greenland, after the US president said the United States needed the semi-autonomous region from a national security standpoint. Greenlandic leaders sa...
In an address to House republicans ahead of the midterms, US President Donald Trump spoke of the 'amazing military achievement' in Venezuela following the US operation that led to the arrest of Nicola...