Hamburg, Germany | AFP |Donald Trump pressed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday on allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election in their eagerly-awaited first face-to-face talks, according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “The president opened the meeting with President Putin by raising the concerns of …
Read More »UN demands electoral timetable for troubled DR Congo
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The United Nations on Saturday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish a timetable for elections which are due by the end of the year. Under a deal brokered last New Year’s Eve, President Joseph Kabila agreed to a transitional arrangement …
Read More »Republican wins Georgia election, blow to anti-Trump effort
Washington, United States | AFP | Republican Karen Handel won a high-stakes, closely-watched special congressional election Tuesday, salvaging a seat in traditional conservative Georgia where Democrats had hoped to strike a blow against Donald Trump’s presidency. Handel, an establishment Republican and former state secretary of state, defeated Democratic challenger …
Read More »Macron: France’s youngest president resets French politics
Paris, France | AFP | He’s the man with the Midas touch — and French President Emmanuel Macron proved it again Sunday when his party secured a huge parliamentary election giving him a free hand to push through his programme. Just four weeks after taking office and 14 months after …
Read More »Rwanda-born Berville is French MP as Macron secures majority
Rwanda-born Berville is MP as Macron marches to clear majority in French parliament Paris, France | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party swept to a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, although it fell short of a predicted landslide. Macron’s year-old Republique en Marche (Republic on the …
Read More »ANALYSIS: ‘Macron-mania’ prompts talk of herd mentality
Paris, France | AFP | The theory has been aired several times over the last week: French voters are so desperate for change and for new President Emmanuel Macron to succeed that they are blindly electing his party’s candidates to parliament. Polls suggest that Macron’s Republic on the Move (REM) …
Read More »Big names in, big names out in British election
London, United Kingdom | AFP | As the British general election results rolled in on Friday, here are some of the big names who were voted out of parliament and others who will be returning. – Voted out – NICK CLEGG — The former deputy prime minister and ex-Liberal Democrat …
Read More »Theresa May: Steady leader who gambled and lost
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May presented herself as a stable leader to take Britain through Brexit, but her gamble of an election backfired spectacularly. The ruling Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority in Thursday’s vote, after a campaign marred by terror attacks, policy mistakes and her …
Read More »Britain plunged into uncertainty as May tipped to lose majority
A hung parliament in Britain?: What happens next London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May was poised to win Britain’s snap election Friday but lose her parliamentary majority, according to shock forecasts that plunged the country into uncertainty and cast doubt on who will govern as Brexit talks …
Read More »Britain’s Corbyn calls for May to quit after election losses
Britain’s Corbyn calls for May to quit after election losses London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down after losses for her Conservative Party in the general election, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday. May “has lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support …
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