In the time-honoured all-or-nothing tradition of ousted premiers, Jacinta Allan has confirmed she is stepping away from politics altogether, and will not recontest her long-held seat of Bendigo East at November’s state election.
Osogbo, Nigeria – On Saturday, voters in southwestern Nigeria’s Osun State will choose their next governor. On paper, it is a contest over who will run a state of about 4.7 million people. But for Nigeria’s political class, it carries a broader question: What could the result reveal about the alliances, voter loyalt…
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, speaks at the opening of the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday took aim at the government's recently unveiled housing plan, calling it a rehash of previous measures that fail to ease people's burdens and address housing shortages.
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products jumped 140.6 percent in July from a year earlier, driven by sustained global investments into artificial intelligence (AI), government data showed Friday.
A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said.
BRUSSELS — Geopolitical crises and natural disasters have an annoying habit of rocking Europe in the middle of summer, when the bloc’s political leaders are off soaking up the sun or unplugging in some bucolic retreat.
Taipei, Taiwan – For a man associated with organised crime, election interference, and Chinese influence operations, Chang An-lo is adamant that he is on a mission of peace.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that Israeli forces would not withdraw from what Israel calls its "security zones" in southern Lebanon or Gaza, in a video statement filmed from the Israeli-occupied Beaufort Ridge in Lebanon.
Shizuoka Crown melons are part of an important cultural gifting practice in Japan, where they are hand-patted by growers to achieve an even shape and texture
A former WA One Nation candidate has issued an apology after footage appeared online showing the political hopeful describing gay people as having “mental illness” in an interview posted by a Perth comedian.
HOUSTON (AP) — Los análisis realizados a “una sustancia blanca y cristalina” localizada dentro de la camioneta de un mexicano que fue abatido el mes pasado por agentes de inmigración en Houston indicaron que no se trataba de metanfetamina, señaló el fiscal federal Aaron Reitz en una declaración a The Texas Tribune.
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to hold a meeting with experts Friday and discuss possible policy measures to support the youth, the presidential office said.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election has been dismissed, a judge ruled Thursday.
Modest but sensible-looking recruitment befits the club’s new air of stability but a continuation of their spring slump could test David Moyes’s appetite for the fight
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said settler attacks and the scenes in Qusra in the occupied West Bank are “costing Israel” and “its friends," Al Jazeera reported.
El Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones del 5º Circuito restableció el miércoles varias partes de una ley electoral de Texas de 2021 que reformó el voto por correo y el voto asistido, revocando el bloqueo de un tribunal inferior sobre esas disposiciones.
US President Donald Trump will consider Australia’s request for a full exemption from a new and controversial charge on Australian goods after a “very warm and productive” phone call with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese overnight.
Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company failed to accommodate a Jewish employee’s observance of Shabbat, and later fired him after he complained of religious discrimination.
Peggy Flanagan, the likely next senator from Minnesota, defeated a moderate pro-Israel congresswoman, accuses Israel of genocide and says she would oppose offensive weapons sales to Israel.