BREAKINGBREAKING, Announcement follows outrage over Novak’s pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. Hungarian President Katalin Novak has resigned. Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case…
Karachi, Pakistan – These are the fourth general elections I’m covering in Pakistan over the past 16 years. In a city where colours, music and ethnicities change from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, every one of those previous elections has been confusing. This one has been the same: chaotic and confusing. I started…
If free and fair national elections are considered the hallmark of a democratic state, Taiwan has much to boast about. In January, the self-ruled island held its eighth presidential election concurrently with a parliamentary vote. Just 160km (100 miles) away on the other side of the narrow Taiwan Strait, the…
Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza. At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign…
Candidates linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party are in the lead in Pakistan’s election, ahead of two dynastic parties believed to be favoured by the military, as vote counting enters its final leg. In an AI-generated “victory speech” posted on the social media platform X on…
Montreal, Canada – “It would be contrary to the whole Canadian belief in freedom of the individual.” The year was 1952, and Canada’s then-minister of immigration, Walter Harris, was rebuffing the idea of tying immigrant farmworkers from Europe to their Canadian employers. “It would, of course, be possible to take…
Lahore, Pakistan: When I stepped out on a cool Thursday morning to cover Pakistan’s 12th general election, there was an air of inevitability about the whole exercise. Most respectable analysts had already expressed predictions that the ground was set for the return of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to…
US president says his memory is ‘fine’ after special counsel report says he could not recall the year his son died. United States President Joe Biden has defended his memory after a special counsel report into his handling of classified documents renewed scrutiny of his fitness for office ahead of…
As the war enters its 716th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, February 9, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Syrsky, who has led Ukraine’s ground forces since 2019, as the new head of Ukraine’s armed forces, after he dismissed General Valerii…
In annual State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa addressed domestic issues and Israel’s war on Gaza. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to helping secure a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and an eventual two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, during his annual State…
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