Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel responded defiantly on Wednesday (29) to sharp criticism from President Joe Biden over his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan, declaring that Israel was “a sovereign country” that…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced Monday (27) that he was delaying his government’s contentious plans to overhaul the judiciary, setting the stage for a possible easing of one of the deepest domestic crises in the…
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Civil unrest broke out in parts of Israel on Sunday (26) night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister for criticizing the government’s divisive judicial overhaul, prompting protesters to surge into the streets,…
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India's Parliament was adjourned on Monday (27) after noisy protests by opposition lawmakers over the expulsion from the house of top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on Sunday (26) barely a day after Gallant became the first minister to call for a halt to the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s…
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Sri Lanka is still on the rotten bridge, precariously balanced between sensible economics and insensible politics. The freefall of the economy has been halted. But it can resume, and spiral into societal anarchy, if the political war of…
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Hundreds of thousands of French workers on Thursday (23) massed in a new show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, with protests turning violent in Paris and other cities in a confrontation that shows showed no sign…
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French President Emmanuel Macron appeared defiant on Tuesday (21) after his government narrowly survived no-confidence votes, telling allies he would stand by his beleaguered prime minister.
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A look back at how Sri Lanka's financial crisis unfolded
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The French government survived a vote of no confidence on Monday (20), but Emmanuel Macron continues to face protests and strikes over his decision to use executive powers to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age
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