Party Whose Leader Is Known for Antisemitism to Join Lithuanian Government

Party Whose Leader Is Known for Antisemitism Joins Lithuanian Government

A new coalition includes a party led by a politician notorious for antisemitic remarks, another blow to the longstanding refusal by Europe’s mainstream parties to join with those seen as extremist.

World - The New York Times - 4 hours ago

Austria's chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader

Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party

World - ABC News - October 22

Antisemitic attacks on soccer fans in Amsterdam condemned by Israeli and Dutch governments

World - Yahoo News - 3 hours ago

Japan Election: Governing Party Projected to Lose Majority

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power.

World - The New York Times - October 27

Botswana Voters Hand Governing Party a Stunning Rebuke

After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power.

World - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Israeli soccer fans were attacked in Amsterdam. The violence was condemned as antisemitic

Dutch authorities say Israeli fans were assaulted after a soccer game in Amsterdam by hordes of young people apparently riled up by calls on social media to target Jewish people

World - ABC News - 1 hour ago

Head of Myanmar's military government urges ethnic rebels to join peace talks

The head of Myanmar’s military government has invited ethnic rebels to hold peace talks to end armed conflict across the country

World - ABC News - October 15

Britain's Conservative Party elects Kemi Badenoch as leader

Kemi Badenoch is now the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.

Meet the new leader of the UK Conservative Party

Badenoch has always presented herself as a no-nonsense, right-of-center conservative with a powerful belief in free markets and personal responsibility.

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Robinhood is joining the election-betting party by offering wagers on Harris and Trump

With the U.S. presidential election a week away, another brokerage is letting people bet on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Man Arrested in Japan After Attack on Governing Party Headquarters

An assailant tried to breach security at the office of the new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, the police in Tokyo said.

Business - The New York Times - October 19

Japan's government in flux after election gives no party majority

The makeup of Japan’s future government was in flux after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a Sunday election.

Canadian opposition party says it wants to topple Trudeau's government in Parliament

A Quebec nationalist party says it will work with other opposition parties in Canada’s Parliament to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government

World - ABC News - October 29

Germany's coalition collapses dramatically. Scholz plans to lead with a minority government

Germany’s leader is expected to lead the country with a minority government after the collapse of the coalition

World - ABC News - Yesterday

European leaders confident Berlin will fix government crisis quickly

World - Yahoo News - Yesterday

Germany's hard-left Die Linke party has elected new leaders

World - Yahoo News - October 19

Germany's ailing hard-left party picks new leaders in hope of revival

World - Yahoo News - October 19

Bangladesh’s leader says ‘no place’ for Sheikh Hasina’s ‘fascist’ party

Muhammad Yunus says will not seek exiled leader’s extradition from India before domestic tribunal’s verdict

World - Financial Times - October 30

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader

Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Co-leader of German Left party opposes sending Ukraine more weapons

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

How Kemi Badenoch Became Leader of the UK Conservative Party

Kemi Badenoch’s ascent is partly the result of a deliberate diversifying of the party under David Cameron in the 2000s. In her politics, she exemplifies its more recent rightward turn.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Lithuanians vote in the final round of parliamentary election

Lithuanians are voting in the second round of parliamentary elections, with the conservative governing party still in contention despite first-round gains two weeks ago for the left-leaning opposition

World - ABC News - October 27

Video shows Indian ruling party politician criticising opposition leader, not party mate

World - Yahoo News - October 23

The U.K. Conservative party's new leader is the first Black woman to lead a major British party

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

Moldova leader decries vote meddling after slim majority backs joining the E.U.

A slim majority of 50.39% voted “yes” in Moldova’s crunch referendum on European Union accession, preliminary results showed, after President Maia Sandu said that Sunday’s twin votes had been ...

Michelle Obama introduces Kamala Harris at Michigan rally; across state, Trump joined by Arab and Muslim leaders – as it happened

Obama urges crowd to ‘turn the page on the ugliness’ as Michigan voters pledge support for Trump because ‘he promised to end war’. This blog is now closed.. At his rally in Novi, Donald Trump was ...

World - The Guardian - October 26