November 12, 2019//-A group deployed by the Commonwealth to observe the presidential election in Sri Lanka has called on stakeholders to demonstrate commitment to a “peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive” poll.
November 10, 2019//-Billionaires took a hit in 2018.
November 8, 2019//-Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg is strongly considering entering the race for the US Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
October 25, 2019//-Japan’s new trade minister has resigned, after being accused of violating election law.
October 21, 2019//-A nationwide general strike has been called across Lebanon for Monday as protests, demanding an end to economic woes and perceived government corruption, are set to continue for a fifth day.
October 13, 2019//-At least nine people are reported dead as Japan recovers from its biggest storm in decades.
October 11, 2019//-An explosion set an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea, news reports said on Friday, and analysts said they believed it was a “terrorist attack”.
September 25, 2019//-The Trump administration has released details of a phone conversation in July that has triggered a US impeachment inquiry against the president.
London, UK, September 5, 2019//-Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is resigning as an MP and minister, saying he is “torn between family loyalty and the national interest”.
London, UK, September 5, 2019//-The PM will accuse Jeremy Corbyn of “a cowardly insult to democracy” later for not backing a general election.
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