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Tanzania: Inside Mwanza's deadly post-election crackdown

What happened in Tanzania during the unrest that followed the October election remains unclear. New evidence points to killings and grave human rights abuses by security forces in the second largest c...

7hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

South China Sea: claims of coercion, deception as Beijing and Manila wage new war of words

China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...

1dSouth China Morning Postworld_newsImpact

German Chancellor Merz visits India's tech hub Bengaluru

Merz is due in Bengaluru, often called India's Silicon Valley, after meeting PM Modi in Ahmedabad. The visit comes just weeks ahead of plans to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement between India a...

1dDeutsche WellePolitics

Indonesia hails ‘99.9% successful’ free meals scheme amid food safety, oversight concerns

Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

How US sanctions crippled lives of Iranians Trump says he wants to ‘help’

US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....

1dAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

How Nigel Farage gets away with it

His two great liabilities, Brexit and Donald Trump, are unmentionable in British politics...

5hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...

11hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

As Vietnam’s US trade surplus overtakes China, Trump replaces envoy to fix ‘imbalance’

The Trump administration plans to ‌replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus ‍with Washington surpassed China’s...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Wall Street groups hire traders to wade into prediction markets

Big financial companies expand beyond traditional securities to arbitrage event contracts in sport and politics...

13hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

China, Canada poised to reset trade ties after Trump’s tariffs force rethink

Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash

Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...

1dFrance 24TechnologyImpact

Taiwan says ‘general consensus’ reached with US on trade deal

US media reports say tariffs will be cut to 15 percent in exchange for TSMC investment....

1dAl JazeeraPolitics

Hungary sets parliamentary election date

Hungary’s president announced on Tuesday that the next parliamentary election will be held on April 12th. Although the official campaign begins in a month, the race is already shaping up to be the mos...

4hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials

US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...

19hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Why Japan has fallen for its new prime minister

Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote...

6hFinancial TimesPolitics

Clintons refuse to testify to oversight committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein

Former US president and secretary of state accuse Republican chair of partisanship in handling case of late sex offender...

23hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

14hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

BBC moves to dismiss Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit over Capitol riot documentary

The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly filed court documents. ...

1dSouth China Morning PostPolitics
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