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World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Tarique Rahman: From 17-year exile to landslide win in Bangladesh election

Tarique Rahman returned from 17 years in exile and led a BNP-led coalition to a two-thirds parliamentary majority, positioning himself to become prime minister.
World news
fromwww.france24.com
2 weeks ago

US vows to drive dramatic increase' in Venezuelan oil output

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright pledged a dramatic increase in Venezuelan oil output and closer US–Venezuela economic ties after meeting interim leader Delcy Rodríguez.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Prapti in Bangladesh

Prapti Taposhi participated in Bangladesh's 2024 student-led protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and described memories and hopes for the new government.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Haiti's transitional council steps down, hands power to PM

Haiti's transitional presidential council resigned after failing to curb gang violence, leaving Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime as the sole executive authority.
#syria
World news
fromThe Local Germany
1 month ago

German chancellor says Iran regime living its 'last days'

Iran's regime is nearing collapse as violent repression of nationwide protests has killed hundreds and increased calls for a peaceful democratic transition.
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US politics
fromNew York Post
3 months ago

Exclusive | Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani's transition team railed against Jews, questioned gay rights in vile unearthed posts: 'Horror show'

A Mamdani transition-team political director made antisemitic and anti-Israel social media posts and questioned gay rights, including slurs and praise for Ahmadinejad.
New York Mets
fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

Mamdani say he has chosen Tisch as his police commissioner but will she stay? | amNewYork

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced he will retain Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner, though Tisch's willingness to remain under the new administration is uncertain.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Gen Z gave us the victory': how young protesters toppled Madagascar's leader

Mass protests in Antananarivo prompted elite unit Capsat to back demonstrators, President Rajoelina's reported flight, and Col Michael Randrianirina's oath as transitional president.
fromVulture
4 months ago

The Diplomat Season Premiere: The President Is Dead, Long Live the President

Since the third season overlaps the second by about ten seconds, let's refresh our memories about what happened before we see Kate (Keri Russell) racing across the Winfield House back lawn following the news of President Rayburn's (Michael McKean) death. It was a doozy of machinations and intended next steps, all thrown into chaos by the abrupt loss of one president and the ascension of another.
Television
fromwww.dw.com
6 months ago

Sri Lanka: Ex-president's arrest sparks corruption debate DW 08/25/2025

Wickremesinghe, 76, is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested. He has been accused of using around $55,000 in state funds for a stopover in Britain while returning home from a diplomatic trip to Havana and New York in September 2023. Following his arrest on Friday, the ex-president was taken to Welikada prison in the suburbs of Colombo before being moved to the prison hospital and later the main state-run hospital in the city.
World news
Miscellaneous
fromThe Atlantic
6 months ago

Resilience in the Face of Russian Aggression

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen transitioned from chess grandmaster to high-level Lithuanian politician while Lithuania defends Ukraine and shelters Russian dissidents.
#bangladesh
NYC startup
fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

The DOGEfather Part II

Joe Gebbia is a likely candidate to lead the Department of Government Efficiency after Elon Musk.
Gebbia aims to leverage his design background to innovate federal processes.
Europe politics
fromwww.dw.com
9 months ago

European Union lifts economic sanctions on Syria DW 05/28/2025

The EU lifted economic sanctions on Syria, aiming to support its reconstruction while maintaining security-based sanctions.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
9 months ago

Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club bids farewell to Canarsie space ahead of Mill Basin move * Brooklyn Paper

The Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club, Brooklyn's influential political entity, is relocating from Canarsie to Mill Basin, marking a significant transition in its long legacy.
Germany politics
fromwww.dw.com
10 months ago

Germany's Scholz to meet Poland's Tusk in Warsaw visit DW 04/16/2025

Chancellor Scholz's farewell visit to Poland highlights strained relations, particularly regarding World War II reparations and upcoming presidential elections.
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