- 02 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securityelections
Australia thwarts Chinese plot to fund election candidates – media
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese spies sought to fund candidates for Australia's centre-left Labour opposition party in an upcoming federal election but the plot was foiled by the national security agency,…
Iran Seeks to Cool Tensions in Iraq
Iran is intervening in Iraq to quell destabilising internal unrest stirred up by Iranian-backed militias. The actions come as Tehran seeks to preserve its deep influence in the country while…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
UK and other nations express grave concern after Hong Kong elections
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand expressed grave concern over erosion of democracy in Hong Kong in a joint statement issued on Monday following…
Exclusive-Hong Kong officials push turnout in first “patriots” election
By Clare Jim and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday's legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the…
Libya conference draft conclusions threaten sanctions for election spoilers
PARIS (Reuters) - Those attempting to obstruct the election process and the political transition in Libya will be held accountable and may face United Nations sanctions, according to the draft…
Mali tells U.N. it will confirm post-coup election date in December
By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim authorities will confirm a date for post-coup elections after national reform consultations in December, a representative of a U.N. Security Council delegation…
Ukraine imposes sanctions on 95 people after Russian vote in annexed Crimea, report says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has imposed sanctions on 95 Ukrainian and Russia citizens in connection with the holding of Russian parliamentary elections in annexed Crimea, Interfax Ukraine…
Young Germans tired of status quo put faith in Greens, liberals
By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens could not be further apart on issues like taxation, climate change and fiscal policy, but Sunday's election…
Factbox-Japan PM candidates and their policy stances
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, his support ratings in tatters ahead of a general election, said this month he would step down https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-ruling-party-execs-meet-pm-suga-struggles-ahead-election-2021-09-03/?taid=61319eef283ded000140adea&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Tren, meaning the ruling Liberal Democratic…
German Social Democrats beat conservatives in vote to decide Merkel successor
By Thomas Escritt and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the…
German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election
By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) - A potential lurch to the left in Germany's election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say.…
Libya’s proposed election is a moment of danger in push for peace
By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya's best chance of peace in years is at risk of unravelling as factions tussle over looming national elections that were envisaged as a…
