Liz Truss to become Britain’s next prime minister.

After a drawn-out contest, the country’s ruling Conservative Party on Monday (05) picked Liz Truss to be its new leader and the U.K.’s new prime minister. Truss, until now the U.K.’s foreign minister, beat rival Rishi Sunak, the country’s former finance minister, to win the …

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to …

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Angela Merkel awarded the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday 30 August received the 2022 Unesco Peace Prize for “her efforts to welcome refugees.” The distinction, officially called the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, is named after the late former president of Côte d’Ivoire. It ha…

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The Liberty Medal 2022 to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

The Liberty Medal 2022 will be awarded this fall to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The National Constitution Center has announced that Zelenskyy will be honoured in a ceremony in October for what it called “his heroic defence of liberty in the face of Russian tyra…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci to step down from government.

Anthony Fauci will step down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. Dr Fauci, who served as director of the NIAID for 38 years, said he would leave both positions in December to "pur…

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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States a…

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Mali appoints government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga as Interim Prime Minister.

Mali has appointed an interim prime minister to act in place of leader Choguel Maiga, who is resting amid media reports he had been hospitalised. Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, currently government spokesman and minister of territorial administration, is the new acting prime minis…

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Japan’s police chief resigns over ex-PM assassination.

Japan’s police chief has said he will resign over the killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Itaru Nakamura, head of the national police agency, said he wanted to take responsibility for the July 8 shooting. An investigation has found there were serious flaws in how the…

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Thai court suspends PM Prayuth Chan-ocha from duties.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended the prime minister from his duties on Wednesday (24) while it decides whether the man who led a military coup in 2014 has violated the country’s term limits, potentially opening a new chapter of turmoil in the nation’s troubled poli…

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Greece to exit EU's 'enhanced surveillance' framework after 12 years.

Greece will exit the European Union's so-called enhanced surveillance framework on August 20, its finance minister said on Wednesday, a move that will allow the country greater freedom in making economic policy. Greek economic developments and policy have been monitored …

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Malaysian ex-PM Najib goes to jail.

Malaysia's top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday (23) after upholding a guilty conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The Federal…

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Ukraine killed Putin ally's daughter.

Russia has accused Ukrainian special services of killing the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin's allies in a car bombing near Moscow at the weekend. Journalist Darya Dugina, aged 29, died on Saturday when a vehicle she was driving exploded near Russia's capital. Her p…

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Former Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu’s Autobiography ‘Bibi: My Story’.

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My Story” will be published November 22, in Israel. Born a year after the founding of the Jewish state, I have dedicated my life to combat the forces that seek its destruction and make peace …

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Chinese 'spy ship' Yuan Wang 5 docks in Sri Lanka.

A Chinese research ship has docked in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port despite Indian concerns. The Yuan Wang 5 was given permission to dock on the condition it would not carry out research while in Sri Lankan waters, said port officials. India had previously voiced concerns t…

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UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework launched in Sri Lanka.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027 was launched on 17 August by the Government of Sri Lanka and the United Nations in Sri Lanka. The Cooperation Framework will guide the work of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes for the next f…

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Nation celebrates 76th Independence Day on 15th August 2022.

This year India is celebrating 76th Independence Day on 15th August 2022 to mark the country’s freedom from nearly two centuries of British colonial rule. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the celebrations from Red Fort in New Delhi and is addressing the nation from R…

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Mexican President proposes 3 men commission for world peace.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has proposed a 3-men commission comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Pope Francis for global peace.  The Mexican President is planning to submit a written proposal to the UN to creat…

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William Ruto wins Kenyan presidential election.

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the country's next President, the electoral commission announced Monday (15). Ruto won with 50.49% of the vote, narrowly defeating veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was cont…

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22nd constitutional amendment presented to parliament.

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was presented to the Parliament by Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe on Aug 10. The amendment, which had been referred to as the 21st Amendment so far, will in fact be the 22nd Amendme…

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ASEAN Committee in Santiago Celebrated 55th Anniversary of ASEAN.

The ASEAN Committee in Santiago (ACS), under the Chairmanship of the Philippines, hosted a diplomatic reception in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Philippine Embassy Chancery in Las Condes on 08 August 2022.  T…

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