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UK’s smoke-free generation law: 5 questions

LONDON – Britain’s parliament this week approved a bill to ban those aged 17 and under from ever legally buying tobacco products during their...

Nepal votes in key polls post uprising

KATHMANDU -- Nepal voted on Thursday for a new parliament in a high-stakes showdown between an entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement,...

Takaichi dissolves Japan lower house for Feb. 8 snap election

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved Japan's House of Representatives on Friday for a snap general election on Feb. 8, seeking a public mandate to...

Rodriguez takes oath as Venezuela’s interim president

Caracas, Venezuela—Venezuela's parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on Monday, two days after US forces seized her predecessor Nicolas Maduro to face trial...

Thai prime minister dissolves parliament, sets up national polls

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next...

Japan elects Takaichi as first woman Prime Minister

Tokyo, Japan—Japan officially got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's...

Japan’s Takaichi eyes bigger coalition

TOKYO—Japan’s incoming new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has approached an opposition party with a view to expanding the governing coalition to give it a...

Syria selects parliament in contested election process

DAMASCUS – Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticized as undemocratic, with a third of the...

Thai tycoon wins parliament vote to become prime minister

Bangkok, Thailand—Thai conservative construction magnate Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday won a parliament vote to serve as the nation's next prime minister, according to an Agence...

Royal officials nix parliament dissolution bid

BANGKOK – Thai royal officials rejected a request by the ruling party to dissolve parliament, the country’s acting prime minister said Thursday, clearing the...

Acting Thai government moves to dissolve parliament

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his party said Wednesday, after the largest opposition party backed a rival candidate to lead...

Netanyahu survives bid to dissolve parliament

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have...

Serbia opposition disrupts parliament with flares, tear gas—speaker

Belgrade, Serbia—Serbian opposition lawmakers lit flares and discharged suspected tear gas during the opening day of the spring session of parliament on Tuesday, in a...

German president dissolves parliament, sets Feb 23 election date

Berlin, Germany—German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected date for the early general election prompted by the collapse of Olaf...
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