Blocked Thai PM challenger Pita resigns as party leader
Pita Limjaroenrat, whose reformist party won the most seats at Thailand's national elections in May, resigned as its leader on ...
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Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election case
Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his ...
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Trump steals show at Republican debate
Eight Republican presidential candidates faced off for the first primary debate of the 2024 election cycle Wednesday -- with frontrunner ...
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Donald Trump confirms he will skip Republican presidential debates
Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week's first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so ...
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Peru’s Congress again delays decision on early elections, as protesters stand firm
By Paula Bustamante Peruvian lawmakers on Tuesday once again failed to agree on a plan to bring forward elections in ...
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Gandhi’s killer a hero to India’s diehard Hindu nationalists
By Jalees Andrabi Hindu fundamentalist Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the deeds of an Indian "patriot": not ...
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Nuns should also stop meddling in politics
"Apparently, pride prevented the nun from apologizing. Incidentally, under Catholic church doctrine, pride is one of the seven deadly sins" ...
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‘I joined politics for our family’s survival, legacy’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said his ambition to enter politics turned on his family's survival and legacy, and ...
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Medvedev ignores politics to focus on tennis prep
Adelaide—Daniil Medvedev on Sunday admitted he would rather be playing at the mixed teams United Cup than the Adelaide International, ...
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Brazilian man arrested for bomb plot ahead of Lula inauguration
Brazilian police have arrested a man after he allegedly placed explosives in a fuel truck near Brasilia's airport, hoping to ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.