POLITICS

Macron Tilts French Cabinet To Right In Reshuffle

Attal is France's youngest ever prime minister and has an array of challenges
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday replaced his foreign minister but maintained other key figures in their posts, in a reshuffle that tilted his cabinet to the right and leaves all the top ministries in the hands of men.
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A voter after casting his ballot in Bhutan's capital Thimphu, in elections won by the party of former prime minister Tshering Tobgay

Bhutan's Tobgay To Become PM For Second Time

Bhutanese voters have elected Tshering Tobgay to become prime minister for a second time after his party won nearly two-thirds of seats, the election commission said in results released Wednesday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (L) and former Governor from South Carolina and UN ambassador Nikki Haley (R)

Haley, DeSantis Turn Fire On Trump In GOP Race

Two Republicans jostling for a distant second place behind Donald Trump in their race to be party flag-bearer took potshots at the former US president on Thursday, days before the first vote in the White House nomination process.
Koroma led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018

S.Leone Ex-President Charged Over 'Coup Attempt'

Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said.
Milei's "chainsaw plan" to cut state spending has triggered a series of street protests against the government

Argentines Protest Milei's Economic Reforms

Thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, clashing with police as they protested a decree of sweeping economic reform and deregulation published by President Javier Milei.
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and personal lawyer for Donald Trump, has filed for bankrupcty

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Files For Bankruptcy

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, just days after being ordered to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia poll workers.
Peter Bone denied bullying and misconduct claims that saw him suspended from parliament

UK Tories Face Another By-Election After MP Ousted

Britain's ruling Conservatives face another potentially bruising by-election early next year after voters in a central English constituency ousted its Tory lawmaker following his suspension from parliament over misconduct allegations.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a Turkey-made electric car gifted by the Turkish leader

Erdogan, Orban Pledge Deeper Ties In Budapest

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would seek deeper ties with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his second visit to the country within four months.

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