#IRAQ: Turmoil Around Parliament As Members Consider Speaker's Resignation

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The Iraqi parliament will reconvene for the first time in two months to vote on the resignation of the parliament speaker, amid tight security measures and renewed demonstrations. 

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#CZECHREPUBLIC: Opposition Party Sweeps Local Elections

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The party of former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, the Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO), won most of the local election seats in the country's major cities, according to the final results posted by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) on Sunday.

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#RUSSIA: Parliament Set To Debate Annexing Occupied Ukraine Regions

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The Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, may debate bills incorporating Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia on Sept. 29, the state-run TASS news agency said on Saturday, citing an unnamed source.

Moscow launched referendums on joining Russia in the four occupied regions of Ukraine on Friday, drawing condemnation from Kyiv and Western nations, who dismissed the votes as a sham and pledged not to recognise their results.

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#UK: Tax Cut Pledge Blamed For Temporary Pound Collapse

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The market’s verdict on the £220 billion policy blitz set out by UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was swift and devastating Tuesday. 

His pledge to cut taxes was blamed by financial experts for the sudden drop in the UK currency, the Pound, against the US dollar. The currency recovered it's value later in the day, a fact not generally reported by the mainstream media.

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#SWITZERLAND: Farming Reform Defeated In Referendum

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Voters in Switzerland have rejected a referendum motion that would have put an end to factory farming in the country.

Almost two-thirds of those who cast a ballot opposed the initiative, which would have outlawed intensive farming methods.

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#ITALY: Right-Leaning Brothers of Italy Party Wins Parliamentary Elections

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Italian voters rewarded Giorgia Meloni’s euroskeptic Brothers of Italy Party, propelling the country toward what likely would be its first non-Leftist government government since World War II, based on partial results Monday from the election for Parliament.

In a victory speech, Party Leader Giorgia Meloni struck a moderate tone after projections based on votes counted from some two-thirds of polling stations showed her party ahead of other contenders in Sunday’s balloting.

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#SWITZERLAND: Voters Consider Raising Retirement Age For Women

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Switzerland votes Sunday on a slew of issues, including a proposed ban on factory farming and divisive pension reform that would raise the retirement age for women to 65 from the current age of 64 in an attempt to rescue the retirement system.

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#NAURU: Nation Holds Parliamentary Election

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Nauruan voters head to the polls today with polling stations now open and closing six p.m.

The Elections Office has stressed that because of the pandemic strict hygiene rules should be followed.

Early voting, which started on Monday, is set to finish at 5p.m. on Friday.

Mobile voting, which also got underway on Monday, will continue to be available until the polling stations close on Saturday.

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#ITALY: Right-Wing Party Poised To Win Sunday's Election

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As Italy heads to the polls this Sunday to elect its next government, the country looks set to take its sharpest turn to the right since Benito Mussolini.

Four years ago, Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, named after the opening words of the country's national anthem, was a hard-right outlier that had a mere four per cent of the vote, its post-Fascist origins and angry nationalist rhetoric too much for most Italians. Now, the party is polling at 25%, and might win a majority in Parliament, leading left-wing governments and newspapers around the world to panic.

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#THENETHERLANDS: King Booed At Opening Of Parliament

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King Willem-Alexander was greeted with cheers but also loud booing as he gave his annual Prinsjesdag (Prince's Day) speech to parliament. In it, the sovereign outlines the government's plans for the coming legislative period on the third Tuesday of September. 

The speech was delivered at the Royal Theater in The Hague this year, rather than the traditional Knights Hall, which is currently being restored.  

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#EU: Ten EU Member States Sold Arms To Russia, Dodging Embargo

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France, Germany and Italy side-stepped an arms embargo to sell weapons to Vladimir Putin that are being used to slaughter Ukrainians, it's been alleged.

It has emerged that ten member states of the European Union sold hundreds of millions of pounds of military hardware to Russia between 2015 and 2020.

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#NIGERIA: All Progressives Nominee "Unperturbed" By Bad Poll Numbers

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Nigeria's All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said the standard-bearer of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is unperturbed by recent polls, which show him lagging in public support.

The APC Presidential Campaign Council in a statement by its Director of

Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga described the polls as "dubious, unrealistic and inconsistent." They show Tinubu trailing behind the Labour Party's Peter Obi 21% to 13%. The national election will be held next February. 

A former governor and senator, Bola Tinubu, 70, became the All Progressives Congress nominee in June.

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#CANADA: Alberta Candidate Raises Hackles With "NDP Scared" Email

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Alberta United Conservative Party leadership candidate Rebecca Schulz sent supporters an email pretending to be a New Democratic Party supporter begging Conservatives not to vote for Schulz because the NDP are "afraid of her."

UCP members on Schulz’s mailing list received an email from “Your Friendly Neighbourhood NDP Supporter” with the subject “The NDP’s Worst Nightmare.” The actual email address listed is clearly from Schulz' campaign, however.

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#EU: Hungary Is "Not A Democracy" Says Euro Parliament

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Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy, the European parliament has said in a powerful symbolic vote against Viktor Orbán’s government.

In a resolution backed by 81% of MEPs present to vote, the parliament stated that Hungary had become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy”, citing a breakdown in democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law.

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#SOUTHKOREA: Agency Fines Google, Facebook $72 Million For Privacy Violations

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South Korea’s Personal Information and Protection Commission said it fined Google $50 million and Facebook $22 million for illegally tracking their users’ online behavior without their consent.

The combined $72 million fine was the largest penalty ever levied in South Korea for privacy violations, according to the agency.

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#SWEDEN: Right-Wing Bloc Wins Election, PM Resigns

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The leader of Sweden’s incumbent Social Democrats has resigned as prime minister after conceding defeat in the country’s knife-edge election, handing victory to a loose bloc of rightwing parties that includes the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD).

The PM, Magdalena Andersson, called a press conference at which she accepted defeat, while pointing out that her Social Democrats remained Sweden’s largest party with more than 30% of the vote – and that the majority in parliament for the right bloc was very slim.

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#CANADA: Quebec MP Leaves Conservatives Over New Party Leader's "Leadership Style"

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Alain Rayes, the MP for the Quebec riding of Richmond–Arthabaska, said Tuesday he is leaving the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent. Rayes cited a clash of values with new conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre's leadership style. 

Rayes had backed Jean Charest in the leadership contest that ended last week. Charest came in a distant second in the contest.

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#EU: Parliament Passes Tougher Deforestation Law

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The European Parliament has voted for a stricter deforestation law to help better protect the world’s forests. The law aims to ensure that agricultural products sold in Europe are free of deforestation and human rights violations. Companies will be required to guarantee that the products they sell in Europe are not driving deforestation or human rights abuses. 

The Parliament voted to strengthen the initial draft law prepared by the European Commission, particularly by widening the scope of commodities to include natural rubber, maize and leather; extending the definition of “forests” to include other wooded lands (such as the Cerrado savannah in Brazil); and ensuring companies undertake due diligence with regards to upholding human rights and Indigenous peoples’ rights in their supply chains.  

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#CANADA: Federal Conservatives Choose Pierre Poilievre to Lead Them

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Canada’s Conservative Party has chosen a populist career politician to be its next leader, betting on Pierre Poilievre to take on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s Liberals after a series of electoral defeats.

Poilievre’s victory was a foregone conclusion for months, as most opinion polls ahead of the party convention on Saturday night showed his firebrand political rhetoric resonated with members – and gave him a comfortable lead over his closest rival, the more centrist Jean Charest.

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#KUWAIT: 376 Candidates Seek 50 Parliament Seats

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The 10-day registration period for Kuwaiti citizens who intend to stand in this month's parliamentary elections ended on Wednesday, with 376 candidates in the running — 349 men and 27 women.

Seven members of the recently dissolved parliament will not stand in the vote scheduled for September 29, including parliament speaker Marzouq Al Ghanim.

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#SOLOMONISLANDS: National Elections Delayed Until 2024 By Parliament

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Solomon Islands politicians have voted to delay national elections until 2024, after the Pacific Games.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has argued that the country does not have the resources to stage both the Pacific Games and a general election in the same year - and Parliament has now agreed.

The country will be able to "proudly host the Pacific Games 2023 and carry out its electoral reforms" because of the legislation, Sogavare has claimed 

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#UKRAINE: Member Of Parliament Expelled From Ruling Party Over Bribery Scandal

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Oleksandr Trukhin, a lawmaker from the governing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People faction, was kicked out of the party after a journalistic investigation exposed his attempts to bribe police officers at a car crash site.

The party announced the decision to expel Trukhin on Feb. 2, a day after the Ukrainska Pravda’s investigation was published. Now the party will also consider expelling Trukhin from the party's parliament faction, that including 242 members of parliament. However, even if he is expelled, Trukhin won't lose his seat in parliament.

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#IRAQ: Top Court Says It Can't Disolve Parliament

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Iraq's top court ruled Wednesday that it does not have the legal right to dissolve parliament, a much anticipated decision that raises the stakes in the country's unprecedented 11-month political crisis.

The ruling by the Supreme Federal Court states the court does not have the authority under Iraq's constitution to dissolve the legislature, which was a key demand by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

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Liz Truss Is The New UK Prime Minister

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Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest. She takes over for Boris Johnson, who of late has been mired in scandal and controversy, prompting the leadership contest.

Priti Patel resigns as home secretary, with Attorney General Suella Braverman tipped to replace her.

It was a closer result than some analysts predicted, with Truss taking 57% of valid votes cast.

She has pledged to "deliver" on the energy crisis and is said to be considering a freeze on energy bills. Europeans and Britons are likely to face extremely high spikes and energy bills this winter.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to become chancellor, and Education Secretary James Cleverly the new foreign secretary.

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#KENYA: Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Election Victory For Ruto

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Deputy President William Ruto's declaration as president-elect after the August 8th election, has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Kenya. Opponents had file petitions with the court alleging massive fraud throughout the country.

Ruto garnered 50.5% of the vote in the closely fought election against 48.8% for Raila Odinga.

The 55-year-old will be sworn in as the country's fifth president on September 13th.

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