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Tuesday, November 05, 2019
#UK: Poll Shows Johnson's Conservatives Ahead; Labour Being Dragged Down By Leader Corbyn
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Monday, November 04, 2019
#HONGKONG: Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Disqualified As Political Candidate
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has accused Hong Kong authorities of making an “arbitrary” decision to ban him from being a candidate in the Nov. 24th district council elections, saying candidates with views that were similar to or even more critical than his were allowed to run.
Wong was the only candidate disqualified from the polls over his political allegiance.
Although he had made clear he did not support Hong Kong’s separation from mainland China or full independence as an option, acting returning officer Laura Liang Aron said Wong had tried to “mislead” the public in stating he had changed his stance.
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has accused Hong Kong authorities of making an “arbitrary” decision to ban him from being a candidate in the Nov. 24th district council elections, saying candidates with views that were similar to or even more critical than his were allowed to run.
Wong was the only candidate disqualified from the polls over his political allegiance.
Although he had made clear he did not support Hong Kong’s separation from mainland China or full independence as an option, acting returning officer Laura Liang Aron said Wong had tried to “mislead” the public in stating he had changed his stance.
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Sunday, November 03, 2019
#UKRAINE: Parliament Makes It A Crime For Legislators To Vote By Proxy
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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has approved legislation to make it a criminal offense for a legislator to vote on behalf of an absent colleague, locally known as "piano voting." Offending People's Deputies will face stiff fines after it's found they voted on another's behalf.
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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has approved legislation to make it a criminal offense for a legislator to vote on behalf of an absent colleague, locally known as "piano voting." Offending People's Deputies will face stiff fines after it's found they voted on another's behalf.
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Saturday, November 02, 2019
#CHILE: Untold Story: Switch To Renewables Led To Metro Fare Hikes At Core Of Violent Protests
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As with France's "Yellow Jacket" unrest this past summer (which are ongoing) protests which began last month in Santiago, Chile originated with fare hikes at the city's subway system, which had been converted to use energy from wind and solar-generated power. The unrest, which has led to five deaths and hundreds of arrests, continues despite the government backing down and reversing the fare hikes, and it has forced the cancellation of a global Climate Change conference that was scheduled to occur there in December. Late last month, President Sebastian Pinera pledged social reforms to try to quell days of violent protests.
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As with France's "Yellow Jacket" unrest this past summer (which are ongoing) protests which began last month in Santiago, Chile originated with fare hikes at the city's subway system, which had been converted to use energy from wind and solar-generated power. The unrest, which has led to five deaths and hundreds of arrests, continues despite the government backing down and reversing the fare hikes, and it has forced the cancellation of a global Climate Change conference that was scheduled to occur there in December. Late last month, President Sebastian Pinera pledged social reforms to try to quell days of violent protests.
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Friday, November 01, 2019
#HONGKONG: Leader Carrie Lam's Approval Rating Sinks To New Lows Amid Ongoing Unrest
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s popularity rating has dropped to a record low of 20.2 points out of 100, a recent public opinion survey has found. The rating is the lowest among any post-colonial chief executive, according to the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute.
The institute interviewed 1,038 people between October 17 and 23 over the phone.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s popularity rating has dropped to a record low of 20.2 points out of 100, a recent public opinion survey has found. The rating is the lowest among any post-colonial chief executive, according to the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute.
The institute interviewed 1,038 people between October 17 and 23 over the phone.
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
#AUSTRALIA: PM Morrison Mocked By Labor Party For "Mimicking" It's Billion Dollar Clean Energy Policy
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The Morrison government has embraced a Labor policy to take on more public debt to invest in new energy projects, promising $1 billion for electricity generation, storage and transmission.
The plan will commit more money to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in a significant policy concession by the Coalition, which tried to scrap the investment agency under former prime minister Tony Abbott.
The Labor Party welcomed the Coalition decision to "mimic" its own energy policy.
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The Morrison government has embraced a Labor policy to take on more public debt to invest in new energy projects, promising $1 billion for electricity generation, storage and transmission.
The plan will commit more money to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in a significant policy concession by the Coalition, which tried to scrap the investment agency under former prime minister Tony Abbott.
The Labor Party welcomed the Coalition decision to "mimic" its own energy policy.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
#ARGENTINA: Center-Left Candidate Wins Presidential Election Amid Economic Crisis
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Center-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns.
Fernández, 60, got more than the 45% of the vote needed to win, beating conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri.
The vote was held amid an economic crisis that has left a third of Argentina's population in poverty.
Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, 66, will now become vice-president in Mr Fernández's administration. She is said to have played a key role in Fernández's electoral triumph.
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Center-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns.
Fernández, 60, got more than the 45% of the vote needed to win, beating conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri.
The vote was held amid an economic crisis that has left a third of Argentina's population in poverty.
Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, 66, will now become vice-president in Mr Fernández's administration. She is said to have played a key role in Fernández's electoral triumph.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
UK: Parliament Set To Approve December Election With Labour Party Backing
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The UK looks set for a December general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced his party was dropping it's opposition to an early evening and is ready to fight the "most radical campaign ever."
Corbyn said his condition of taking a no-deal Brexit off the table had now been met after the EU agreed to extend the deadline until January 31, 2020.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson can only hold an election with the support of MPs - who have blocked it three times.
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The UK looks set for a December general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced his party was dropping it's opposition to an early evening and is ready to fight the "most radical campaign ever."
Corbyn said his condition of taking a no-deal Brexit off the table had now been met after the EU agreed to extend the deadline until January 31, 2020.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson can only hold an election with the support of MPs - who have blocked it three times.
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Monday, October 28, 2019
#NEWZEALAND: Polls Show Opposition Gaining On PM Ardern
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This weekend, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern can blow out the candles on two years in power.
But two polls this month show her coalition government is neck and neck with the opposition National Party, less than a year before the next election.
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This weekend, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern can blow out the candles on two years in power.
But two polls this month show her coalition government is neck and neck with the opposition National Party, less than a year before the next election.
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Sunday, October 27, 2019
#SPAIN: Francisco Franco Is Still Dead, But Spain's Socialist Gov't Has Exhumed And Reburied Him
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Cries of “long live Franco!” accompanied the coffin of Francisco Franco this past week as Spain removed the remains of its former dictator from the state mausoleum where he was buried in 1975.
His exhumation and reburial is the most significant move in years by Spanish authorities to lay the ghost of the general whose legacy still divides the country he dominated for nearly four decades.
The ruling Socialist Party, which faces a national election next month, has long sought to move Franco’s remains from the huge monument, built on his orders and containing the remains of combatants from both sides of the 1936-39 civil war.
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Cries of “long live Franco!” accompanied the coffin of Francisco Franco this past week as Spain removed the remains of its former dictator from the state mausoleum where he was buried in 1975.
His exhumation and reburial is the most significant move in years by Spanish authorities to lay the ghost of the general whose legacy still divides the country he dominated for nearly four decades.
The ruling Socialist Party, which faces a national election next month, has long sought to move Franco’s remains from the huge monument, built on his orders and containing the remains of combatants from both sides of the 1936-39 civil war.
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
#CANADA: Newly Re-Elected Trudeau Will Announce Gender-Balanced Cabinet Nov. 20
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had ruled out a governing coalition and said his minority government's new cabinet will have gender balance when it's sworn in on Nov. 20.
Trudeau says he will work with other parties, including the Bloc Québécois, to advance shared goals. In the coming weeks, Trudeau said, he plans to sit down with each of the party leaders to discuss their priorities and how they can work together.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had ruled out a governing coalition and said his minority government's new cabinet will have gender balance when it's sworn in on Nov. 20.
Trudeau says he will work with other parties, including the Bloc Québécois, to advance shared goals. In the coming weeks, Trudeau said, he plans to sit down with each of the party leaders to discuss their priorities and how they can work together.
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Friday, October 25, 2019
#FRANCE: Lower House Approves In vitro Fertilization For Lesbians, Single Women
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France's lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bioethics bill to give single women and lesbians access to fertility treatments, a move which critics pledged to fight as the legislation moves to the Senate.
National Assembly members voted 359 to 114 on Tuesday, with 72 abstentions, in favour of the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macron's term.
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France's lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bioethics bill to give single women and lesbians access to fertility treatments, a move which critics pledged to fight as the legislation moves to the Senate.
National Assembly members voted 359 to 114 on Tuesday, with 72 abstentions, in favour of the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macron's term.
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
#RUSSIA: Duma Commission Calls Foreign Media, Facebook And Google "Spies," Violated Election Laws
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A special commission of the Russian Duma has called for the legislature to take measures against a number of foreign media for violating the Russian election laws, alleging that some of them were spies, the Commission said in a report.
The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs accused Radio Liberty, Current time, Medusa, BBC Russian Service, MBK-Media and Voice of America for violating “the legislation by carrying out an election campaign on election day,” during the country’s local elections in September.
Facebook and Google, according to the Commission’s Chairman Vasilii Piskarev, may also join the “team” waiting for “appropriate measures,” as the parliamentarians received confirmation that they have also violated the election laws.
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A special commission of the Russian Duma has called for the legislature to take measures against a number of foreign media for violating the Russian election laws, alleging that some of them were spies, the Commission said in a report.
The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs accused Radio Liberty, Current time, Medusa, BBC Russian Service, MBK-Media and Voice of America for violating “the legislation by carrying out an election campaign on election day,” during the country’s local elections in September.
Facebook and Google, according to the Commission’s Chairman Vasilii Piskarev, may also join the “team” waiting for “appropriate measures,” as the parliamentarians received confirmation that they have also violated the election laws.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
#NEWZEALAND: Euthanasia Referendum Passes Second Reading Hurdle In Parliament
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Parliament has narrowly voted to put the decision on legalizing assisted dying before voters. The 63-57 vote would put a referendum on the ballot at the next election.
The polarizing legislation – which would let terminally ill adults request voluntary euthanasia – now has to pass a third reading in the House in November. If it does – which is likely - the public will have the last word next year.
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Parliament has narrowly voted to put the decision on legalizing assisted dying before voters. The 63-57 vote would put a referendum on the ballot at the next election.
The polarizing legislation – which would let terminally ill adults request voluntary euthanasia – now has to pass a third reading in the House in November. If it does – which is likely - the public will have the last word next year.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
#ECUADOR: Pres. Morena Cancels Austerity Package To End Violent Protests
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Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno and leaders of the country's indigenous peoples have struck a deal to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralysed the economy and left seven people dead.
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Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno and leaders of the country's indigenous peoples have struck a deal to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralysed the economy and left seven people dead.
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Monday, October 21, 2019
#LEBANON: Mass Protests Over Government Corruption
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied Sunday across Lebanon to condemn official corruption and demand the government resign, on the eve of a deadline for politicians to accept a reform package.
The capital Beirut, second city Tripoli in the north and the southern port of Tyre all came to a standstill, with streets filled with protesters waving the national flag, chanting “revolution” or “the people demand the fall of the regime” — a common refrain of demonstrations in other parts of the Arab world.
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The capital Beirut, second city Tripoli in the north and the southern port of Tyre all came to a standstill, with streets filled with protesters waving the national flag, chanting “revolution” or “the people demand the fall of the regime” — a common refrain of demonstrations in other parts of the Arab world.
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Sunday, October 20, 2019
#KENYA: World Bank Warns Gov't Over Debt Ceiling Hikes
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A World Bank report released this week warns that Kenya is drifting towards debt distress, owing to the government’s huge appetite for expensive loans.
The Kenyan Parliament, on the same day when the World Bank report was released, approved the National Treasury’s push to raise the borrowing cap from about 50% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product to an absolute figure of 9 trillion Kenyan Shillings.
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A World Bank report released this week warns that Kenya is drifting towards debt distress, owing to the government’s huge appetite for expensive loans.
The Kenyan Parliament, on the same day when the World Bank report was released, approved the National Treasury’s push to raise the borrowing cap from about 50% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product to an absolute figure of 9 trillion Kenyan Shillings.
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
#VENEZUELA: Maduro Regime Wins Seat On UN Human Rights Commission
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The government of President Nicolás Maduro won a seat Thursday on the U.N. Human Rights Council, a controversial victory for a regime accused of using intimidation, torture and murder to cling to power.
The Maduro government, no longer recognized as legitimate by the United States and around 50 other countries, had sought a return to the 47-member panel to counter an image of international isolation - and thwart investigations into its own alleged abuses.
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The government of President Nicolás Maduro won a seat Thursday on the U.N. Human Rights Council, a controversial victory for a regime accused of using intimidation, torture and murder to cling to power.
The Maduro government, no longer recognized as legitimate by the United States and around 50 other countries, had sought a return to the 47-member panel to counter an image of international isolation - and thwart investigations into its own alleged abuses.
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Friday, October 18, 2019
#HUNGARY: PM Orban Will "Use Force" To Protect Borders If Turkey Unleashes New Wave Of Migrants On Europe
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned he will 'use force' to fend off migrants if Turkey delivered on its threat to "open the gates" and allow 3.6 million refugees to flood into Europe if EU leaders continue to oppose Turkey's military action in northern Syria.
Orban built a steel fence on Hungary's border with Serbia to seal off the Balkans route of migration, where hundreds of thousands of people marched through from the Middle East to Western Europe at the peak of the migrant crisis in 2015.
'If Turkey sets off further hundreds of thousands (on top of those it has already), then we will need to use force to protect the Hungarian border and the Serbian-Hungarian frontier and I do not wish for anyone that we should need to resort to that,' Orban said Wednesday night.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned he will 'use force' to fend off migrants if Turkey delivered on its threat to "open the gates" and allow 3.6 million refugees to flood into Europe if EU leaders continue to oppose Turkey's military action in northern Syria.
Orban built a steel fence on Hungary's border with Serbia to seal off the Balkans route of migration, where hundreds of thousands of people marched through from the Middle East to Western Europe at the peak of the migrant crisis in 2015.
'If Turkey sets off further hundreds of thousands (on top of those it has already), then we will need to use force to protect the Hungarian border and the Serbian-Hungarian frontier and I do not wish for anyone that we should need to resort to that,' Orban said Wednesday night.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
#POLAND: Ruling Law And Justice Party Wins Parliamentary Election
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Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice Party has won the most votes in the country's parliamentary election, according to partial official results.
The state electoral commission reported Monday that Law and Justice won 44.6% of the vote. The opposition Civic Coalition, comprising the Civic Platform Party formerly led by European Council President Donald Tusk and some smaller liberal parties, came second with almost 27%.
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Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice Party has won the most votes in the country's parliamentary election, according to partial official results.
The state electoral commission reported Monday that Law and Justice won 44.6% of the vote. The opposition Civic Coalition, comprising the Civic Platform Party formerly led by European Council President Donald Tusk and some smaller liberal parties, came second with almost 27%.
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