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7 votes
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Samoa elected its first female leader. Parliament locked her out.
9 votes -
‘Stories are chosen due to editorial merit’ and ‘newsworthy updates’ - BBC
6 votes -
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers
8 votes -
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
11 votes -
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats
28 votes -
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage
6 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker
6 votes -
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme
7 votes -
Boris Johnson's approval rating plunges twenty points in four days amid Dominic Cummings scandal
11 votes -
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Ardern's popularity soars
12 votes -
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end UK's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports
8 votes -
Boris Johnson leaves hospital, says 'things could have gone either way'
17 votes -
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of the Canadian Prime Minister, tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus
22 votes -
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
13 votes -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface makeup to a party at the private school where he was teaching in the spring of 2001
15 votes -
Boris Johnson will be the UK's new prime minister
38 votes -
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declares end of five-year military rule
7 votes -
In the largest protests in decades, Czechs demand resignation of prime minister
8 votes -
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Hungary’s Orbán to lament their “growing Muslim populations”
7 votes -
Denmark election: Social Democrats win as PM admits defeat
11 votes -
Israel heads to new election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form coalition
12 votes -
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister
25 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison secures seventy-six seats for majority
5 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defied years of opinion polls and public expectation to lead the Coalition to a shock election victory
14 votes -
Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, dies aged 89
6 votes -
Federal election: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sets May 18 election date
5 votes -
New Zealand prime minister on mosque shooter: “You will never hear me mention his name”
12 votes -
'Israel is the nation-state of Jews alone': Benjamin Netanyahu responds to TV star who said Arabs are equal citizens (Haaretz)
17 votes -
Thai Princess Ubolratana Mahidol running to be Prime Minister against military candidate
6 votes -
'It's going to be chaos': Thais to vote in February for first time in eight years
6 votes -
Australian Prime Minister urges voters to 'get shopping' as retailers sweat on last-minute sales
2 votes -
Muslim leaders say they will boycott a proposed meeting with PM Scott Morrison after he said they should do more to combat extremism
5 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will cut the number of migrants coming to Australia, declaring the "roads are clogged" and buses, trains and schools in Sydney and Melbourne "are full".
4 votes -
Fiji election: Bainimarama returned as PM in slim victory
5 votes -
Czech PM's future hangs in balance after son's kidnap claims
5 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises to victims of institutional child sex abuse
5 votes -
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison open to following President Donald Trump in moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem
7 votes -
Malaysia ex-PM hit with twenty-five new charges over 1MDB scandal
7 votes -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize Nov. 7 for 1939 decision to turn away Jewish refugees fleeing Nazis
19 votes -
Canada needs Chapter 19 because Trump 'doesn't always follow the rules': Trudeau
8 votes -
Ethiopia’s reforming prime minister runs into a roadblock of ethnic unrest
4 votes -
Scott Morrison is the new Prime Minister of Australia
Key points: The petition for a party room meeting of the Liberal Party got 43 signatures, so Turnbull allowed the meeting to be called. The party room voted 45:40 to spill the leadership. Three...
Key points:
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The petition for a party room meeting of the Liberal Party got 43 signatures, so Turnbull allowed the meeting to be called.
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The party room voted 45:40 to spill the leadership.
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Three candidates nominated: Peter Dutton, Scott Morrison, Julie Bishop.
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Bishop was eliminated in the first round of voting.
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Morrison won the second round of voting against Dutton, 45:40.
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As the leader of the Liberal Party, Morrison becomes the new Prime Minister... probably. It now depends on whether their coalition partners, the National Party, support the new Liberal leader (but they probably will: the alternative is to lose government).
EDIT1: And Josh Frydenburg is the deputy leader of the Liberal Party. That does not make him the Deputy Prime Minister: that role goes to the leader of the National Party whenever the Coalition is in government.
EDIT2: The news: http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/scott-morrison-wins-leaderal-leadership/10160168
Follow live here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/live-turnbull-leadership-challenge-looms/10159462
Some background on Scott Morrison: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/scott-morrisons-rise-to-prime-minister-of-australia/10160458
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Najib Razak charged with money laundering over 1MDB scandal. Former Malaysian PM faces multiple counts in what has been called the country’s biggest ever corruption case
5 votes -
Former Malaysian PM Najib arrested in $4.5bn 1MDB probe. The investigation focuses on how the money went missing from the state 1MDB fund
5 votes -
Ethiopian prime minister vows to stick to reforms after explosion at rally. Abiy Ahmed commented on Addis Ababa blast that killed one and injured more than 100, saying ‘killing others is a defeat’.
7 votes -
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister, charged with fraud
4 votes -
Nazi swastika flag flown on Australian Defence vehicle in Afghanistan
5 votes -
Jordan's King Abdullah appoints new reformist PM in bid to quell unrest
3 votes -
Ex-Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak questioned over 1MDB corruption scandal
4 votes