Finland's former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb will run as a candidate in the presidential elections – will face the popular former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto finland politics Article 319 words 12 votes
Villavicencio assassination a ‘disturbing moment’ for Ecuador democracy, former running mate says ecuador politics crime.organized Article 6 votes
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Villavicencio reported killed in attack at rally ecuador politics Article 93 words 31 votes
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader's jail term extended to nineteen years politics russia crime Article 693 words 31 votes
‘Republican stooge’: Robert F Kennedy Jr mocked in the US after it’s revealed half his Super PAC funding comes from GOP mega donor usa politics Article 30 votes
Finland's new economy minister has resigned after just ten days in office over remarks he made at a far-right event four years ago finland politics Article 40 words 21 votes
Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat greece politics Article 328 words 8 votes
Finland's new economy minister has apologised for extremist remarks after it emerged he addressed a far-right group four years ago finland politics Article 40 words 7 votes
North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies usa.nc politics Article 556 words 14 votes
Norway has expelled fifteen Russian officials that it had accused of spying under diplomatic cover norway politics russia Article 8 votes
Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left Sosiaalidemokraattien finland politics Article 7 votes
Kevin McCarthy fails on first US House speakership vote in historic loss usa politics Article 1132 words 20 votes
Sixteen searches, four arrests in European Parliament after Qatar corruption investigation qatar belgium.brussels crime Article 298 words 5 votes
Rishi Sunak to become first British Asian PM as Penny Mordaunt bows out united kingdom politics Article 375 words 13 votes
Søren Pape Poulsen, leading challenger to Mette Frederiksen, is hemorrhaging support after false claims about the origins of his soon-to-be ex-husband denmark politics Article 3 votes
Swedish rightwing on verge of narrow election win but waits on final tally – bloc including far-right Sverigedemokraterna on course for one-seat majority sweden politics Article 683 words 11 votes
CBS News poll: Of 2,085 adults polled, majority favor maximum age limits for elected US officials usa politics Article 328 words 13 votes
Argentina's VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner unharmed in point-blank attempted shooting argentina crime politics Article 122 words 6 votes
US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing usa taiwan china Article 1216 words 21 votes
Lords complain of ‘poor wine’ and ‘too much salmon’ in the ‘disappointing’ taxpayer-subsidised food and drink served to Parliament united kingdom politics Article 378 words 14 votes
Swedish government narrowly survives no-confidence vote – vote targeted Justice Minister Morgan Johansson over his record on violent crime sweden politics crime Article 696 words 4 votes
German state elections show populism in decline on left and right germany politics Article 738 words 9 votes
Denmark seeks to charge former defence minister with disclosing secrets – top prosecuting office says Claus Hjort Frederiksen shared ‘highly classified information’ denmark politics crime Article 353 words 3 votes
In France, a racist conspiracy theory edges into the mainstream france politics Article 1077 words 13 votes
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets denmark politics crime Article 38 words 4 votes
Conservative politician Péter Márki-Zay wins Hungarian opposition race as six parties come together to challenge Orbán hungary politics Article 291 words 15 votes
Iceland elects Europe's first female majority parliament – but Katrín Jakobsdóttir's future as PM looks to be in doubt after her party lost several seats iceland politics Article 7 votes
Hong Kong leader defends election after single non-establishment figure picked for 1,500-strong committee hong kong politics china Article 490 words 6 votes
Stefan Löfven steps down as Sweden's prime minister after seven years – finance minister Magdalena Andersson widely tipped to be his successor as leader of Socialdemokraterna sweden politics Article 344 words 8 votes
Morten Messerschmidt, a leading right-wing Danish politician, has been convicted of fraudulently receiving funds from the European Union denmark politics crime Article 348 words 9 votes
New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after investigation finds he sexually harassed multiple women usa.ny politics Article 1598 words 16 votes
New vote totals show tighter Democratic race for New York City mayor usa.ny.nyc politics Article 785 words, published Jun 30 2021 5 votes
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 politics usa.il Article 620 words 12 votes
Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator and anti-war advocate dies at age 91 usa.ak politics Article 718 words 10 votes
Sweden's Vänsterpartiet said it would seek to oust PM Stefan Löfven if the government didn't drop or change plans for the abolition of rent controls on new-build properties sweden politics Article 305 words 7 votes
Denmark's secret service helped the US spy on European politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014 denmark politics usa Article 33 words 5 votes
Walter Mondale, Vice President of the Carter administration and 1984 Democratic candidate for president dies at 93 usa.mn politics Article 8 votes
Alexei Navalny reaches fourteenth day of hunger strike as officials threaten force-feeding politics russia Article 524 words 15 votes
Covid-19: Brazil to get fourth health minister since pandemic began politics Article 50 words 6 votes
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers italy politics Article 331 words, published Feb 12 2021 8 votes
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declares China's treatment of Uighurs 'genocide' china usa politics Article 469 words 15 votes
Partner of Norway's former justice minister has been found guilty of threatening democracy – she faked attacks on her family home and the torching of her car norway politics crime Article 347 words 10 votes