Government

Biden delivers first Oval Office address, touts debt-ceiling win
US President is set to sign into law a bipartisan agreement to lift the government’s borrowing limit, averting ‘crisis’.
Published On 3 Jun 2023
Ecuador’s embattled President Lasso will not seek re-election
Guillermo Lasso’s announcement comes weeks after he dissolved the legislature amid prospect of impeachment.
Published On 2 Jun 2023
Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss ‘strategic cooperation’
The trip next week will be the top US diplomat’s first to the kingdom since the Iranian-Saudi normalisation deal.
Published On 2 Jun 2023
India’s PM Narendra Modi to address US Congress
Leaders from both major US political parties say speech will be opportunity to speak to shared ‘global challenges’.
Published On 2 Jun 2023

The progressive Move Forward Party won Thailand’s election but now faces another hurdle: a military-appointed Senate.

The vote comes as the US hurtles towards a June 5 deadline to raise the government borrowing limit or face default.

Washington targets firms linked to Sudanese military and RSF group, pledging to be on ‘side of civilians’ in conflict.

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says ‘dark money’ is bending the country’s major institutions to the rich and powerful.

We probe a global network of secret Chinese ‘police outposts’ and allegations of Chinese dissidents being harassed.

‘This … system, goes back to the beys who needed to keep their courtiers happy to maintain their rule’, analyst says.

The search for the four Indigenous children continues, as footprints and fruit with apparent bite marks are found.

President Touadera has been accused of seeking tenure elongation despite constitutional limits of two four-year terms.

A controversial announcement in Tinubu’s inaugural speech has set off a chain of events in Africa’s largest economy.

A 14-year-old girl injured in the fire has died in intensive care, as the teenage arson suspect faces murder charges.

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