The Philippines has identified four new sites that will give the US greater military access under a defense agreement, with three of them near Taiwan and a fourth close to the disputed South China Sea as tensions with Beijing continue.
Finland’s Sanna Marin is set to lose her position as prime minister following an election upset, underscoring how her star power wasn’t enough to offset concerns over a bloated budget and other domestic issues.
India’s parliament approved a revised legislation which gives the South Asian nation’s antitrust watchdog wider powers to review overseas mergers and acquisitions.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha appealed to voters to back his bid to retain power as the Southeast Asian nation kicked off the election process with candidates registering to contest next month’s poll.
South Africa’s main opposition party said it will seek a pact with like-minded rivals to secure a majority in next year’s elections in order to sideline the ruling African National Congress and the radical Economic Freedom Fighters.
The South African government’s failure to fix its visa system is seriously impeding the economy and needs to be urgently fixed, one of the nation’s main business-lobby groups said.
The US, South Korea and Japan started joint naval drills off the Korean Peninsula in a move certain to anger North Korea, which fired its first missile over Japan in five years after similar exercises were held in 2022.
The US, South Korea and Japan started joint naval drills off the Korean Peninsula in a move certain to anger North Korea, which fired its first missile over Japan in five years after similar exercises were held in 2022.
Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov won Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years, but his failure to secure a majority threatens to extend a political stalemate undermining European Union unity over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Tax cuts, price caps, tougher scrutiny. Europe’s battle with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation is far from over, and food is the latest focal point.
