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- Asia-Pacific
- 19 August 2018
Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister faces a balance-of-payments crisis
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former captain of a cricket team, took over as the country’s prime…
Emmerson Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s first ever elections without Robert Mugabe on the ballot
Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared the winner of the southern African country’s first…
Andrés Manuel López Obrador seals comfortable victory in Mexico’s presidential elections
A leftwing nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been elected Mexico’s president. The campaign was…
Turkey’s President assumes sweeping new powers over all branches of government
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in presidential and parliamentary elections held on June…
Turkey holds critical presidential and parliamentary elections that could pave the way for President Erdogan to remain in power for years
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan might be forced into the second round of a presidential…
Rightwinger Iván Duque wins Colombia’s presidential election
Rightwinger Iván Duque won Colombia’s presidential election on June 17, after securing 54 per cent…
Nicolás Maduro wins Venezuela’s sham presidential election
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the political heir of Hugo Chávez, won another six years in…
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- Asia-Pacific
- 13 May 2018
Mahathir Mohamad ends the ruling coalition’s 61-year grip on power
The 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s prime minister from 1981 to 2003, was sworn in on…