VALENCIA, Venezuela — Josselyz Essa and a friend, two 9-year-olds with a budding interest in politics as Venezuela starts toward its next presidential election, bubbled with eagerness waiting for the campaign rally to start. Then a thunderous noise spread over the crowd in the streets of the northern city of Valencia. The girls stretched up … Read more
Slovakia’s president says she is postponing the appointment of a new Cabinet following last month’s parliamentary election because she cannot accept the nomination of a person who doesn’t believe in the threat of climate change as environment minister ByThe Associated Press October 19, 2023, 10:15 AM FILE – Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova talks for the … Read more
Iran’s state media reports that the final phase of registration for candidates who want to run in Iran’s parliamentary election next year has opened ByThe Associated Press October 19, 2023, 6:34 AM TEHRAN, Iran — The final phase of registration for candidates who want to run in Iran’s parliamentary election next year opened Thursday, state … Read more
LONDON — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Piukala’s nomination for WHO’s top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health agency fired its previous director, Dr. Takeshi … Read more
Indonesia’s top court has ruled against lowering the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates as the country gears up for election in 2024 ByEDNA TARIGAN Associated Press and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press October 16, 2023, 4:52 AM Judges preside over the hearing on a petition seeking to lower the minimum age of presidential … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — In what Guatemalan authorities described as a national security incident, hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple government webpages Saturday. The attacks were in support of demonstrations led by Indigenous organizations in the Central American country. For almost two weeks, demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Guatemalan Attorney … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those who “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.” Climate activists roundly criticized Sultan al-Jaber’s appointment as the president-designate of the … Read more
The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, left, arrives at the area before a military parade marking the 63th anniversary of Cyprus’ independence … Read more
The Afghan Embassy says it is closing in New Delhi from Sunday due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul ByASHOK SHARMA Associated Press October 1, 2023, 12:45 AM A cyclist pedals past the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. India’s … Read more
India’s External Affairs Ministry says it’s examining a letter from the Afghan Embassy that says it plans to cease all operations in the Indian capital by Saturday ByASHOK SHARMA Associated Press September 29, 2023, 10:06 AM People stand outside the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. India’s External Affairs Ministry is … Read more