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BRS and BJP are two sides of the same coin; Congress will struggle against their 'anti-people' posture in Telangana.
On Friday, the Congress party issued a statement in which it called the BRS government in Telangana the "most corrupt" in the country. The party also claimed that the BRS and the BJP are two sides of the same coin, and it pledged to oppose what it called the "anti-people" post...
Japan's vice foreign minister resigns amid allegations of extortion
Masatoshi Akimoto, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, resigned as vice foreign minister on Friday amid allegations that he received tens of millions of yen in bribes from a wind power company, according to sources close to the situation.
According to the sources, ...
Talks about the U.S. debt cap need to be more mature, says a German minister.
There isn't much time left to reach a deal. Earlier this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that if a deal isn't reached, the biggest economy in the world could default on its debt on June 1.
Leaders of the Democratic Party want to raise the cap, but Republican law...
In light of new trade regulations, Democrats warn that large technology companies might circumvent competition policies.
In a letter to Biden administration officials, a group of Democratic legislators warned that if the tech industry prevails in trade negotiations over an Indo-Pacific framework, U.S. regulators may be restricted in their ability to regulate some of the nation's largest companies.
Tec...
Four out of five Diet by-elections are won by the Liberal Democratic Party.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, won four of the five Diet seats up for grabs in by-elections held on Sunday, which bodes well for him amid rumors that he may soon dissolve the lower house.
The LDP won the Yamaguchi Nos. 2 and 4 district...
A formerly defunct "far-left" party rejoins the Assembly.
The Progressive Party, considered to be more left-leaning than the Democratic Party of Korea, which holds the majority in the National Assembly, and the Justice Party, has returned to the National Assembly.
Rep. Kang Sung-hee won 39 percent of the vote in Jeonju, a liberal constituency ...
After the head of the main opposition party narrowly avoided arrest, the party was thrown into disarray.
After their leader, Lee Jae-myung, barely escaped arrest in Monday's National Assembly vote, the major opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is plagued by factional strife. Prosecutors requested his arrest on accusations of corruption and bribery, and some members of his own party voted ...
After an Arizona judge tossed out her lawsuit challenging the election results, Katie Hobbs is now looking to get some kind of retribution out of Kari Lake.
Less than 48 hours after a judge ruled against Republican Kari Lake's efforts to have herself declared the winner of Arizona's governor contest, Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County moved for sanctions against Lake. After Lake's two-day trial in Arizona ended unsucces...
Georgia goes to the polls again in a tiebreaker midterm election for a US Senate seat.
Georgians will return to the polls on Tuesday for a run-off vote, just four weeks after voting in this year's US midterm elections. This last vote may give Democrats a little more comfortable Senate majority. Two Black males are on the ballot for the first time as major party nominees: Hersch...
Democrats Consider Their Options Following the Supreme Court's Decision on Trump Taxes
Democrats in Congress faced the onerous chore of analyzing six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Wednesday, as Republicans prepared to reclaim control of the House of Representatives in less than six weeks.
Members of the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Com...
The panel urges the Japanese people to pay more for defences spending.
A government panel on Tuesday encouraged "the entire nation" to pay a greater cost in order to strengthen the country's military capabilities in the face of mounting security concerns, basically asking for tax increases rather than fresh national bond issuances.
The panel ...
Pelosi is stepping down from Democratic leadership after four decades at the helm of the party.
The Democratic Party's longest-serving House leader has declared that she would not fight for re-election in the upcoming Congress. She will, however, remain as Democrats usher in a 'new age.'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led House Democrats for the past two decades, ...
Yoon is under pressure to fire the interior minister and police chief in the aftermath of the Itaewon incident.
During a National Assembly audit of the presidential office on Tuesday, the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) increased pressure on the presidential office to replace Cabinet members, including the interior and safety minister, and ranking police officers for their inadequate respon...
Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, loses his calm as the energy discussion heats up.
Following a heated debate over energy prices in Germany's lower chamber of parliament on Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost his customary composure.
The main opposition party's leader, the head of the Christian Democrats (CDU), roiled the budget discussion by accusing...
Trump consents to provide House Democrats with financial information.
In order to share his financial documents, which he "tried for years to keep from Congress," former president Donald Trump reached an agreement with Democrats on a House Committee, according to the chairperson of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday.
Rep. Carol...
EU & PIN Support DRC Communities
People in Need (PIN), a global non-governmental organisation, has recently finished a project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that lasted for one year and was carried out in conjunction with Médecins du Monde. PIN and MDM worked together on the project (MdM). More than 29,000...
Will increasing prices derail Biden's expectations for Democrats in the November elections
The White House attempted to temper expectations in the days leading up to the release of the US Labor Department's latest inflation data. Officials at the White House predicted that the March inflation rate would be "extraordinarily excessive" due to rising gas costs, which were mo...
A European Parliamentary Delegation will visit Tunisia to discuss political reforms
Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee arrived in Tunis on Monday for talks about the country's road to democratic change and institutional stability.
According to observers, the visiting team will emphasise the significance of broad political discussion,...
The Democrats and The Republicans to Put up a Good Show in Texas Before the Elections in November
A challenge for re-election is being imposed on representative Dan Crenshaw, a former United States Navy SEAL, in a Texas district that now has potentially conservative and way more Trump voters than ever before.
The war that has always been between Republicans and Democrats in the Unit...
Floundering Democracies in Europe
Effective governments play a crucial role in upholding democratic values. One of the most intense challenges for democracies in the West is the political fragmentation of democratic politics.
Political fragmentation means the dispersion of power into so many fragments that democratic go...