Politics

Nationals' deputy Chester says Joyce departure 'sad for him, sad for party'

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Nationals' deputy Chester says Joyce departure 'sad for him, sad for party'

From watching Barnaby Joyce leave the National Party for One Nation to his collapse in parliament as bushfires ravaged his electorate, Darren Chester has seen a lot in his 18 years in parliament.

ABC News

Burnham recently suggested £500k political donation cap that would be ‘reduced over time’

The Guardian

Burnham recently suggested £500k political donation cap that would be ‘reduced over time’

Exclusive: Campaigners accuse prime minister of U-turn after he decided not to back funding cap in elections bill Andy Burnham recently supported an even lower donations cap than previously reported, according to correspondence seen by the…

The Guardian

Sheinbaum bill would ban dual nationals from top political offices: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

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Sheinbaum bill would ban dual nationals from top political offices: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 📜 Constitutional bill targets dual nationality : Sheinbaum announced that the government would send a bill to Congress on Thursday to bar dual nationals from running for president, governor or Mexico…

Mexico News Daily

Trump says the U.S. is not talking with Iran as economic war in focus

Straits Times

Trump says the U.S. is not talking with Iran as economic war in focus

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States is not talking with Iran as Washington focuses on punishing Tehran economically, vowing to penalize countries that do business with the Islamic Republic.

Straits Times

Trump's 'miscalculations' throw Middle East into chaos — Iranian parliament speaker

Mohammad Ghalibaf also expressed confidence that the US economic blockade of Iran "would yield no results"

Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war

BBC

Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war

BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.

BBC

Canada excludes seafood from retaliatory tariffs on US goods

Canada excludes seafood from retaliatory tariffs on US goods

The Canadian government late Wednesday exempted seafood and fish products from its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. In a statement, Canada’s Department of Finance said it made the decision in response to “feedback,” noting the removal of…

'Point of no return' if Israel-Hamas truce fails: US envoy to Gaza board

CNA

'Point of no return' if Israel-Hamas truce fails: US envoy to Gaza board

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected the latest part of a US plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza.

CNA

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

The New York Times

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

C.I.A. analysts have questioned whether President Vladimir V. Putin’s advisers have given him honest assessments of the conflict.

The New York Times

EU condemned Mladic, but remains silent about nationalism in Ukraine — senior legislator

Konstantin Kosachev said that even before the start of the special military operation, at least 16,000 people had been killed in Donbass by "the heirs, adherents, followers and admirers of Ukrainian nationalists"

Trump tells voters ahead of midterms: ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’

Trump tells voters ahead of midterms: ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’

President Trump again urged Americans on Wednesday to cast their vote as if he was “on the ballot” this November. “I see it all the time, that when Trump’s on the ballot, they win,” the president told Fox News’s Trey Gowdy. “When he’s out…

Moldova holds military parade featuring NATO equipment in Chisinau on Independence Day

"This is an opportunity to show people how we have strengthened the country’s defense," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said