Mexicoโs Electoral Chief Is Resigning After Graft Probe Opened
Mexicoโs top electoral official said Sunday she will resign after facing mounting pressure over a corruption probe.
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Mexicoโs top electoral official said Sunday she will resign after facing mounting pressure over a corruption probe.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha to hold nationwide protest rallies on Friday, October 23; various trade unions and civil society organisations have pledged support to the farmersโ march
March expresses solidarity with Jantar Mantar protesters
French President Emmanuel Macronย on Monday rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation. The move came in response to weekend protests, during which nearly 2,400 people were arrested and almost 1,000 police and gendarmes injured on Saturday. FRANCE 24's International affairs editor Philip Turle has more.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledges that police 'lost control' during weekend protests.
Lindtโs Chief Executive Officer Adalbert Lechner will leave the company with immediate effect, less than a month after the confectionary maker cut its guidance for a second time this year.
We will continue our democratic struggle against the politicisation of the Election Commission, says NSUI national president Vinod Jakhar
Police crack down on sixth day of student-led demonstrations calling for Prime Minister Rama to resign.
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the office of Kyivโs mayor Vitali Klitschko, demanding that he steps down.
Egyptโs President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says heโll leave office when his term expires in 2030. Making the announcement on Saturday, Sisi described the matter as โcompletely settled.โ
Trump advised Katie Zacharia to reconsider her press secretary role due to media backlash over her credentials.
Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi apologized on Friday over the resignation of scandal-hit former agriculture minister Kazuo Yana and vowed to restore public trust in her government. "I feel remorseful, and I take my responsibility seriously for appointing" Yana, who resigned earlier this week, the prime minister said at a meeting of the Budget Committee of...
Infantino spoke at FIFAโs long-awaited executive board meeting in Zurich.
Fires burn in central Tirana as protesters throw stones and police respond with tear gas and water cannon. Student-led demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation enter their third day.
They allege the exercise threatens democratic rights, and call for the agitation to be extended across Tamil Nadu
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Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Embattled Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Wednesday. Takaichi later told reporters that she accepted the minister's resignation and takes seriously her responsibility for appointing him. This is the first scandal-related resignation by a...
Japanese Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana said he had tendered his resignation following allegations of possible vote-buying, lining him up to become the first senior minister in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichiโs government to quit over a scandal. The prime minister had resisted calls to have Yana step down after local media reports said he claimed to have cut roadworks funding to municipalities that did not support him in Februaryโs general election. The tide turned after allegations surfaced that...
Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Embattled Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday. Yana did this when he met with Takaichi at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. He told reporters later that he decided to step down from his ministerial post because he "should not hinder parliamentary deliberations any further." It...
The White House said on Tuesday it had asked US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after a series of news reports raised concerns she sold access to Trump administration officials in exchange for money, gifts and favors. US President Donald Trump had said on Monday that he โwas considering firing Guilfoyle, โwho was once engaged to his son Donald Trump Jr. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi tells us more.
President Donald Trump asked US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign on Tuesday after reports alleged she sought $100,000 from a Trump supporter to pay personal credit card debt and accepted luxury trips and hotel stays from wealthy Greek businessmen. Guilfoyle denied wrongdoing and vowed to defend her reputation.
US President Donald Trump's administration has asked his ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, the White House said Tuesday, amid allegations that she sought money from a Trump supporter and accepted lavish hospitality from wealthy Greek businessmen. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
Kimberly Guilfoyle denies allegations that she offered access to Trump administration officials in exchange for money.
In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, L. Murugan said it was the "greatest honour" of his life to serve "Bharat Mata" and Tamil Nadu under the formerโs leadership
The Congress Working Committee member says many NDA parties are unhappy with the BJP and will soon join the INDIA bloc
Fijiโs Justice Minister Siromi Turaga stepped down from cabinet on Tuesday after an intimate video of him went viral online โ the second such scandal to rock the Pacific island nationโs government. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who previously sought credible โproofโ before taking action against Turaga, said he accepted his colleagueโs resignation. โYou mentioned him? Go ahead and report him to me and the Online Safety Commissioner, and I will get proof from that authority with you making the...
โIt is a good thing that Edappadi K. Palaniswami expelled me from the AIADMK. Had I not left the party, I would still be sitting in the Opposition benches. Look where I am now,โ he said
Shadrack Sibiya, who is in prison after his arrest last month, denies corruption, rape and child grooming allegations.