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News Thailand’s parliament elects its youngest prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Thailand’s parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country’s warring elites. The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra sailed through a house vote and now faces a baptism of fire,…
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News Turkey’s parliament descends into chaotic, bloody brawl over jailed opposition leader
Turkey’s parliament descended into chaos Friday after a member of an opposition party called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party a “terrorist organization.” A member of Erdoğan’s party approached Ahmet Sik, who is in the same Workers’ Party of Turkey as a delegate believed to have been jailed for political reasons, and attacked him after Sik…
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News French parliament divided among far-left, center, far-right after elections
France’s parliament is divided among far-left, center and far-right, as no single political faction even neared the majority needed to form a government. President Emmanuel Macron, who has three years left of his term, anticipated that his decision to call snap elections would give the country a “moment of clarification,” according to The Associated Press,…
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News Nigel Farage, Right-Wing Disrupter, Elected to Parliament for the First Time
Nigel Farage, a supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, a driving force behind Brexit and Britain’s best known political disrupter, was elected to Parliament for the first time. The new insurgent party he leads — Reform U.K. — was projected in the national exit poll to have captured four seats, more than many analysts…
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News Demonstrators Stormed Kenya’s Parliament to Protest Taxes
Kenya’s president deployed the military today to crack down on what he called “treasonous” protesters. Demonstrators furious over the passage of a bill that would raise taxes stormed the Parliament building in Nairobi, climbed in windows and set fire to the entrance. The police fired at the protesters, who had flooded the streets around the…
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News 5 confirmed dead after police open fire on protesters attempting to storm Kenya’s parliament
Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya’s legislature, resulting in at least five protesters being shot dead. Sections of the parliament building were set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed a bill to raise taxes. Police eventually drove the protesters from the building, evacuating lawmakers through underground tunnels. Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to…
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Kenya news Focus on Parliament as Finance Bill enters Committee of the Whole House
All eyes will be on Members of Parliament Tuesday as they consider and take a vote or recommend more amendments to the controversial Finance Bill 2024 that has sparked protests in the country. Legislators today are expected to make amendments to the text of the Bill where proposed and independent clauses are voted on and…
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Kenya news MPs opposed to Finance Bill vow to take ‘battle’ outside parliament
A section of lawmakers who opposed the Finance Bill 2024 has promised to continue mounting pressure on the government to drop the contentious tax document. Speaking shortly after those in support of the bill ensured it sailed through the second reading with 204 votes compared to 115 cast by those rejecting it, the legislators largely…
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Kenya news Opposition protests heavy police presence around Parliament
Lawmakers allied to the opposition coalition on Thursday protested the deployment of a large contingent of police officers around Parliament buildings Standing on a point of order, Minority Leader in the National Assembly Opiyo Wandayi wondered why the entire Parliament precincts was cordoned off by police officers at a time lawmakers were preparing to debate…
0 27 0June 20, 2024