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Philippine House lawmakers vote to impeach VP Sara Duterte 2025-02-05
Manila Standard

Manila, Philippines—Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, who has fallen out spectacularly with the country’s leader, paving the way for a Senate trial that could see her removed from office. While specifics of the impeachment were not divulged,...

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Third attempt to auction off the home of Myanmar's ousted Aung San Suu Kyi fails to draw any bidders 2025-02-05
Newsday

YANGON, Myanmar — A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unsuccessful Wednesday as the prospect of paying tens of millions of dollars for a property in a country embroiled in a civil war failed to attract any bidders. It was the...

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Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger leave ECOWAS, creating access to justice concerns 2025-02-05
Jurist

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to justice for victims of serious human rights abuses. After serving notice a year ago, the three countries...

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Ukraine's politics warms up as US focuses on war's endgame 2025-02-04
Khaleejtimes

After Russia's 2022 invasion, Ukraine's normally febrile political life was becalmed under martial law. But there have been growing signs of activity picking up, as the United States has set its sights on finishing the war with Russia quickly. In the past week, one Ukrainian political camp has...

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Trump wants rare earth resources from Ukraine in exchange for aid 2025-02-04
The Guardian

Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls US president’s plan ‘selfish’ but reports suggest idea may have come from Kyiv...

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Is India’s regional clout waning over Bangladesh cosying up to China? 2025-02-04
South China Morning Post

Ties between India and Bangladesh have worsened in recent months over New Delhi’s decision to grant shelter to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina . ......

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El Salvador offers to jail US convicts in ‘unprecedented’ proposal 2025-02-04
Al Jazeera

El Salvador’s president has proposed jailing convicts from the United States in his country, an “unprecedented” offer praised by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nayib Bukele made the offer while hosting Rubio at his Lake Coatepeque residence, outside San Salvador, on Monday. Bukele said El...

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‘Dark money’ totalling $67.2m flowed to Labor, Coalition and Greens in 2023-24 2025-02-03
The Observer

Almost $70m of “dark money” flowed to the major parties and the Greens in the past financial year, a Guardian Australia analysis reveals, as the Albanese government pushes to pass laws to overhaul the opaque political donations regime. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) published the latest...

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Keir Starmer can’t escape the European question 2025-02-03
New Statesman

Each generation declares that it has settled the European question; each time it returns in a new form. So it is with Brexit. Rather than resolving the argument over Europe, the referendum eternalised it. Before the vote, the EU was a matter of indifference to most. After it stood two great tribes:...

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Albanese ‘spooked’ into ditching national environment watchdog – for a second time, critics say 2025-02-02
The Observer

Plans for a federal environment protection agency have been shelved indefinitely after Anthony Albanese intervened to quell a pre-election backlash in Western Australia. The prime minister has confirmed laws to establish the EPA and a separate information-gathering body won’t be debated this term,...

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