Economy & Politics
Philippine Supreme Court backs birth control law defying Catholic Church
Philippine top court has approved a birth control law, in a defeat for the Catholic Church. The law requires government health centers to distribute free...
World Bank cuts China growth forecast from 7.7% to 7.6%
Chinese economy's growth forecast has been slightly cut by the World Bank, citing a "bumpy start to the year". The World Bank now expects the...
Hungary elections 2014: Viktor Orban’s Fidesz wins second consecutive term
Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban has declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, winning a second consecutive term. Viktor Orban’s centre-right Fidesz has polled 45%, with most...
India elections 2014: Indians vote in world’s biggest poll
India has begun voting in the world's biggest election, with the nine-phase ballot beginning on Monday and concluding on May 12. India ruling Congress party...
Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy following GDP rebasing
Nigeria has become Africa's biggest economy after rebasing its GDP, leaving South Africa behind. Nigerian GDP (Gross Domestic Product) now includes previously uncounted industries like...
Hungary elections 2014: Viktor Orban and Fidesz tipped to win another term in office
Hungary's PM Viktor Orban and his right-wing Fidesz party are seeking another term in office in elections on Sunday. Fidesz is expected to win between...
Afghanistan elections 2014: More than 7 million people voted in presidential poll
More than 7 million people out of an estimated eligible 12 million voted in Afghanistan's election for a new president, the country's electoral commission...
Darth Vader’s bid for Ukraine’s presidency rejected
Darth Vader’s bid for Ukraine's presidency has been rejected. The man, who appears in the costume of Darth Vader and is often accompanied by people...
Thailand: Red Shirts warn of civil war threat
Thailand's pro-government Red Shirt movement has warned that any attempt to oust PM Yingluck Shinawatra could trigger a civil war. The movement’s leaders issued the...
Afghanistan elections 2014: First democratic transfer of power amid tight security
Afghanistan is voting for a new president in what will be the nation's first ever transfer of power through the ballot box. A massive security...
US economy gains 192,000 jobs in March 2014
The US economy added 192,000 new jobs in March 2014, in line with expectations, as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%. Severe weather over...
US campaign donation limits annulled by Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has struck down overall donor limits for political campaigns. The court ruled 5-4 that individuals could give to candidates, parties and...
Segolene Royal joins France’s new government as environment minister
Segolene Royal, President Francois Hollande's ex-partner and the mother of his four children, has joined France’s new government in a major reshuffle by the...
Greece to receive 8.3 billion euro bailout in three installments
Greece is to receive its next 8.3 billion euro ($11.4 billion) bailout in three installments, eurozone finance ministers have announced. A first tranche of 6.3...
Obamacare sign-up ends with massive surge
The Obamacare enrollment period ended midnight Monday with hundreds of thousands of Americans signing up for insurance under Barack Obama's healthcare program, in a...
Turkey local elections 2014: Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims personal victory
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory for his party in local elections, and vowed that his enemies would "pay the price". Recep Tayyip...
Holyland affair: Israel’s former PM Ehud Olmert convicted of bribery
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has been convicted of bribery in a case which forced him to resign to office in 2008. Ehud Olmert was...
Turkey local elections 2014: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party takes strong lead
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party has taken a strong lead in Turkey’s local elections. The polls are being seen as a key test for PM Recep...
France local elections 2014: Francois Hollande’s socialists suffer big losses
Francois Hollande's socialists have suffered big losses in France’s municipal elections, according to early results. The opposition UMP claims victory and the far right National...
Cuba backs new foreign investment law
Cuba's National Assembly has passed a new foreign investment law on Saturday that aims to make the Communist-run island more attractive to foreign businesses. The...
Turkey local elections 2014: Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces popularity test
Turkey is voting in municipal elections that analysts say could determine the political future of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They are the first elections since...
Andrej Kiska wins Slovakia’s presidential election
Andrej Kiska has won Slovakia's presidential election, despite having no previous political experience. Tycoon Andrej Kiska, standing for office for the first time, defeated current...
Vitaly Klitschko pulls out of Ukraine’s presidential elections
Former boxing champion and leading politician Vitaly Klitschko has pulled out of Ukraine’s presidential elections planned in May. Vitaly Klitschko said instead he would back...
Obamacare: Six million people sign up for medical insurance
President Barack Obama has announced six million people have signed up for medical insurance under his healthcare law – dubbed Obamacare - meeting the...
El Salvador elections 2014: Norman Quijano admits presidential vote defeat
Norman Quijano, the candidate of El Salvador opposition party, Arena, has accepted defeat in the presidential election held on March 9, after losing several...
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