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A Swiss People's Party campaign poster reading Enough is enough on a street in Lausanne

The Word Is Sustainability. The Target Is Immigration. Switzerland Votes Tomorrow on a 10-Million Cap.

On June 14 one of the world's wealthiest countries votes on whether to cap its population at 10 million by constitution. The Swiss People's Party calls it sustainability, but the cause behind

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Rigathi Gachagua, impeached as deputy president in 2024, has begun a 45-day retreat to try to unite Kenya's fractured opposition behind a single candidate against William Ruto in 2027, targeting the Mount

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Soldiers patrol as voters arrive at a polling station during Colombia's presidential election in Barranquilla

Petro Tells Trump to Stay Out of Colombia’s Election After His ‘Total Endorsement’ of the Far-Right Candidate

Two weeks before a June 21 runoff, Trump gave far-right front-runner Abelardo de la Espriella his 'complete and total endorsement.' President Petro told him to keep out, invoking Colombia's constitution, its sovereignty,

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim inspects an honour guard during an official visit

Anwar Calls It ‘Political Theatre’ as Two Malaysian States Head to Early Polls That Test His Coalition

Johor and Negeri Sembilan dissolved their assemblies within days of each other, forcing the partners in Anwar Ibrahim's unity government to campaign against one another in the first serious electoral test of

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The west front of the US Capitol, where a resolution to expunge Trump's two impeachments is being prepared

Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased, and Wants It Done Before His Party Loses the House

Trump and allies are quietly pushing a House resolution to expunge his two impeachments, a gesture legal scholars say the Constitution gives no power to make. The timing is the tell: they

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Composite image of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over Parliament House in Canberra

One Nation Outpolls Labor as Hanson’s Hit List Reaches Tony Burke’s Sydney

Pauline Hanson read out the Labor seats One Nation intends to take, including Tony Burke's multicultural Watson, as her party outpolls Labor for the first time. A disputed $2.3 million fundraiser is

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Knesset as Likud confirms 2026 election bid

Likud Confirms Netanyahu Will Run for Prime Minister as Trump Questions His Political Future

Israel's Likud party confirmed Wednesday that Benjamin Netanyahu will run in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, a statement issued hours after Donald Trump publicly mused that the 76-year-old premier may not want

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who won the Democratic nomination for governor, speaking at the United Nations

Aaron Ford Wins Nevada’s Democratic Nod and Makes November a Verdict on Lombardo’s Trump Embrace

Attorney General Aaron Ford took 60 percent of Nevada's Democratic primary vote Tuesday and immediately branded Governor Joe Lombardo "Trump's human doormat," framing November's battleground contest as a referendum on the incumbent's

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Pamela Evette, the Trump-backed South Carolina lieutenant governor headed to a gubernatorial runoff, in a file photo

Trump’s Pick Limps Into a South Carolina Runoff as Mace Crashes to Fifth

Trump-backed Pamela Evette took just 29 percent in South Carolina's GOP governor primary, forcing a June 23 runoff with Alan Wilson, while Nancy Mace, stripped of Trump's endorsement over her Epstein vote,

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Security personnel patrol a street in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, before the Joint Awami Action Committee protest

Pakistan Kashmir protests leave 11 dead as India seizes the UN moment

Eleven people died in Rawalakot before a banned movement's rally went ahead anyway, while Gilgit-Baltistan voted under rigging allegations. India's foreign ministry called the elections a mask over repression, and the week

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Elections

The Word Is Sustainability. The Target Is Immigration. Switzerland Votes Tomorrow on a 10-Million Cap.

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Petro Tells Trump to Stay Out of Colombia’s Election After His ‘Total Endorsement’ of the Far-Right Candidate

Anwar Calls It ‘Political Theatre’ as Two Malaysian States Head to Early Polls That Test His Coalition

Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased, and Wants It Done Before His Party Loses the House

One Nation Outpolls Labor as Hanson’s Hit List Reaches Tony Burke’s Sydney

Likud Confirms Netanyahu Will Run for Prime Minister as Trump Questions His Political Future

Aaron Ford Wins Nevada’s Democratic Nod and Makes November a Verdict on Lombardo’s Trump Embrace

Trump’s Pick Limps Into a South Carolina Runoff as Mace Crashes to Fifth

Pakistan Kashmir protests leave 11 dead as India seizes the UN moment

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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