KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday dispersed a small protest in the capital Kinshasa against the provisional results of the December legislative election, the latest flare-up in tensions over the disputed poll. Around 50 supporters of the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) party briefly took to the streets...
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated libertarian Javier Milei, an outsider with radical views to fix the economy, on being elected president in Argentina on Sunday. "The whole world was watching! I am very proud of you. You will turn your Country around and truly Make Argentina Great Again!" Trump wrote on his Truth...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party's 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due. The party is widely expected to extend its dominance of a nation...
MUMBAI (AFP): Malaysia's Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday (Oct 17). The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award - when she scooped best actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" earlier this year - was elected by 67 votes to nine, with one abstention. She was one of...
