As protesters armed with sticks and discarded police shields prepared to storm the mayor’s office in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, they marched to chants of “old man out!” They were not referring to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 68, but Nursultan Nazarbayev, the octogenarian who after more than a quarter-century in office picked career diplomat Tokayev as …
Tunisia’s detained former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri is refusing food or medication after his transfer to hospital, a member of a delegation that visited him said on Monday. Bhiri, deputy president of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, which President Kais Saied views as an enemy, was arrested by plainclothes officers Friday and his whereabouts were initially …
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Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Thursday described fleeing the Taliban’s victory march on Kabul, saying the decision had been taken in “minutes” and that he did not know he was leaving the country until he was taking off. Ghani told BBC’s Radio 4 “Today” programme that on the morning of August 15, 2021, the …
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South Korea’s ex-president Park Geun-hye has received a pardon, cutting short a jail term of more than 20 years for corruption, the justice minister announced Friday, saying the reprieve was in the interests of national unity. Park became South Korea’s first woman president in 2013, casting herself in the role of the daughter of the …
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A defrocked American priest was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday for sexually abusing children at an East Timor shelter, in a case that caused sharp divisions in the deeply Catholic nation. At least 15 women had accused Richard Daschbach, 84, of sexually abusing them when they were children at his shelter in the enclave …
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Genocide charges against a Cambodian ex-Khmer Rouge commander were dropped on Friday by the United Nations-backed court set up to try leaders of the brutal regime, according to a statement. The Khmer Rouge, also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, sought to transform Cambodia into an agrarian utopia, but instead killed as many as …
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McDonald’s announced Thursday it had reached a settlement with former CEO Steve Easterbrook, retrieving $105 million of his severance package and securing an apology for his actions over his inappropriate sexual relationships with employees. Easterbrook was dismissed in November 2019 for what the fast-food chain said were his “lies and misconduct.” Forcing him to return …
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Austria’s ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Thursday said he was quitting politics, just two months after resigning as national leader following his implication in a corruption scandal. The announcement caps a spectacular career, which at age 31 saw him become the world’s youngest democratically elected head of government in 2017. “A new chapter begins in my …
Former airline boss Christopher Luxon was elected leader of New Zealand’s main opposition National Party Tuesday, becoming the party’s fifth leader to try to unseat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Luxon, who was chief executive at Air New Zealand from 2012-19, won a party room vote uncontested after his main rival Simon Bridges withdrew from the …
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Guinea’s junta announced Monday that deposed president Alpha Conde was sent to his wife’s home in the capital, revealing the location of the ousted leader after holding him incommunicado for months. Conde, 83, led the country for nearly 11 years before his September 5 ouster in a military coup. In a statement broadcast on state …
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