Namibia's incumbent President Hage Geingob has won the 2019 presidential election with 56.3 percent of the vote, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said on Saturday, surviving the country's biggest corruption scandal, an economic recession and a fractured ruling party. Geingob, Namibia's third leader since ...
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen looks set to win re-election in 2020 presidential poll
Six months ago, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's approval ratings were so low many wondered if she would be nominated to run for re-election in January. Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party suffered a huge defeat in the 2018 local elections, and few gave her much chance against ...
Abe dinner with Komeito leader stokes speculation about snap election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner Komeito, had a dinner meeting Thursday, stoking speculation that they may have discussed the possibility of a snap election for the House of Representatives. At a Komeito meeting Friday, Yamaguchi ...
Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. Fujimori, leader of the powerful right-wing Popular Force party, left prison ...
Japan must speak up loudly in behalf of democracy in Hong Kong and make clear that there cannot be business as usual — and certainly no visit to Japan by Xi next year — if there is a resort to force to democracy.
U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn struggles to find antidote to anti-Semitic 'poison'
Inside an arts center in one of London's most multicultural districts, Jeremy Corbyn declared anti-Semitism "vile and wrong." Outside, the slogans emblazoned on two red vans were equally blunt. "A vote for Labour is a vote for racism," declared one. The other said simply: ...
China sets up Hong Kong crisis center in mainland and considers replacing chief liaison
Tightening its control over efforts to manage the upheaval in Hong Kong, the Chinese leadership has set up a crisis command center on the mainland side of the border and is considering replacing its official liaison to the restive semi-autonomous city, people familiar with ...
Evacuated Japanese volunteer returns to Bougainville to see independence vote
The last Japanese citizen to be evacuated from a war-torn region of Papua New Guinea has returned to witness a long-awaited referendum on independence. Satoru Kutsukake first arrived in Bougainville in May 1987 as an idealistic 28-year-old as part of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, ...
Landslide democratic win puts pressure on leader of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong
Hong Kong's leader said on Monday she would listen to public opinion after a landslide election victory by opponents of Chinese rule amid months of sometimes violent pro-democracy unrest. Democratic candidates secured almost 90 percent of 452 district council seats in Sunday's poll, held during ...
Fresh headache for China after Hong Kong pro-democracy residents rout pro-Beijing candidates
After months of sometimes violent unrest in Hong Kong, an election with record turnout handed a big victory to pro-democracy local district council candidates, posing a new conundrum for Beijing and adding pressure on the city's leader. In the run-up to the citywide elections Sunday, ...
Local focus delivers win in Kochi for ruling bloc's gubernatorial pick as voters ignore Abe scandals
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won a local victory Sunday night in a gubernatorial poll in Kochi Prefecture, as voters chose to ignore national political scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and support the hand-picked successor of the current ...
For Japanese firms, U.K. election win by Boris Johnson unlikely to assuage 'hard Brexit' fears
The likely re-election of Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not end the Brexit uncertainty for Japanese firms that are also worried about the impact of his "hard Brexit" vision for the country, according to trade experts. Polls indicate Johnson's Conservative Party will win a majority ...
