Osaka governor, mayor to step down in bid for 'Osaka metropolis plan'

NHK has learned that the governor of Osaka Prefecture, Yoshimura Hirofumi, and the mayor of Osaka City, Yokoyama Hideyuki, ...

Marine Le Pen Is Appealing a Conviction That Bars Her From Office. Here’s What to Know.

Ms. Le Pen, whose far-right party leads polls in France, was convicted last year of embezzlement. The outcome of her appeal, ...
The Diplomat

How Iran’s Democracy Movement Can Win: Reflections From a Tiananmen Survivor

Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy ...
Pearls and Irritations

Best of 2025 - Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general

This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen ...

Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris, with far-right leader’s 2027 presidential bid at stake

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her ...