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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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Plans for a coordinated European approach to social media restrictions for young people are holding up moves by EU member states to protect their youth. A European Commission spokesman said the focus should be on the joint approach, but observers said this could take years.
Lithuania and other European countries are rethinking conscription as the "peace dividend" following the collapse of the Soviet Union fades. President Nausėda believes compulsory military service will be introduced in 2032. The Vilnius parliament has yet to approve the move.
The Chines Politburo has gained a new member in Zhang Shengmin, a general an anti-corruption fighter. The normally seven-member body had shrunk to just two members following a wave of disciplinary investigations
Flavio Bolsonaro lost the election in Brazil but that has stopped him from declaring himself the winner. He is now in the United States despite a pre-election travel ban imposed for his alleged connection to money laundering.
Foreign interference in elections is continual worry nowadays. Israeli police and election officials however have rejected allegations of electoral fraud put forward by PM Netanyahu's governing coaliton. There's no evidence Arab voters have "stolen" the vote.
No indictments have been confirmed by Serbia's courts since November 2024, when a collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad claimed 16 lives. Now the file will be opened as one of a number of major cases of public interest being re-examined.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has announced that his United Listwill begin talks on forming a new government with the party’s current coalition partners, the National Alliance and New Unity.
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a Golden Palm laureate of the Cannes Film Festival, who previously faced a year in prison, has now been sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to five years and one month of imprisonment under a separate ruling.
US President Donald Trump has apparently approved allowing Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro entry into the United States following his election defeat. His first stop on the way is Ecuador.
Israeili premier Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party will still be the largest single party, but the results represent a crash in public support despite a record voter turnout.
