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Senegal’s final vote count shows ruling party lost majority

August 12, 2022

Two men walk past boxes containing the records of vote attendance list at the National Commission for the Census of Votes in Dakar, Senegal on Aug 4, 2022. (LEO CORREA / AP) DAKAR – Senegal's constitutional council on Thursday confirmed the results of the July 31 legislative vote that saw...

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“METAGONZ”, will reveal Metahuman DJ NFT at the official after party of “Block Party 2022”.

August 5, 2022

South Korea, August 05, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Meta Octagon’s meta-human DJ & NFT project ‘METAGONZ’ which is developing an EDM and performance culture-based entertainment metaverse project, will participate as the sponsor in the official after-party “Block party 2022” festival of “Korea Blockchain Week 2022 (KBW 2022).” Also, a person of Metagonz development...

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METAGONZ Will Announce Metahuman DJ NFT at the Official-After-Party of ‘Block Party 2022’

August 5, 2022

SEOUL, KOREA, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- Meta Octagon's meta-human DJ & NFT project 'METAGONZ' which is developing an EDM and performance culture-based entertainment metaverse project, will participate as the sponsor in the official after-party 'Block party 2022' festival of 'Korea Blockchain Week 2022 (KBW 2022)'. Also,...

International

Former Republicans, Democrats form new 3rd US political party

July 28, 2022

People pass by US national flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES - Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see...

International

Italy’s conservatives strike deal over candidate for PM

July 28, 2022

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi addresses senators on the government crisis following his resignations last week, at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME- The party with the most votes in Italy's centre-right coalition will choose the prime minister if the bloc wins the...

International

Former Republicans, Democrats form new third US political party

July 28, 2022

International

UK govt wins confidence vote in parliament, dodges snap election

July 19, 2022

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a debate ahead of a confidence vote in the ruling Conservative government, in the House of Commons in London on July 18, 2022. (ANDY BAILEY / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON – Lawmakers in...

International

Estonia’s new coalition government takes office

July 19, 2022

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas addresses media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) TALLINN - The members of Estonia's new government coalition of the Reform Party, the conservative Isamaa (Fatherland) Party and...

International

UK’s Sunak and Truss clash over tax in leadership debate

July 16, 2022

Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Liz Truss, speaks during the launch of her campaign to be Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, in Westminster, in London on July 14, 2022. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON - British Foreign Minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy...

International

Five contenders to be next UK PM to face off in TV debate

July 15, 2022

This Jan 14, 2022 photo shows a police officer on duty at 10 Downing Street in London. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP) LONDON - The five remaining contenders to be Britain's next prime minister will go head to head in the first of three televised debates on Friday, hoping a good...

International

Ex-finance minister Sunak tops first vote to be next UK PM

July 14, 2022

British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London on July 12, 2022. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP PHOTO) LONDON - Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who...

International

Eight candidates make cut in race to succeed UK PM Johnson

July 13, 2022

British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London on July 12, 2022. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP PHOTO) LONDON – Eight Conservatives will fight it out to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister after winning enough nominations...

International

Brazil party official shot dead as political violence escalates

July 11, 2022

Supporters of Brazilian presidential pre-candidate for the leftist Workers Party, former president (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, attend a campaign rally in Diadema, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on July 9 2022. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) SAO PAULO - A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party was shot...

International

UK PM Johnson faces prospect of bruising by-election defeats

June 22, 2022

A sign thanks visitors for visiting, outside Tiverton in south west England, on June 10, 2022, ahead of the Tiverton and Honiton by-election on June 23. (GEOFF CADDICK / AFP) TIVERTON/WAKEFIELD, England – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could this week lose two parliamentary seats that once illustrated his broad...

International

Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral success

June 21, 2022

French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech after the first results of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 19, 2022. (DENIS CHARLET / AFP) PARIS - France's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of...

International

UK PM suffers heavy losses in London in local elections

May 7, 2022

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologizing to MPs for the for the "partygate" fine at the House of Commons, in London, on April 19, 2022. (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT/ AFP) LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost...

International

French left agrees in principle on rare coalition deal to take on Macron

May 5, 2022

French far-left party leader and former candidate for the presidential election Jean-Luc Melenchon arrives, surrounded by medias, during a May Day demonstration march in Paris, France, May 1, 2022. (LEWIS JOLY / FIIE / AP) PARIS - France's Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise party have reached an...

International

Brazil’s Lula shores up party alliances for Oct election

April 30, 2022

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a meeting with members of the Rede Party in Brasilia, on April 28, 2022, to discuss the party's support for his candidacy in the upcoming October elections. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da...

Local

Restaurant fined over birthday party scandal

April 23, 2022

A Wan Chai restaurant which hosted a controversial Covid-hit birthday party attended by government officials and lawmakers has been fined HK$6,000 after admitting violating infection control rules. A representative of Reserva Iberica pleaded guilty in Eastern Magistracy on Friday to failing to display the correct floor plan regarding the restaurant's...

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Six fined over NPC delegate’s birthday party

April 6, 2022

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) on Wednesday said it has issued seven fixed penalty tickets to six people who flouted anti-Covid rules during a birthday party for National People’s Congress deputy Witman Hung. Officials said four of the tickets are for failure to use the government’s LeaveHomeSafe app...