Turkey and Russia hold joint patrols in Syria's Idlib
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, looking increasingly vulnerable in elections this year, stuffs the budget with cash incentives to woo important voting blocs including farmers nyti.ms
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Benny Gantz, who has emerged as a leading alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the back of his 38-year career in the military, was set to launch his candidacy for Israel's premiership on.wsj.com
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Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi popular enough to win a second term? A year ago, it was widely viewed as a certainty. on.wsj.com
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Armenians began voting in an early parliamentary election as acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sought a stronger mandate, following a peaceful revolution this year nyti.ms
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Guess who benefits from the recalculations of India's GDP? Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who's up for re-election next year. on.wsj.com
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Malaysia’s 93-year-old prime minister is expected to cede his post to a former rival on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld7 years ago
President Erdogan was sworn in for a five-year term under a new Constitution that gives Turkey’s president sweeping executive powers. He promptly named his son-in-law finance minister, an appointment that unsettled financial markets. nyti.ms
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Malaysia's 92-year-old prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said he's in no hurry to leave office—or to meet President Trump nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Little more than a year ago, Pedro Sánchez seemed lost in the political wilderness. Now he's prime minister of Spain. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Italy's populists take a big step closer to power, naming their candidate for prime minister: Giuseppe Conte, a dapper 54-year-old civil law professor who seems willing to do the bidding of the populist party leaders nyti.ms
@WSJ7 years ago
The face of Malaysia's political revolution: a 92-year-old former prime minister on.wsj.com
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces corruption charges after a two-year investigation into his dealings with wealthy businessmen, Israeli newspaper publishers and the head of an Israeli telecommunications giant. nyti.ms
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept into office in 2014 after focusing on jobs during his campaign. Now unemployment is said to have hit a 45-year high. nyti.ms
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“This is the saddest day in my life,” Malaysia’s former prime minister, who faces dozens of corruption charges, sings about losing his office last year nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Justin Trudeau seeks his second mandate as prime minister this year. But at this stage, that result is far from guaranteed. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
An unexpected election setback in Andalusia is a blow to Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister, who could now be forced into a snap general election next year nyti.ms
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“It’s good for old people to read, to write, and also to quarrel. It exercises your brain.” Take it from the new, 93-year-old prime minister of Malaysia. on.wsj.com
@guardian6 years ago
If I’m doing his appraisal, the universities minister gets no pay rise this year | Jonathan Wolff trib.al
@guardian7 years ago
UK tenants to get minimum three-year contracts, says minister trib.al
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Malaysia's 92-year-old prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said he's in no hurry to leave office—or to meet President Trump nyti.ms
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The arrest of a 26-year-old Lion Air passenger is “a lesson for all of us to no longer joke about bombs,” Indonesia’s transportation minister says nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Giuseppe Conte, a dapper 54-year-old civil law professor with a long resume, could be Italy's next prime minister. But his main qualification may be his willingness to carry out a government agenda agreed upon by the populist party leaders. nyti.ms
@WSJ7 years ago
Mahathir Mohamad was on a mission to vanquish Malaysia's scandal-plagued prime minister––and he did. We spoke to the 92-year-old before his coalition claimed victory in Wednesday’s election: on.wsj.com
@WSJ6 years ago
The appeal to the masses requires quite the makeover for the highborn 65-year-old son of a prime minister on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept into office in 2014 after focusing on jobs during his campaign. Now unemployment is said to have hit a 45-year high. nyti.ms
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Called “historic” by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and maligned as “harmful for the nation” by the political opposition, the agreement between Athens and Skopje seeks to resolve a 27-year dispute nyti.ms
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Justin Trudeau seeks his second mandate as prime minister this year. But at this stage, that result is far from guaranteed. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
An unexpected election setback in Andalusia is a blow to Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister, who could now be forced into a snap general election next year nyti.ms
@TheNewEuropean6 years ago
Never mind Brexit Britain – next year will be a defining one for the EU. Former Europe minister Denis MacShane looks ahead to a momentous 2019. bit.ly
@WSJ7 years ago
Russia’s energy minister suggested that a coalition of producers could pump more oil than agreed by year-end, a move that could signal the 'slow death' of the OPEC production deal on.wsj.com
@spiegel.de7 years ago
Italian Interior Minister Salvini: 'Within a Year, We'll See if a United Europe Still Exists'
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Two years? Not so fast. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's 92-year-old prime minister, isn't sure when he plans to hand over power to his designated successor. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
After a 12-year investigation, a freelance journalist in Sweden says he knows who killed the country's prime minister, Olof Palme, in 1986 nyti.ms
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New Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he expects to remain in power for a year or two on.wsj.com #WSJCEOCouncil
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The 92-year-old opposition leader called on the king to swear him in as the new prime minister by 5 p.m. “There is an urgency here. We need to form the government now, today,” he said. nyti.ms
@WSJ6 years ago
The appeal to the masses requires quite the makeover for the highborn 65-year-old son of a prime minister on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept into office in 2014 after focusing on jobs during his campaign. Now unemployment is said to have hit a 45-year high. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
“This is the saddest day in my life,” Malaysia’s former prime minister, who faces dozens of corruption charges, sings about losing his office last year nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Armenians began voting in an early parliamentary election as acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sought a stronger mandate, following a peaceful revolution this year nyti.ms
@WSJ6 years ago
Guess who benefits from the recalculations? Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who's up for re-election next year on.wsj.com
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Malaysia’s 93-year-old prime minister is expected to cede his post to a former rival on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Pakistanis will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a prime minister, transferring power from one civilian government to another for only the second time in the nation’s 70-year history. Here's what you need to know. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
When British Prime Minister Theresa May extended an official state invitation to President Trump last year, 1.8 million people signed a petition opposing it because it it would “cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the queen.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Little more than a year ago, Pedro Sánchez seemed lost in the political wilderness. Now he's prime minister of Spain. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Giuseppe Conte, a dapper 54-year-old civil law professor with a long resume, could be Italy's next prime minister. But his main qualification may be his willingness to carry out a government agenda agreed upon by the populist party leaders. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
A 92-year-old former prime minister led an opposition coalition to victory in which country’s national elections? Try this week’s news quiz. nyti.ms t.co
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“We have achieved a very substantial majority,” said Mahathir Mohamad, a 92-year-old former prime minister of Malaysia, after his opposition coalition defeated the party led by his onetime protégé, Prime Minister Najib Razak nyti.ms