Economy & Politics
Patrick Cannon: Charlotte mayor resigns after corruption arrest
Patrick Cannon, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has resigned on Wednesday night after only 114 days in office. Patrick Cannon, 47, was arrested on...
Yulia Tymoshenko to run for Ukraine’s presidency
Former Ukraine’s PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced she is planning to run for presidency in May elections. Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison in February...
Ukraine to raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50%
Ukraine's interim government has decided to raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50% in an effort to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Venezuela revokes Maria Corina Machado’s Congress mandate
Venezuela has stripped leading opposition congresswoman Maria Corina Machado of her mandate after she spoke before the Organization of American States (OAS) last week. Maria...
France local elections 2014: Marine Le Pen’s National Front makes significant gains
French far-right National Front party has made significant gains in local elections, winning an outright majority in Henin-Beaumont on the first round. The National Front...
Taiwan: Hundreds of students occupy government headquarters over China trade deal
Hundreds of Taiwanese students have occupied government headquarters to protest at a trade deal with China. Police used water cannon and dragged out students one...
Adolfo Suarez: Former Spanish prime minister dies from respiratory infection at 81
Former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, has died at 81. Adolfo Suarez guided Spain through the turbulent years following the death of fascist dictator Francisco...
Thailand elections results: February 2 vote unconstitutional
Thailand's February 2 general election has been declared invalid by the country’s Constitutional Court. The snap poll was called by PM Yingluck Shinawatra amid major...
Taiwan’s parliament occupied by protesters
Taiwan's parliament has been occupied by hundreds of students and activists protesting against a trade deal with China and defying police efforts to evict...
Silvio Berlusconi public office ban upheld by Italy’s highest court
Italy's Court of Cassation has confirmed a two-year ban from public office imposed on Silvio Berlusconi after he was found guilty of tax fraud. The...
El Salvador presidential elections 2014: Salvador Sanchez Ceren’s victory confirmed
Left-wing rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren’s victory in a tight presidential run-off election has been confirmed by El Salvador's electoral court. The electoral court said Salvador...
Venice referendum on splitting from Italy
Venice and the surrounding region are voting on whether to break away from Italy. Recent opinion polls suggest that two thirds of the 4 million...
Slovakia presidential election 2014: Robert Fico and Andrej Kiska go to second round
Slovakia's PM Robert Fico and independent challenger Andrej Kiska will run for a second round of the country's presidential elections. In Saturday's first round, Robert...
Slovakia presidential election 2014: PM Robert Fico challenged by independent Andrej Kiska
Slovakia votes in a presidential election that pits current PM Robert Fico against independent challenger Andrej Kiska. PM Robert Fico is seen as the frontrunner,...
Sarkoleaks scandal: Atlantico website ordered to remove Nicolas Sarkozy tapes
French news website Atlantico has been ordered by a Paris court to remove the recordings of secretly taped conversations of Nicolas Sarkozy during his...
Salvador Sanchez Ceren becomes first ex-rebel to serve as El Salvador president
Salvador Sanchez Ceren - a former El Salvador left-wing rebel - has won a tight presidential run-off election, the country’s electoral tribunal has announced. However,...
Dianne Feinstein: CIA searched Senate computers
Head of the US Senate intelligence committee Dianne Feinstein has publicly accused the CIA of improperly accessing computers used by congressional staff. Senator Dianne Feinstein...
Cyprus central bank governor Panicos Demetriades resigns
Panicos Demetriades - the governor of Cyprus central bank - has resigned after reportedly experienced difficulties with the government and had been criticized for...
North Korea elections 2014: Kim Jong-un elected to rubber-stamp parliament with unanimous vote
Kim Jong-un has been elected to North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament with a unanimous vote from his district, state media say. Kim Jong-un's 100% approval from...
Venezuela: Thousands of students and opposition supporters join anti-Maduro rally
Students and opposition supporters have joined an anti-Nicolas Maduro rally in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The government deployed hundreds of government security forces to prevent a...
North Korea elections 2014: People vote for rubber-stamp parliament
North Korea is voting in a five-yearly election to approve members of the rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly. Each of the 687 districts has...
US economy creates 175,000 new jobs in February 2014
According to US Labor Department figures, the US economy added 175,000 new jobs in February, but the unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.7%. The jobs...
India general elections 2014: Lok Sabha polls take place in nine phases in April and May
India’s Election Commission has announced the country's general election will take place in nine phases in April and May. Polling to elect a new Lok...
China announces 7.5% growth target and increased defense budget
At the opening of its annual parliament session, China has announced a growth target of 7.5% and plans to raise its defense budget by...
Singapore becomes world’s most expensive city to live in 2014
Singapore is the world's most expensive city to live in 2014, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey. The city has topped 131 cities...
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