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Kim Jong Un publicly dismisses vice-premier for factory failures

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired vice-premier Yang Sung-ho in a dramatic public rebuke during a ceremony at an industrial complex, highlighting what he called chronic incompetence and mismanagement in key economic projects. The dismissal occurred at the inauguration of the first phase of a modernization......

Japan PM Takaichi to dissolve parliament and call snap election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday that she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a nationwide election, seeking a stronger public mandate to advance her economic and security policies. The snap election will determine all 465 seats in the lower house and represent the......

Portugal presidential election: far right expected to reach the runoff

Portugal is heading to a decisive presidential election as voters prepare to cast their ballots in the first round, amid growing expectations that the far right could reach the second round for the first time in the country’s democratic history. According to recent opinion polls, André......

María Corina Machado vows to lead Venezuela despite Trump's backing of Rodríguez

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, insists she will become her nation's first female president when the time is right, undeterred by the Trump administration's preference for interim leader Delcy Rodríguez. Speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington,......

German parliament restricts AfD staff access amid security concerns

Germany’s federal parliament has denied building access to several staff members affiliated with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), citing security-related concerns linked to extremist activities. According to German media reports, the Bundestag administration refused to grant parliamentary......

RNI leadership: Moulay Hafid Elalamy rules out any political comeback

Moulay Hafid Elalamy, businessman and former Moroccan minister affiliated with the National Rally of Independents (RNI), has definitively dismissed any possibility of returning to political life or seeking the presidency of the party currently leading the governing coalition. In recent days, Elalamy’s......

Russia dismisses Macron's outreach to Putin as publicity stunt

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to engage Vladimir Putin in talks, branding it a "publicity stunt" and "megaphone diplomacy" during a January 14, 2026, press conference in Moscow. Despite the rebuke, Moscow expressed......

Ukraine exposes foreign equipment in Russian arms factories

Ukrainian military intelligence released new findings on January 14, identifying 50 foreign-made industrial machines operating in Russian defense facilities to produce weapons and military gear. The data, published on the War&Sanctions portal's "Instruments of war" section, underscores......

Quebec premier François Legault resigns amid political turmoil

Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Wednesday, stepping down after months of declining public support and less than a year before provincial elections that could bring a sovereigntist party to power. Speaking briefly to reporters, a visibly emotional Legault said he was......