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French billionaire Vincent Bollore to face trial over corruption allegations in Africa

French billionaire Vincent Bollore is set to stand trial on charges of corruption and embezzlement linked to election campaigns in West Africa, according to French prosecutors. The case relates to alleged activities in Togo and Guinea between 2009 and 2011. Investigators suspect that Bollore, through......

Denis Sassou Nguesso re-elected in Congo with 94.82% of vote, provisional results show

Incumbent president Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected in Republic of the Congo with 94.82% of the vote, according to provisional results announced by authorities following Sunday’s presidential election. If confirmed by the Constitutional Court, the 82-year-old leader will begin a fifth......

Peru’s prime minister resigns weeks before presidential election

Denisse Miralles has stepped down from her position less than a month after taking office, adding further uncertainty to Peru’s political landscape ahead of the presidential election scheduled for April 12. The resignation was confirmed by the presidency on Tuesday. Miralles, 50, had been appointed......

Trump refuses to sign other legislation until voter bill passes Congress

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday via social media that he will not approve any other legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, a controversial voter bill. The legislation, passed by the Republican-controlled House in February, still faces challenges in the Senate, also led......

Denmark calls early parliamentary elections for March 24

Denmark is set to head to the polls earlier than scheduled after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced snap parliamentary elections to be held on March 24. Speaking before lawmakers at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Frederiksen declared that the country would soon enter an election period,......

Rob Jetten to be sworn in as Netherlands prime minister

The Netherlands is set to inaugurate a new government on Monday, with centrist leader Rob Jetten poised to become the country’s youngest prime minister at 38 and its first openly gay head of government. Jetten, leader of the D66 party, secured a narrow but decisive victory in October’s snap......

Christine Lagarde expected to step down early from ECB, FT reports

Christine Lagarde is expected to leave the European Central Bank before the end of her eight year term as president, which is due to expire in October 2027, according to a report published by the Financial Times on February 18, 2026. The development would mark a reversal for Lagarde, who less than a......

Bangladesh holds first election since 2024 uprising

Bangladeshis are voting Thursday in the country’s first national election since the student led uprising of 2024 that forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power. More than 127 million voters are eligible to cast ballots across 299 constituencies, choosing between the Bangladesh Nationalist......

Tesla files criminal complaint against German union representative

Tesla has lodged a criminal complaint against a member of Germany’s IG Metall union after he was caught secretly recording a works council meeting at the company’s Grünheide plant near Berlin, according to an internal staff memo reviewed by Reuters. The incident marks a new escalation......