Justin Trudeau has won a third term as Canada’s prime minister, with his Liberal party set to capture the most votes in the snap election, a result he called a “clear mandate” to get the country through the pandemic.
Vladimir Putin’s party United Russia has posted worse-than-expected results in the country’s parliamentary elections, despite months of voter suppression and intimidation tactics geared towards minimising turnout.
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians vote on Sunday in the final stretch of a three-day parliamentary election that the ruling party is expected to win after a sweeping crackdown that crushed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s movement and barred opponents from the ballot.
China has officially applied to join an Asia-Pacific free trade group which was originally aimed at countering Beijing’s regional influence.
The European Union and Germany were accused by China of adopting measures that would be discriminatory against Chinese companies. Wang Weidong, commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Germany, issued a stern warning to the bloc saying China will not “sit idle” at the condescending attitude the EU has towards his country.
Missiles fired by North Korea were tests of a new “railway-borne missile system”, according to the state news agency KCNA.
The US’s top military officer took secret action to limit former president Donald Trump’s ability to launch a military strike or deploy nuclear weapons, according to a new book.
China is poised to test a thorium-powered nuclear reactor in September, the world’s first since 1969. The theory is that this new molten-salt technology will be “safer” and “greener” than regular uranium reactors, and so could help Beijing meet its climate goals. Yet is the country’s investment in this also geostrategic?
Joe Biden has announced new vaccine mandates for 100 million workers as Covid cases surge and hospitals reach capacity in the United States.
A smoke alarm was activated onboard Russia’s service module on the International Space Station, space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
