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Spain’s central government is poised to remove Catalonia’s autonomy
Friday, October 27

CRUNCH TIME Madrid poised to sack Catalan government The Spanish senate is today expected to…

US economy up and away
US economic growth figures for three months to September to be released

The advance reading of America’s third-quarter GDP growth releases today. Projections range from economists’ predictions…

Spain’s central government is poised to remove Catalonia’s autonomy
Spanish senators to vote on revoking Catalonia’s autonomy on Friday

The Spanish senate is today expected to approve the application of Article 155 and suspend Catalan autonomy.…

Catalan independence referendum
The Catalan independence vote: statehood or autonomy?

Madrid will eventually have to offer Catalans further autonomy to deter independence activists.

JFK murder documents to be released
54 years on, documents on JFK assassination to be released

Today, President Donald Trump is expected to allow the release of a final batch of…

War powers
Debate rages over war powers amid fallout of botched Niger raid

Today, senators of the US Armed Services Committee will receive a confidential briefing on the…

KENYA-VOTE
Kenya holds rerun of presidential election but opposition boycotts

Today, Kenyans head to the polls, for the second time in three months, to elect…

KENYA-VOTE
Thursday, October 26

SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM? Kenya holds rerun of presidential election Today, Kenyans head to the polls,…

/ Hun Sen
Testing Hun Sen: Cambodia’s opposition flees into exile

By silencing the opposition, Prime Minister Hun Sen faces little opposition at next year’s election.

British economy GDP data
British economic growth figures expected to be tame

The Office of National Statistics is to publish preliminary data on the UK’s economic growth…