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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly at Beijing National Convention Center on September 26, 2017 in Beijing, China.
The Chinese Communist Party Congress: Xi ascendant?

This week’s high-profile gathering will be the greatest test yet of President Xi Jinping’s leadership.

Venezuelans vote in local elections on Sunday
Venezuelans to participate in gubernatorial polls across the country

Today, Venezuelans will vote for regional governors in elections across the country’s 23 states, knowing…

Sebastian Kurz is expected to lead Austria after Sunday’s election
Sunday, October 15

AUSTRIA SHIFTS RIGHT Conservatives expected to form government, but will need far-right Today’s parliamentary elections will…

Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election
Kyrgyzstan votes in closely fought presidential battle, second-round likely

Central Asia’s only real democracy will vote in presidential elections today, but none of the…

Sebastian Kurz is expected to lead Austria after Sunday’s election
Austrian elections to result in rightward shift as 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz ascends

Today’s parliamentary elections will likely see 31-year-old Sebastien Kurz lead his conservative People’s Party to…

Inter-Parliamentary Union gathering
St Petersburg to host Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

The Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly will convene in St Petersburg today. The IPU was established in…

Raila Odinga has withdrawn from Kenya’s October 22 presidential re-run
Opposition leader Raila Odinga returns to Kenya to push for scrapping of October 26 vote

Raila Odinga will return from the UK today after addressing a Chatham House forum on…

Rallies for an independent south Yemen
Demonstrators in southern Yemen to mark Liberation Day with calls for independence

Today, thousands of Yemenis will descend on the port city of Aden to celebrate the…

Raila Odinga has withdrawn from Kenya’s October 22 presidential re-run
Saturday, October 14

MUDDY WATERS Kenya’s opposition leader enters dangerous territory Raila Odinga will return from the UK…

IMF and World Bank meet in Washington DC
Friday, October 13

MOVING FORWARD IMF and World Bank meeting to address global economic climate Today, finance ministers…