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Angela Merkel
Sunday, September 24

ELECTING HER SIDEKICK Angela Merkel expected to skate to fourth term—but with whom? Germans elect…

Jeremy Corbyn rallies the Labour faithful
UK Labour party meets as frictions remain over Brexit

A resurgent British Labour party will meet for its four-day annual conference today in Brighton.…

Vote 2017 1st Leaders Debate
Saturday, September 23

DOWN TO THE WIRE Minor parties hold the balance in New Zealand general election After…

Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev leaves a European Union meeting
Anti-corruption rally to be held in Azerbaijan over billion-dollar slush fund allegations

Amid extensive corruption allegations made against Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, activists gather will in Baku…

Five-Star Movement activist and comedian Beppe Grillo gestures as he arrives for a rally in the Sicily town of Termini Imerese
Luigi Di Maio expected to be elected Five Star Movement PM candidate

The Five Star Movement (M5S) will announce the results of its leadership ballot today. Luigi…

Vote 2017 1st Leaders Debate
New Zealand’s election goes down to the wire, minority parties hold the balance

After what has been the most the competitive general election campaign in years, the polls…

General Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential Candidate, All Progressives Congress, Nigeria
Nigeria’s ailing president: reopening old wounds

President Buhari’s mysterious illness is a concern for the whole (but fragmented) nation.

French union members light flares in Marseille
France’s cabinet to push ahead with labour reforms

Today, French President Emmanuel Macron’s cabinet will initiate his labour reforms, which were unveiled on August 31.…

UK Prime Minister, Theresa May Holds Talks With Italian PM Matteo Renzi
Friday, September 22

OPENING OFFER Theresa May to give keynote Brexit speech in Florence British Prime Minister Theresa…

Supporters carry the Iraqi Kurdish flag
Turkey’s National Security Council debates Iraqi Kurdistan referendum

Today, Turkey’s National Security Council will meet to formulate its official response to the planned…