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Police Guard National Assembly Amid Protests Over Martial Law Declaration

Police officers stationed at South Korea's National Assembly building to maintain order amidst protests following a martial law declaration by the president.

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South Korea ETFs, Won Pare Losses As Yoon Makes U-Turn On Martial Law Declaration

South Korean markets recover after President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration is reversed by unanimous parliamentary vote. ETFs and currency rebound.

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UK urges ‘peaceful resolution’ as Korean president fails to impose martial law

Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law was overturned by South Korea’s parliament less than three hours after he issued it.

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South Korea’s President Yoon says he will lift martial law

Decision comes after parliament votes to reject his martial law declaration and cabinet approves reversal of decision.

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After South Korea’s President Declared Martial Law, Parliament Rejected It—Here’s What It Means

"I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea." The post After South Korea’s President Declared Martial Law, Parliament Rejected It—Here’s What It Means first appeared on Bored Panda.

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South Korean Parliament Blocks President's Martial Law Decree

South Korea's parliament unites to block President Yoon's martial law decree, upholding democracy and checks and balances.

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South Korean Parliament Clashes With Authorities Over Martial Law

Tensions escalate in South Korea as lawmakers clash over martial law at the National Assembly in Seoul.

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Watch live: Protesters storm South Korea’s National Assembly after president declares emergency martial law

Watch live as potesters storm South Korea’s National Assembly on Tuesday (3 December) after the county’s president declared an emergency martial law.

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French Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote Amid Budget Dispute

French Prime Minister faces no-confidence vote over budget dispute, risking government collapse and eurozone repercussions.

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French PM Risks Tumbling In Hostile Parliament Vote

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile National Assembly as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms.

International Business Times

France's PM risks tumbling in hostile parliament vote

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms.

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South Korean politician calls for investigation of biomass energy material imported from Indonesia

A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from Indonesia and an investigation into South Korea’s biomass use after government data and satellite analysis linked the country’s biomass imports to deforestation in Indonesia

The Independent UK

Senegal votes to shape parliament as reforms and economy hang in balance

Senegalese voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a new National Assembly – a crucial test for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s government as it seeks a parliamentary majority to push through its reform agenda.

Radio France Internationale

Kenya's deputy president ousted in historic impeachment

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was ousted from office on Thursday after being impeached in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation.

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Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far right

Marion Marechal, 34, has launched Identite-Libertes, through which she hopes to strengthen France’s ‘national camp’.

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French Prime Minister Announces Belt-Tightening Measures To Tackle Debt

French Prime Minister Barnier addresses France's debt crisis, proposing tax measures amidst political challenges in a divided National Assembly.

Radio France Internationale

Where did France's culture of political compromise go, and is it coming back?

It took France nine long weeks to form a government after parliamentary elections delivered a deeply divided National Assembly with no faction able to govern alone. The new prime minister has called for compromise – but that won't be easy in a country where meeting in the middle is often…

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Senegal's president dissolves parliament, calls snap November election

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly just six months after taking office, clearing the way for early legislative elections on 17 November.

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Podcast: Inclusive sports, Deaflympics, compromise in French politics

How the Paris Paralympics have boosted interest in inclusive sports in France. A look back at the origins of the first international games for deaf athletes, 100 years ago. And why it’s difficult, but necessary, for France’s deeply divided National Assembly to embrace the art of compromise.

France 24

Critics blast new French PM Barnier for having twice voted against gay rights

French media and some political opponents of freshly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier quickly dug up that, while serving in parliament in 1981, he had been among 155 lawmakers who voted against a law decriminalizing homosexuality.

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan congress gives legal footing to practice of prosecuting exiles and seizing their property

Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned

Latin Times

France's Macron Accelerates Efforts To Break PM Deadlock

France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 legislative polls where the left formed the largest faction in a hung parliament with Macron's centrists and the far right comprising the other major groups.

International Business Times

France's Macron Hosts Ex-presidents As Search For PM Narrows

French President Emmanuel Macron was to host former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande Monday as he weighed options for prime minister after inconclusive parliamentary polls, with one centre-left figure the apparent front-runner.

International Business Times

Macron Struggles To Launch Fresh Talks On French Government

President Emmanuel Macron faced an uphill battle Tuesday seeking fresh talks over a new government in France, with the political left refusing to take part after he rejected their candidate for prime minister.

France 24

Olympics over, Macron walks a tightrope in search for new prime minister

A political whirlwind summer saw French President Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament, calling snap elections, and then facing a hung National Assembly. It is now time for him to undo the political Gordian knot he has tied and choose the next prime minister. A handful of potential picks are under scrutiny…

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