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During a week in which Prime Minister Scott Morrison was looking forward to basking in the glory of the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine program, he has spent most of his time trying to deal with the fallout from an allegation that a junior female political staffer, Ms Brittany Higgins, …

The three pro-independence parties have increased their majority by four seats. They now hold 74 of the 135 of the seats in the Catalan parliament, which is more than enough to form a government. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Together for Catalonia (JxCat), and the Popular Unity Candidacy, which …

The footage, posted to Twitter on Sunday, shows thick white smoke or steam seemingly rising from London’s Houses of Parliament. Some kind of alarm can be heard over the video. The London Fire Brigade has not acknowledged any emergency, and commenters on Twitter claimed the video showed steam, not smoke, …

The EU member states should take “an active stance” on Navalny’s 30-day arrest in Russia. This is according to a non-binding resolution adopted on Thursday, with 581 votes in favor, 50 against and 44 abstentions. The list of “significantly tighter” restrictions the European nations are encouraged to impose against Moscow includes …

With lawmakers unable to meet a December 23 deadline to pass a two-year budget plan, the Speaker of the Knesset, Yariv Levin, announced the dissolution of parliament late on Tuesday night, setting the stage for yet another national election. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously agreed to pass the budget …

During a debate on the UK Internal Market Bill, Drew Hendry, an MP for the Scottish National Party (SNP) could be heard shouting, “this is an outrage!”  Deputy Speaker of the Commons, Dame Rosie Winterton, ordered the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey to sit down, accusing him of …

The party did not change its view on NATO due to the relative merits of the alliance, but to bring Sweden’s defense policy in line with that of neighboring Finland. It is not a member either, but maintains a “NATO option” stance that could see it join up at a …

The court in Ankara delivered the verdicts against 475 defendants, 365 of whom had been detained. Several former military officials and civilians individually received up to 79 life sentences for their role in the failed coup. A former brigadier general was sentenced to life in prison for providing fuel for …

A mob vandalized and set fire to the government building during demonstrations on Saturday in Guatemala City.  Footage from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows flames shooting out of one of the structure’s windows, as black billows of smoke pour out of adjacent windows. Firefighters who rushed into the building were …

Gunshots could be heard in the streets of Yerevan as the angry protesters stormed the government building, looking for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the early hours of Tuesday, after he announced the “painful” agreement to give up land to Azerbaijan in exchange for the end to bloodshed. Pashinyan’s whereabouts …