Thai king commutes former PM Thaksin’s prison term to one year | Politics News
Thaksin returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after spending 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid prison. Thailand’s king has commuted former…
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term, opposition rejects result | Elections News
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected by the opposition and questioned by observers. Mnangagwa,…
Photos: Zimbabwe votes as President Mnangagwa seeks a second term | Elections News
Delays have marked voting in Zimbabwe as the Southern African country conducts its second general election since the ouster of longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in…
Wagner-Backed Central African Leader Wins Right to Third Term
Bloomberg’s Katarina Hoije reports that the Central African Republic voted to abolish term limits in a July 29 constitutional referendum, which may result in President…
Alexei Navalny sentenced to new, 19 year prison term
A Russian court sentenced jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a 19-year prison term Friday, convicting the one-time blogger and anti-corruption crusader on charges of…
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder appeals 20-year prison term in massive corruption scheme
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder appealed his 20-year prison sentence Wednesday, nearly two weeks after he was convicted of masterminding the largest corruption scheme in state history, AP News…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats
Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. The same lopsidedly right-wing Supreme Court that since June 2022 has overturned…
Angels’ Mike Trout breaks hamate bone, out long term
The plug was pulled on the Mike Trout-Shohei Ohtani Show - and it might only return for a limited engagement.Trout suffered a fractured hamate bone…
Trump’s trade chief provides blueprint for second term
“[T]he Biden administration—with a few important exceptions—has continued along the path President Trump and I laid out,” Lighthizer writes, noting that “Biden’s team has continued…
Greece’s New Democracy sets ambitious goals in second term | Elections News
Athens, Greece – Jubilant supporters clamoured around New Democracy’s headquarters, floodlit in the party’s trademark blue, to celebrate Prime Minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return for a…
Mitsotakis wins second term as prime minister of Greece
1/2 Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks to a joint session of Congress in the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,…
Public approval of Supreme Court has plummeted; term limits may be the solution
WASHINGTON — There was a time, not so long ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court was among the most esteemed institutions in the country. The court’s…
Erdogan’s Victory: Five Challenges He May Face in His Third Term
Erdogan, as Turkey’s leader, must negotiate a complicated web of local and foreign challenges while retaining power. One of his most difficult tasks will be…
Will Turkey’s President Erdogan win another term? | Elections
Video Duration 27 minutes 20 seconds 27:20 The Turkish leader has got a much-needed endorsement from a nationalist party leader. An entire era of Turkish…
Family waterpark to reopen in time for half term after four year revamp
Splash World in Southport, Merseyside has been a favourite destination for families, friends, and water enthusiasts for many years, and is now poised to reopen…
Alton Towers brings back popular ride in time for half term – 8 years after it closed
Alton Towers theme park is reopening rollercoaster Nemesis Sub-Terra in time for half term for the first time in eight years, when it was shut…
First look at the UK’s 'wettest rollercoaster' as it opens in time for half term
Valhalla has reopened at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Lancashire and promises to plunge riders into a reservoir holding over one and a half million gallons…
'I've saved nearly £10k taking kids on holidays in term time – even with the fines'
Rachel Smith has taken Brayden and Elianna on holidays to Spanish destinations including Ibiza, Majorca and Magaluf, and has plans to take them on another…
Jan. 6 rioter from Kentucky gets longest term yet: 14 years
WASHINGTON — A Kentucky man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to over 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray…
UK's most popular free attractions ahead of May half term from nature parks to museums
The Museum of Liverpool, High Lodge Thetford Forest in Suffolk, Windsor Great Park in Windsor and National Railway Museum in York are among the attractions…