Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, paving way for election Posted on 17/12/2024 German chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament today. (AP pics) BERLIN: The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government today, clearing the way for the Feb 23 early election necessitated by the collapse of his government. Scholz’s three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his Social Democrats and the Greens without a parliamentary majority just when Germany faces a deepening economic crisis. Under rules designed to prevent the instability that facilitated the rise of fascism in the 1930s, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier can only dissolve parliament and call elections if the chancellor calls, and loses, a confidence vote. Only 207 of the parliament’s 733 expressed confidence, while 394 withheld it. “The motion has passed,” said parliament president Baerbel Bas. News
Russia’s chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow blast Posted on 18/12/2024 Investigators secure the site where Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian army’s chemical division, and his assistant were killed by an explosion in Moscow. (AP pic) MOSCOW: The head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons division was killed Tuesday in a brazen Moscow attack claimed by Kyiv, the most senior military… Read More
IGP sues Papagomo for defamation Posted on 28/12/2024 Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain wants Wan Azri Wan Deris to retract the alleged defamatory statements or delete and destroy all videos, publications and materials containing such content. PETALING JAYA: Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain has sued blogger Wan Azri Wan Deris for allegedly defaming him. Razarudin is suing the… Read More
Prabowo meets Biden and speaks with Trump, pledges cooperation Posted on 13/11/2024 President Joe Biden welcomes Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto met with US president Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday and offered his congratulations to president-elect Donald Trump by phone… Read More