Canada’s Carney calls three by-elections that could grant him a majority

The two Toronto seats up for a by-election were left vacant after the resignation of Chrystia Freeland, who stepped down after accepting a voluntary role advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Bill Blair, who was appointed as Canada's envoy to the UK. Source link

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Guinea opposition leader Diallo calls for ‘direct resistance’ as political parties dissolved

Late last Friday, Guinea's ministry of territorial administration and decentralisation announced in a decree that the headquarters and local offices of 40 political parties would be closed, and their logos, acronyms and other symbols banned from use. Source link

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Ukraine’s drone interceptors in high demand in the Middle East

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East this week to help Gulf states under attack from Iran.In recent days, Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East - and some air defences in the region have struggled to cope.Ukraine has spent the last four years inventing cheap but effective ways of defending their skies from similar Russian strikes, and now some countries have come knocking on their…

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Istanbul’s ex-mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to stand trial on corruption charges

"This politically motivated prosecution, which is based almost entirely on secret witness testimony, is riddled with serious international fair trial and rule of law issues," Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty's deputy director for Europe, said on Friday. Source link

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