By MARI YAMAGUCHI – Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida didn’t look like he would last long when he took office eight months ago. He was considered nice, but indecisive and subservient to party heavyweights. Many believed that, like its short-lived predecessor, it was not up to the task of winning … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the Conservative government after nearly a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese, in his election victory speech on Saturday, said promised deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as it faces an early foreign crisis. political essay. Prime Minister … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s centre-left opposition party toppled the Conservative government after nearly a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese, in his election victory speech on Saturday, said promised deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as it faces an early foreign crisis. political essay. Prime Minister … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister has admitted defeat after an election that could yield a minority government. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acted quickly after Saturday’s election despite millions of votes still to be counted as an Australian prime minister is due to attend a summit in Tokyo … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Polling stations opened across Australia on Saturday for voters to decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Conservative government will defy the odds and rule for a fourth three-year term. Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party is one of the favorites to win its first … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians will head to the polls on Saturday after a six-week campaign that has focused on pandemic-fueled inflation, climate change and fears that a Chinese military outpost will be established within 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) of the Australian coast. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Conservative coalition … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s embattled prime minister officially launched his Conservative party’s campaign on Sunday less than a week before the election, underscoring the country’s early success in containing the pandemic and its strong economic recovery. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition trails the centre-left opposition Labor Party in … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s embattled prime minister officially launched his Conservative party’s campaign on Sunday less than a week before the election, underscoring the country’s early success in containing the pandemic and its strong economic recovery. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition trails the centre-left opposition Labor Party in … Read more
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s embattled prime minister officially launched his Conservative party’s campaign on Sunday less than a week before the election, underscoring the country’s early success in containing the pandemic and its strong economic recovery. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition trails the centre-left opposition Labor Party in … Read more
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office as South Korea’s new president on Tuesday with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea’s threatening nuclear program and a offer of a “bold plan” to improve Pyongyang’s economy … Read more