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German voters give first verdict on chaos

Bloomberg Germany has been mired in political turmoil, and a regional vote on Sunday to give an early indication of the fallout. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s succession plan collapsed on February 10 when her chosen heir, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, unexpectedly announced she would resign as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Voters in the city-state of Hamburg were going to the ...

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UK to reimpose sanctions on late Mugabe’s widow

Bloomberg The British government plans to reject a European Union decision to lift sanctions on the wife of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, suggesting its approach to financially targeting foreign individuals will diverge from the bloc’s, the Sunday Telegraph reports. The UK suspended an order freezing the assets of Grace Mugabe after the EU’s decision last week, because it’s ...

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‘There are attempts being made to topple Malaysian government’

Bloomberg Anwar Ibrahim, the political leader touted as Malaysia’s next premier, said there are attempts to topple the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition which are being orchestrated by members of his own party along with PM Mahathir Mohamad’s political group. Anwar, who is president of the People’s Justice Party (PKR), said some in his group and Mahathir’s Bersatu party met with ...

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