Cambodia PM slams opposition vote boycott, challenges critics
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at an election boycott by the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday, just days after his party claimed victory in what rights groups say was a flawed general election.
Australian senators face-off in defamation suit over sexual slur
An Australian senator has sued a male counterpart for defamation for making sexually offensive remarks, in a landmark case that brings the spirit of the #MeToo movement to the heart of Australia’s democracy.
Southeast Asia seeks Russia cybersecurity pact, South China Sea code of conduct
Southeast Asian nations hope to strike a cybersecurity agreement soon with Russia, which the United States has accused of election meddling, after a series of high-profile hacks in the region, according to a draft document seen on Thursday.
Tokyo medical university cut women’s exam scores to curb numbers – media
(This version of the August 2 story corrects paragrpah 7 to show that the spokesman does not know when the new investigation will be completed.)
‘One day it will be normal’: NZ premier returns to work with baby
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned to work on Thursday just six weeks after delivering her first child, having become the first premier in the nation’s history to take maternity leave while in office.
Trump thanks North Korea’s Kim keeping word on war remains, hopes to see him ‘soon’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he looked forward to meeting Kim Jong Un soon and thanked the North Korean leader for sending the suspected remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War back to the United States.
Soldiers wander Zimbabwe’s capital after election violence
Zimbabwean soldiers walked the streets of the capital Harare on Thursday as subdued calm returned a day after clashes between security forces and opposition protesters killed three people.
New Zealand PM’s maternity leave over, baby-friendly parliament beckons
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned to work on Thursday just six weeks after delivering her first child, having become the first premier in the nation’s history to take maternity leave while in office.
Lula’s party strikes pact to keep Socialists neutral in Brazil vote
Jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s Workers Party has reached a neutrality pact with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) that will end their rivalries in several states in Brazil’s general election in October.
U.S. welcomes home remains of presumed war dead from North Korea
In a solemn ceremony, the United States welcomed home on Wednesday human remains it said presumably included Americans killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and thanked North Korea for making good on a June summit pledge to hand them over.
