The Ontario Middle School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Parliamentary Procedure team is the first in school history to advance to the national competition in Seattle. The team competed at the state level in April and took home the silver medal. Hours of practicing parliamentary procedure, performing the opening and closing ceremonies and […]
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Parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners in charge in Iran
Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said on Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in Iran’s parliament, according to […]
A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats […]
Rwanda Bill becomes law after weeks of UK parliamentary deadlock
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill has become law after weeks of UK parliamentary deadlock, paving the way for deportation flights to get off the ground. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill became an Act of Parliament after being granted royal assent, the Lord Speaker told the House of Lords on Thursday. It comes as […]
UK prosecutors charge 2 men with spying for China, including a parliamentary researcher
LONDON (AP) — Two men, including one who was reported to be a parliamentary researcher, were charged with spying for China, British prosecutors said Monday. Police said Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, were charged with “providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China.” They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Police […]
Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu‘s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy, according to preliminary results reported Monday by local media. The People’s National Congress won 70 out of 93 seats in Sunday’s vote, and along with three seats secured by its allies has […]
Croatia’s ruling conservatives win parliamentary vote but cannot rule alone
Croatia’s governing conservatives convincingly won a highly contested parliamentary election on Wednesday, but according to the official vote count, they will still need support from far-right groups to stay in power. The election followed a campaign that centred on a bitter rivalry between the country’s president and prime minister. The ballot pitted the ruling conservative […]
Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that’s a showdown between its president and prime minister
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia is voting Wednesday in a parliamentary election after a campaign centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister that has sparked a political crisis in the small European Union and NATO member. The ballot pits the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) led by Prime Minister Andrej […]
Croatia holds a parliamentary election Wednesday after dirty campaign involving top officials
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia holds an early parliamentary election Wednesday following a campaign that was marked by heated exchanges between the country’s two top officials, creating a political crisis in the Balkan country that is a European Union and NATO member. The ballot will pit the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) led by […]
South Korean president ‘humbly’ accepts defeat in parliamentary polls
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday he would “humbly accept” the results of his party’s heavy defeat in parliamentary elections. The liberal opposition Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory over Yoon’s ruling conservative People Power Party (PPP) in Wednesday’s vote. The DP, together with its smaller sister party the Democratic Alliance […]
South Korea opposition wins landslide parliamentary vote in resounding blow to Yoon
By Jack Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a landslide victory in a parliamentary election held on Wednesday, dealing a resounding blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol and his conservative party but likely falling just short of a super majority. The Democratic Party (DP) was projected to take more […]
South Korean opposition has clear win in parliamentary elections
Voters have given the social-liberal opposition a comfortable majority in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in South Korea, dealing a heavy blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Democratic Party (DP) of opposition leader Lee Jae Myung was able to maintain its position as the largest single party in the 300-seat National Assembly, South Korean broadcasters reported. […]