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Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes

4Jul

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Asia, International, News, Politics, Turkey

Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes

Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes. In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected with a total of 52.59 per cent of votes in the elections on 24 June. This is evident from the final results published today by the High Electoral Council (YSK). The candidate of the largest opposition party CHP ended with 30.64 percent in second place. The third was Selahattin Demirtas of the pro-Kurdish party HDP (Democratic Party of Peoples), with 8.4 percent of the votes behind his name, posts MAG Mania. The Electoral Commission also published the results of the parliamentary elections. Erdogan's conservative Islamic party AKP (Party of Justice and Development) won 295 seats in parliament, just not a majority. The AKP, however, forms an alliance with the extr...

Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case

4Jul

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Asia, International, News, Politics

Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case

Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case. In Malaysia, former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been formally charged with a large-scale corruption case, published by Express Paper. Najib, who was head of government from 2009 to 2018, is accused of eclipsing about $ 4.5 billion from the 1MDB government investment fund, of which nearly $ 700 million would have gone to his bank account. Najib had to appear before the court in Kuala Lumpur. He charged him three times with abuse of trust and one charge of abuse of power. For each of the charges a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison applies. His lawyer condemns the court's decision as "political revenge". The 64-year-old Najib surprisingly lost on 9 May the elections of his former mentor and former prime minister (1981-2003...

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China

23May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Asia, China, International, News, US

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a medical team to China to investigate mysterious ailments of a government official. According to The Week News, the American would show signs of mild brain damage. The employee of the consulate in Guangzhou recently complained about annoying sounds and other inconveniences, such as an oppressive feeling. As far as we perceive, there are no complaints from others. The situation is reminiscent of the acoustic attacks on US embassy personnel in Cuba. Dozens of American diplomats and their relatives were recalled last year when they suffered from, among other things, hearing loss, headaches, dizziness and nausea. According to the US, Cuba carried out targeted attacks with inaudible sou...

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India

23May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Asia, Business, India, News, UK

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India. India: the land of the Taj Mahal, Bollywood and curry. It is the second largest economy in Asia and a home for 1.3 billion inhabitants. Prime Minister Mark Rutte will visit this week for a trade mission. And he is accompanied by a large delegation of 131 Dutch companies and four ministers. Such a trade mission is pretty lucrative for Dutch companies. During a visit to China last April, 248 million euros were contracted. Rutte will talk to Prime Minister Modi in India about the impending steel war with the United States and negotiations on a trade agreement between the EU and India. The two also spoke in The Hague last year. Rutte gave Modi a gift as a present, reports eBuzzFeed. India is looking for investments, and ...

Malaysia Stops the Search for Missing MH370

23May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Asia, International, Malaysia, News

Malaysia Stops the Search for Missing MH370

Malaysia Stops the Search for Missing MH370. The new government of Malaysia will stop the search for the missing plane MH370 next week. The minister of transport says that the contract with the American company Ocean Infinity has been extended until Tuesday and then ends. According to the City News Journal, Flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March 2014, when it was en route from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Probably the Malaysia Airlines aircraft crashed in the Indian Ocean. On the French island of La Réunion and the African continent, several fragments washed up that probably come from the plane, but nothing else has been recovered from the aircraft. The new Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, who was elected two weeks ago, had already announced that he wou...