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The 37-year-old is the lead in the nation’s biggest television show, Ang Probinsyano. He’s been spotted at campaigns for Senator Grace Poe, the daughter of his hero Fernando Poe Junior – but will Coco make a foray into politics himself?
Anti-Muslim prejudice in New Zealand, while lower than in other Western countries, is higher than prejudice against other minority groups, research shows.
Mass killing in the service of extremist politics is new to New Zealand, but the seeds of virulently racist ideas were long ago planted in the country.
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Has social media, populist politics and xenophobia created a community of extremists like Christchurch massacre gunman? Paul Spoonley believes so.
Relax everyone, that looming financial apocalypse just isn’t going to happen. Well, not in 2019 at least.
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The 64-year-old will become Japan’s longest serving prime minister in November, having dominated the country’s politics since 2012.
It’s bad news for those blue skies: in a year of sensitive political anniversaries, stability obsessed Beijing is likely to prioritise economic growth over its ‘three critical battles’ against financial risks, pollution and poverty
Going by official media, the intensity of pledges of allegiance to the president were reminiscent of the 1960s heyday of Mao Zedong. But the Chinese people have grown more mature about political indoctrination.
Why grease the palm of an admissions official when there are perfectly legal ways of cheating your way into America’s top universities? And among the most pernicious is this: the time-honoured tradition of ‘legacy’ places
One man has dominated Thai politics for decades: the billionaire turned exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. But as a new generation emerges, so too has a new father figure – Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. You can call him ‘dad’