India’s opposition slams gov’t as top election official quits ahead of vote
Arun Goel’s resignation leaves the poll body with only one of three mandated officials to conduct the election, due by May.
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Will Memes About Politicians Now Get Sri Lankans Thrown in Jail?
Even in the darkest of times, Sri Lankans held on to their humor.
Philippine retail empire SM expands reach outside major cities
MANILA -- The king of Philippine retail, SM Group, is building malls and updating logistics chains outside the biggest cities to tap the country's growing middle class in those areas.
Pakistan elects Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain first female PM Benazir Bhutto, as president for second time
Zardari, the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), becomes the first civilian who is elected as president for a second term. He completed his first five-year term in 2013.
President Biden signs $460 billion spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion spending bill into law, averting a partial government shutdown that would have taken effect this weekend.
Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan’s president for second time
Pakistani lawmakers vote for return of widower of Benazir Bhutto after elections marred by rigging claims.
Biden says he'll ban TikTok if Congress passes bill, but he's campaigning on it until then
When Joe Biden joined TikTok on the eve of the Super Bowl last month, political scientist Maggie Macdonald was struck by what she called the "meta" nature of the president's first post.
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy
President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania on Friday to kick off a tour of battleground states and his reelection team will spend $30 million on an ad buy as he moves quickly into the U.S. general election campaign after his feisty State of the Union speech.