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Kenyan election: the next steps
Kenyan election: the next steps
by  AFP

Kenya is on tenterhooks as it awaits results from Tuesday's election, which passed off relatively smoothly despite some issues with malfunctioning voter identification equipment, delays at polling stations and scattered incidents of violence. The process is complicated, with results from more than 46,000 polling stations across the country to be counted, cross-checked and tallied.

Fascism is history, Italy's far-right leader says
Fascism is history, Italy's far-right leader says
by  AFP

Fascism is history, Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni declared Wednesday in a video message aimed at international critics alarmed by her predicted victory in September 25 elections. "I have been reading that the victory of Fratelli d'Italia in the September elections would mean a disaster, leading to an authoritarian turn, Italy's departure from the euro and other nonsense of this sort.

Chinese court rejects appeal in landmark #MeToo case
Chinese court rejects appeal in landmark #MeToo case
by  AFP

A Chinese court rejected an appeal in a landmark sexual harassment case on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country's fledgling #MeToo movement. The country's #MeToo movement has stumbled since 2018, when a wave of women published allegations of sexual harassment against university professors.

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