For the better part of a decade Marine Le Pen has worked methodically to transform an extremist, xenophobic fringe movement into a more respectable nationalist party ready to govern. The French ...

A soldier stands guard at Democracy Monument in Bangkok after army chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha staged a coup in 2014. (Photo: Reuters) With all of Thailand's contesting political parties lined up ...

Two decades after we became a democracy, South Africans still snipe at each other across racial divides, blindly defending their "own" at the slightest provocation. To opportunistic politicians, this ...

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The self-enriching actions and disclosure omissions of billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison have divided shareholders, leading to a protest vote against the remuneration report. “It is important to ...