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Was it sedition? Jan. 6 trial a major test for Justice Dept.

Hundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy

The Independent UK

France announces new international aid package for crisis-hit Moldova

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced an international aid pakage of more than €100 million for Moldova during a summit in Paris. The small EU-friendly democracy is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis with the onset of winter and risks being further destabilised by the Ukraine conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Doyle McManus: Is Joe Biden fatally stubborn — or virtuously tenacious?

Sunday was Joe Biden's 80th birthday. Our first octogenarian president is two years older than Ronald Reagan was when his presidency ended in 1989.

Los Angeles Times

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John M. Crisp: The election was a modest victory for democracy

Adjacent essays in the current issue of Foreign Affairs ably depict America’s two primary international competitors.

Tribune News Service

Did the televised hearings on Jan. 6 insurrection tip some midterm races to Democrats?

WASHINGTON — A House inquiry into the Capitol insurrection helped focus voters’ attention before the midterms on the risk that election deniers posed to democracy, potentially tipping key races away from GOP candidates backed by Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

When art gets stifled

'Art is short, a case is long," read a banner. Students apparently hijacked the well-known motto "art is long, life is short" by Prof Silpa Bhirasri, the father of Thai modern art, in protest of Chiang Mai University's legal action against its own lecturers and a student who "trespassed" on…

Bangkok Post

Francophone countries meet in Tunisia summit amid democracy, economy concerns

The world's French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, but faced calls to do more to resolve international crises.

France 24

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Police fire rubber bullets at protesters

Police fired rubber bullets to prevent demonstrators moving from Din So Road near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to the Apec summit venue on Friday, and made eight arrests.

Bangkok Post

The grotesque inequality embodied by Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg is a threat to democracy

Something’s wrong when basic infrastructure maintenance seems utopian, while the hare-brained schemes of tech oligarchs become routine

The Guardian - AU

China threat vaults local issues onto centre stage in Taiwan elections

China's belligerence towards Taiwan and the future of the island's democracy are taking centre stage in campaigns ahead of local elections next week, a key test of the ruling party's support before a presidential vote in early 2024.

Reuters

Barack Obama warns that democracy is ‘currently under assault’ across globe

‘We see it in the escalating polarization and disinformation that’s so evident in recent elections, whether it’s in Brazil, the Philippines, Italy, Sweden – right here in the United States’

The Independent UK

Biden hails Pelosi as ‘most consequential’ Speaker in US history after she announces her departure from leadership

Mr Biden noted that she’d seen Ms Pelosi ‘in action’ over the course of his long career as a senator, then as vice president and as president

The Independent UK

Obama to announce expansion of young leaders program to US

An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States

The Independent UK

Democracy ‘under attack’ as MPs warned ‘hostile states’ could target mobile phones

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has urged MPs to be careful with mobile phones

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Democracy ‘under attack’, minister warns as MPs urged to step up phone security

Security minister Tom Tugendhat issued a stark warning to MPs after Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle urged them to be careful with mobile phones.

Salon

Expert calls out media's Trump coverage

Journalists cannot apply the ordinary rules for covering candidates, professor warns

France 24

Myanmar's junta releases 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador

Myanmar's military leaders have released Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and almost 6,000 others from prison under an amnesty, state media reported on Thursday.

The National (Scotland)

Mhairi Black scolds future Lord Alister Jack over claim SNP 'deny democracy'

MHAIRI Black has told Alister Jack she "won't take advice from a soon-to-be unelected Baron" after the Scottish Secretary accused the SNP…

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The Guardian - UK

How Brexit Britain went awol in the struggle to defend liberal democracy

Too many Tories, including Rishi Sunak, were enjoying the Eurosceptic dance. They didn’t stop to think who was paying the piper, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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RIP To American Democracy Because Donald ‘I Never Lost The Election’ Trump Is Running Again

Here we go again.

The Conversation

How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly

Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season.

The Guardian - US

‘This movement was rejected’: Republican election deniers lose key state races

Relief as Republicans election deniers running to take over elections beaten in almost every statewide race

Salon

GOP will regroup — but this win was big

Longtime Democratic insider on why the "red wave" evaporated, and why the GOP civil war is great news for America

Al Jazeera

Election deniers lose key races in US midterm elections

Voters reject many Republican candidates who campaigned on false claims of election fraud.

The Conversation

US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

Africans normally pay little attention to American elections when the presidency is not at stake. But the midterm polls – such as the 8 November 2022 one – deserve Africa’s attention.

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