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Germany’s Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, as he requested, setting up snap election

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The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for the Feb. 23 early election necessitated by the collapse of his government. Scholz’s three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his … Read more

What happens next after vote to impeach South Korea’s president? | South Korea

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The vote to impeach South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was a dramatic fall from grace for the conservative leader, who must now suffer the ignominy of being forced from office well before the end of his five-year term. But the vote on Saturday in the national assembly, where the impeachment motion just exceeded the … Read more