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Major GOP party leaders sit out Trump's Coronation

Republican National Convention for the 2016 U.S. election kicked off on Monday with absence of high-profile party leaders as Donald Trump was scrambling to showcase his ability to unify the party.

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New Australian Senate power brokers outline policy demands

With the dust still not settled from one of Australia’s closest ever elections, competing political factions have begun issuing demands – from banning Muslim immigration to scrapping a trade deal with China to imposing curbs on gambling – in return for supporting government legislation in the next Senate.

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Malaysia’s Mahathir launching party to challenge PM Najib

Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday announced plans for a new party that would join an opposition alliance in a bid to oust the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition led by scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak.

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What is Oscar Season without parties? We may soon find out

​New Academy regulations forbid the parties and luncheons that have defined the awards circuit—but the open bar may not be quite dead yet.

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Chinese Communist Party lauded for strength, achievements on 95th birthday

International observers are marvelling at the sustained vigor and vitality of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the glorious achievements it has made in China's development as the party celebrates its 95th birthday Thursday.

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Brexit vote helps push Australian gov't ahead of opposition in latest opinion poll

​The Australian government has edged ahead of the opposition less than a week before the federal election, the latest opinion poll, released on Monday, has suggested.

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China's new anti-graft inspections turn towards HK and Macau Affairs Office

China's next round of anti-corruption inspections, which will run over the next few months, will focus on the Party leaderships of 32 state and Party organs, the nation’s top anti-corruption watchdog - the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Wednesday.

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Nepali political party supports China's stance on South China Sea issue

Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, an influential political party in Nepal, on Wednesday voiced its support for China's position on the South China Sea issue.

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Sanders' stay in race hinders Clinton efforts to unify party to win White House?

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' refusal to quit the race even after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination could hurt Clinton's efforts to unify the party to win the presidential election, experts said.

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With Clinton claiming Democratic nomination, party unity remains elusive

Though the Democratic primary season is all but over with Hillary Clinton about to become the first female standard-bearer of a major U.S. political party, the dust is far from being settled.

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Division within Democratic Party in spotlight, overshadowing Clinton's presidential run

With the final primaries of the 2016 U.S. presidential election approaching, a Quinnipiac University National poll released Wednesday finds the candidates most likely to lead their parties into the general election are locked in a much tighter race.

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Israeli hard-liner politician sworn-in as defense chief

​Israel's ultranationalist lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman was sworn-in as defense minister on Monday evening after the Israeli parliament approved the nomination.

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Former U.S. governor Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination

​Gary Johnson, former governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, was again picked by the Libertarian Party as its presidential candidate, emerging as a contender against the two major parties' nominees in the general election.

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10 Maoist Parties announce merger in Nepal

​Ten Maoist parties including the UCPN (Maoist) have announced their merger in a bid to regain their strength in the national politics, leaders said. The new party has been named CPN-Maoist-Centre in a function held in the Nepalese Capital Kathmandu on Thursday.

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Pyongyang holds artistic performance to celebrate ruling party congress

​The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held an artistic performance here Wednesday to celebrate the just-concluded 7th Congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

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N. Korea wraps up ruling party congress, Kim Jong Un elected chairman

The ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has wrapped up its 7th Congress which lasted four days and top leader Kim Jong Un has been elected chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), it was announced Monday.

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DPRK ruling party's congress opens, consolidating core leadership

The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Friday opened its 7th Congress -- the first WPK congress in 36 years and the first under the leadership of Kim Jong