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Yael Braun-Pivet becomes first woman speaker of French parliament

France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday agreed to pick an MP from President Emmanuel Macron's coalition as the first woman speaker, despite the ruling alliance lo

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Massive brawl in Armenian Parliament

01:18 During a parliament session on Wednesday, lawmakers hurled objects at each other.Chaos soon broke out on the house floor when a member of Prime Minister Pashinyan’s party tried to

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Swedish Social Dems leader proposed as PM: parliament speaker

Sweden's parliament speaker on Monday proposed Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as prime minister.It came a week after Lofven resigned as prime minister on June 28 following a non-confidence vote

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Swedish PM Lofven resigns

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he had handed in his notice of resignation, giving parliament's speaker the job of finding a new prime minister.Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in

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Iran: UN inspectors will no longer access images from nuclear sites

Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had expired as of Saturday, Iran's news agency Fars said,

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Nepal PM Oli loses confidence vote in parliament

Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday.Out of the 232 lawmakers present, 93 voted in favor of Oli while 124 were against him and 15 did not vote, Parliam

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Assembly speaker okays 'impeachment' probe into Cuomo allegations

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Thursday that he has authorized the Assembly Judiciary Committee to start an "impeachment investigation" into sexual misconduct allegations agains

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Pakistani PM wins confidence vote amid opposition protests, boycott

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan won a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday in a session marked by opposition boycott and protests.Khan was able to secure 178 votes, exceeding the 172 re

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Pelosi: U.S. lawmakers will set up commission to probe Capitol attack

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday lawmakers will establish a commission to review the "facts and causes" related to the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-

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Pelosi says the House 'will proceed' to impeach Trump

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House "will proceed" with bringing legislation to impeach President Donald Trump to the floor in a letter late Sunday to colleagues, according to the AP.

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Pelosi says House preparing to move forward on Trump impeachment

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she has instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach President Donald Trump if the Republican doesn't resig

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Nancy Pelosi reelected as U.S. House speaker

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California was reelected on Sunday as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, where her party has a narrow majority.Pelosi received support from 216 Dem

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House GOP blocks Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks

U.S. House Republicans on Thursday blocked the Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks after President Donald Trump asked Congress to increase amount of direct payments to American

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Slovak PM Matovic tests positive for coronavirus

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic has tested positive for COVID-19, the government informed in a short press release Friday."For this reason, the prime minister has canceled all work programs," i

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Micheal Martin elected new PM of Ireland

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected as new prime minister of Ireland in a vote held here on Saturday at a special meeting of the lower house of the Irish parliament. Announcing the vot

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Vlog: Bolivian volunteer helps community virus fight in Beijing

A Bolivian girl living in Beijing has been volunteering in her community to help epidemic prevention and control since Feb. 11. Maria Renee Cruz, a Spanish, English an

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Venezuela opposition lawmakers force way into legislative building

In Venezuela - opposition leader Juan Guaido has been sworn in for another term as speaker of Parliament. But it wasn't easy.The National Guard tried to block him from entering the Parliament buildin