At the stroke of 12:01pm on Friday, as soon as Donald Trump is sworn in as president and Barack Obama relinquishes the office, dozens of federal workers will swing into action at the White House to replace one commander in chief's creature comforts - favourite snacks, clothes, toiletries, artwork and furniture - with those of his successor.
The Turkish parliament on Sunday passed in a first reading a controversial bill bolstering the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan that critics claim will lead to one-man rule.
Turkey's parliament approved key articles of a constitutional reform overnight which would allow the president to be a member of a political party and issue decrees, bringing a step closer the executive presidency sought by Tayyip Erdogan.
Roman Herzog, who as German president was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Tuesday (Jan 10). He was 82.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet with Donald Trump in Washington in the spring, a representative said, in the first visit with the new president by the leader of one of the United States' closest allies.
President Park Geun-hye on Sunday denied allegations against her of involvement in a corruption scandal surrounding her longtime confidante, as the Constitutional Court accelerates its legal review of her impeachment case.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named top aid Kellyanne Conway as the counselor to the president, an on-and-off senior position in the White House.
The United States Electoral College is expected on Monday (Dec 19) to officially select Republican Donald Trump as the next president in a vote that is usually routine but takes place this year amid allegations of Russian hacking to try to influence the election.
The U.S. Electoral College is expected on Monday to officially select Republican Donald Trump as the next president in a vote that is usually routine but takes place this year amid allegations of Russian hacking to try to influence the election.
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will resign after the 2017 draft budget is approved, the Italian president said on Monday.
South Korea's opposition parties filed an impeachment motion against scandal-hit President Park Geun Hye on Saturday (Dec 3) as a fresh weekly protest was expected to draw a million protesters, organisers said.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has let lawmakers decide on her fate, but it kindled public confusion about what the embattled president intended to do with her national address over a scandal involving herself.
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday denied speculation that two senior officials offered to resign due to a conflict with President Park Geun-hye over the corruption scandal involving her and her confidante.
Australia's prime minister has taken a "farewell selfie" after his final meeting with Barack Obama as the US president.
South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspired with her longtime confidante and former aides, indicating the scandal-hit president will be seen as a criminal suspect in a future investigation.
South Korean political heavyweights on Tuesday demanded President Park Geun-hye step down or be impeached over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday accepted a bilateral dialogue offer from chief of the main opposition Minjoo Party following the biggest mass rally in three decades over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
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