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After Backlash, Ukraine Votes to Restore Watchdogs’ Powers

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move last week to neuter two anticorruption agencies drew the country’s first street protests since Russia’s invasion.

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Protesters took to the streets of Kyiv earlier this month in response to a law signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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India Says It Killed 3 Militants Behind Spring Terrorist Attack in Kashmir

The government has faced criticism for being slow to catch the shooters who slaughtered 26 civilians and started clashes between India and Pakistan.

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An Indian soldier clearing the road on Monday at a checkpoint near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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The Far Right in Germany Wants to Soften Its Image, Not Its Policies

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on immigration and other issues.

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Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany party, in the Bundestag in Berlin this month.
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Zelensky Targeted in Wartime Protests in Ukraine for the First Time

The demonstrators were angered by government moves to dismantle anticorruption efforts and quell dissent.

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At a protest against legislation stripping the independence of anti-corruption agencies, a woman holds a phone saying “Veto” in Ukrainian, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday.
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In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and other leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after the party’s defeat in parliamentary elections.
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Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.
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Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
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Japan Election 2025: What to Know

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing calls to resign after his long-governing party suffered a stark defeat on Sunday, as voters swung right.

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The Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, seen standing, is now a minority party in both houses of Japan’s Parliament.
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