Former Vice Premier Eric Chu won the Kuomintang (KMT) party chairman election on Sept. 25 with 46% of the vote, beating reform-minded incumbent Johnny Chiang’s 19% and pro-unification Chang Ya-chung’s 33%, Focus Taiwan reported Sept. 25.
Malian Interim Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said that Mali’s February 2022 national and legislative elections may be postponed to avoid the contestation of their validity, Reuters reported Sept. 27.Â
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso presented an economic reform package to the country's National Assembly that seeks to raise an additional $700 million in state revenue by raising taxes and changing labor regulations, BNAmericas reported Sept. 24.Â
Peruvian Prime Minister Guido Bellido stated that companies operating in the natural gas sector will need to share a higher percentage of profits with the state or face nationalization, La Republica reported Sept. 26.
Farmers in India called for a nationwide strike one year after the enactment of contentious agricultural reform laws passed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in September 2020, Al Jazeera reported Sept. 27.
Russia and Belarus will act jointly in response to an alleged expansion of NATO troop activity in Ukraine, which crosses a red line for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported Sept. 27.
The CIA recalled its highest-ranking official in Vienna, Austria, in part due to what some agency officials considered an insufficient response to cases of Havana Syndrome, an illness believed to be caused by some type of microwave weapon, The Washington Post reported Sept. 23.
Investors placed $34 billion worth of orders for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Drilling’s $1.1 billion initial public offering (IPO), The National reported Sept. 27.
A spokesman for Yemen's Houthi rebel forces said the group had captured the remainder of Al Bayda province in central Yemen, Al-Masirah TV reported Sept. 23.
India has put a huge reorganization of its military in motion, including the integration of its army, air force and navy and the establishment of four main theater commands to be completed by 2024, Bloomberg reported Sept. 23.
