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New Zealand’s Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to the media after he was sworn into office at Government House in Wellington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the "pandemic of inflation." (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
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New Zealand’s Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to the media after he was sworn into office at Government House in Wellington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the "pandemic of inflation." (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
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Singh says Liberals must approve national pharmacare plan in 2023
A hanging sign is removed prior a news conference held by Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott, Dr Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, at a Toronto pharmacy on Thursday, November 18, 2021. Health Minister Christine Elliott says Ontario's public health units will be ready to get COVID-19 shots in kids' arms just as soon as new supply arrives, with the federal government expected to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for use in the five to 11 age group tomorrow.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul home, police say
A woman looks at a picture of former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada on her mobile phone, who was shot dead by gunmen last night at her house in Kabul on January 15, 2023. - Mursal Nabizada had been a member of parliament in the previous Western-backed regime who had turned down the opportunity to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban seized power in August 2021. "Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house," Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on January 15. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid cost-of-living crisis, concerns of democracy backsliding
A plastic picker works in La Marsa, outside Tunis, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. To outsiders, Tunisia’s legislative elections Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 look questionable: Many opposition parties are boycotting. A new electoral law makes it harder for women to compete. Foreign media aren’t allowed to talk to candidates. But many voters believe that their country’s decade-old democratic revolution has failed, and welcome their increasingly autocratic president’s political reforms. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
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House of Commons to break for the holidays, return in January
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addresses caucus during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ramaphosa survives vote on impeachment inquiry but emerges weakened as more hurdles await
An African National Congress parliament member celebrates after President Cyril Ramaphosa survives an impeachment vote during South Africa's parliament debate on a report by a panel of experts who found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated his oath of office, following allegations that large sums of foreign currency were hidden at his private game farm, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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European Parliament acts on lawmaker accused in Qatar graft probe
FILE PHOTO: European Parliament vice president, Greek socialist Eva Kaili, is seen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France November 22, 2022. European Union 2022 - Source : EP/­Handout via REUTERS
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EU parliament chief suspends vice president as lobbying scandal simmers
In this handout photograph taken and realeased by European Parliament on December 7, 2022 Greek politician and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili speaks during the European Book Prize award ceremony in Brussels. - Belgian police arrested Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili and four other suspects in connection with an investigation into corruption implicating World Cup hosts Qatar, the prosecutors office said on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Eric VIDAL / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP/ EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by ERIC VIDAL/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Commons tops up Parliamentary interns’ pay amid questions over ‘cash for access’ by private sponsors
Canada geese fly towards the West Block tower as fog fills Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Israel swears in its most right-wing parliament in its history
Israeli Knesset members during the swearing in ceremony of the new Israeli government the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS
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Ireland must change law to ratify EU-Canada trade deal, court rules
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MPs prepare to spend $250-million on tunnels between parliamentary buildings
The ground in front of Parliament Hill's Centre Block is excavated for the building of the new welcome centre, seen during a media tour of Centre Block renovations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Green Party leadership candidates debate ahead of vote, respond to party disarray
Green Party leadership candidate Elizabeth May speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Israel’s Netanyahu appears to hold lead in election
A voter casts their ballot at a polling station in the West Bank village of al-Tireh during the national elections on November 1, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Estimated cost of warship fleet rises to $84-billion thanks to delays, inflation: PBO
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before appearing at the Senate Committee on National Finance, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 in Ottawa. Giroux says delays and inflation are adding billions to the cost of building a new fleet of warships for the Royal Canadian Navy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Boris Johnson returns to Britain to attempt political comeback in wake of Liz Truss resignation
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, at Gatwick Airport, near London, Britain October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after 45 days in office
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation, outside Number 10 Downing Street, London, Britain October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Malaysia election set for Nov. 19 amid fear of floods
Malaysia former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad (C) speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on October 11, 2022. - Snap elections in Malaysia could be held within weeks, analysts said, after Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on October 10 to make way for the polls in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Beleaguered British PM Liz Truss loses second minister in week
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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Iraqi MPs elect new president amid threat of rocket fire
This photo from the Iraqi parliament shows Abdul Latif Rashid the country's new president in Baghdad, on Oct 13, 2022. Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's next president, defying threats of further violence following a barrage of rocket attacks earlier in the day and taking a key step toward ending a crippling political vacuum. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office via AP)
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British government says it won’t reverse tax cuts, reduce public spending
In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website on October 12, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. (Photo by PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " (Photo by -/PRU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Malaysian PM calls early election as ruling party seeks to rise above graft cases
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob at an electronics store in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Ismail announced Monday that Parliament will be dissolved, paving the way for general elections. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Commons speaker calls for clear rules on hybrid sittings of Parliament
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota looks on during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The Conservatives' cheeky catch phrase for inflation under the Liberals has gotten some MPs into trouble in the House of Commons, where saying "Justinflation" has been ruled as verboten. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Crisis-hit Lebanese parliament fails to elect president
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session to elect a new president at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Ontario stays COVID-19 violation charges against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier
Randy Hillier, independent MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston argues with police at a protest against government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Peterborough, Ont., on April 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
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Bill Blaikie, who served as an NDP MP for nearly 30 years, has died
Bill Blaikie, MP for Transcona, is photographed in his Winnipeg constituency office Thursday, March 15, 2007. Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as an MP, has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Want more civility in Parliament? Give MPs meaningful work
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Australian lawmakers pay tribute to queen, discuss republic
Australian Governor-General David Hurley, center left, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, rear center left, leave at the end of the national memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. An Australian national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday centered on Parliament House, where dignitaries placed sprigs of golden wattle, the national floral emblem, in a wreath. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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Sweden’s Moderate Party leader gets nod to try form a new government
Sweden's Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson gives a press conference at the Riksdagen, the Swedish parliament, after his meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament at the speaker's round to appoint a prime minister who will be tasked to form a new government. (Photo by Tim ARO / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by TIM ARO/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
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Compared with Charles I and II, the new model is a royal improvement with a much smaller role
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Swedish right prepares for power as Prime Minister Andersson accepts election defeat
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson gives a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden September 14, 2022. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via REUTERS
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Rules issued for those wanting to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, as it arrives at Holyroodhouse, where it will lie in rest for a day, in Edinburgh, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Pool Photo via AP)
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Swedish right opposition inches ahead in election cliff-hanger
Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson arrives at a polling station in Strangnas, Sweden, September 11, 2022. Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.
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Six arrested after Extinction Rebellion protest inside British parliament
Extinction Rebellion activists protest inside the House of Commons in London, Britain September 2, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Extinction Rebellion UK/via REUTERS