(VOVWORLD) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he will no longer seek the vice presidency in next year's election and will retire from politics, meaning he will not race for...
(VOVWORLD) - Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and...
(VOVWORLD) - Germans went to the polls on Sunday in a national election too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor...
(VOVWORLD) - China has filed an application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as the world's second-biggest economy looks to bolster its clout...
(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government may convene an extraordinary session of parliament on October 4 to elect Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's successor, according to Kyodonews
(VOVWORLD) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Sunday that he will resign in November to allow a successor to prepare for the 2022 elections
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has asked the Singaporean Ministry of Defence to help Vietnam access COVID-19 vaccines and production technology
(VOVWORLD) - Malaysia's king asked leaders from different parties to work together to address the economic and health woes facing the country, as he began a search on Tuesday to...
(VOVWORLD) - Miss Universe 2020 will be the 69th edition of the Miss Universe competition. Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa will crown her successor at end of the event
(VOVWORLD) - The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, US Army General Austin Scott Miller, says US and NATO forces have begun to withdraw troops from Afghanistan as President Joe Biden...
(VOVWORLD) - The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the US will take place on Wednesday in Washington DC
(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump does not plan to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods before his successor Joe Biden takes office next month, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow...
(VOVWORLD) - Terry Branstad will be stepping down as United States Ambassador to China after more than three years in Beijing, a source confirmed to CNN Monday
(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Abe Shinzo announced Friday that he is stepping down for health reasons
(VOVWORLD) - World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Roberto Azevedo on Thursday suddenly announced that he will resign in August, a year earlier than scheduled
(VOVWORLD) -Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide, apparently after becoming “deeply worried” about economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, state premier Volker Bouffier...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed on Saturday Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as new prime minister, a successor to Adel Abdul Mahdi, who resigned in November during mass unrest
(VOVWORLD) - The Islamic State on Thursday confirmed the death of its founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and announced his successor
(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on Monday for outgoing UK defence attaché Colonel David Houghton and his successor Col. Beatrix V...
(VOVWORLD) - Doi Son pagoda, which literally translates to ‘pagoda on the Doi mountain,’ is a cultural symbol of Ha Nam province and a sacred place in the Red River Delta....