Re-election

How COVID Response Sank Suga

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga came into office pledging to devote himself to tackling the coronavirus, but in the end his response to the pandemic appears to have been his undoing.When Suga took office in September, Japan had already weathered early waves of the virus, settling on a policy that depended on the population being careful while the economy mostly stayed open.And it was the attempt to keep business moving which led to the first crisis of his administration, over a domesti

5 September 2021
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Trump launches 2020 reelection campaign

President Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection campaign Tuesday, whipping up a crowd of at least 20,000 with a nationalist boast about the United States (US) economy being the "envy" of the world and warning that opposition Democrats want to "destroy" the country.Promising the packed arena in Orlando, Florida an "earthquake at the ballot box," Trump said: "We did it once and we're going to do it again – and this time we're go

19 June 2019
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