2025-10-21 a6b8d0e4ca47d85ad00540ce93406b8fa36467f5 13 House of Representatives 70 /wiki/house%20of%20representatives%20(japan) Japan 13 /wiki/japan Japan Innovation Party 238 /wiki/japan%20innovation%20party Liberal Democratic Party 115 /wiki/liberal%20democratic%20party%20(japan) Sanae Takaichi 1 /wiki/sanae%20takaichi coalition government 171 /wiki/coalition%20government prime minister 36 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20japan House of Representatives Japan Japan Innovation Party Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi coalition government prime minister Sanae Takaichi /feed/2025/10/21/sanae-takaichi-is-elected-as-japan-s-first-female-prime-minister-by-the-house-of-representatives-after-her-party-the-li NPR 21 6301e2b323117724e8583ceab9e1c4de9d4d0b9c 10 https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5581178/japan-sanae-takaichi-female-prime-minister 2025 The Japan Times 21 ea4bf0d9940cbbf6b83ea52a9ed9880cf6227b89 10 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-elected-japan-prime-minister/ 2025 Sanae Takaichi is elected as Japan's first female prime minister by the House of Representatives after her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, agreed to form a coalition government with the Japan Innovation Party. 2025-10-21 64ff71915824c72f316cb19fd0327d41616d54ba 12 José Jerí 37 /wiki/jose%20jeri Lima 116 /wiki/lima Peru 2 /wiki/peru Peruvian political crisis (2016–present) 1 /wiki/peruvian%20political%20crisis%20(2016-present) crime 172 /wiki/crime%20in%20peru president 14 /wiki/president%20of%20peru state of emergency 71 /wiki/state%20of%20emergency José Jerí Lima Peru Peruvian political crisis (2016–present) crime president state of emergency Peruvian political crisis (2016–present) /feed/2025/10/21/peruvian-president-jose-jeri-declares-a-30-day-state-of-emergency-in-lima-in-an-attempt-to-curb-rising-crime Reuters 21 efd7a70270cd8dae253b88fa40a0272141b44403 10 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-declares-30-day-state-emergency-lima-tackle-rising-crime-2025-10-22/ 2025 Peruvian president José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime. 2025-10-21 a47ddac9658229f18a8ce62cb11db51d40372ffc 11 Colombia 1 /wiki/colombia bribery 36 /wiki/bribery court 13 /wiki/judiciary%20of%20colombia fraud 238 /wiki/fraud house arrest 171 /wiki/house%20arrest president 70 /wiki/president%20of%20colombia Álvaro Uribe 115 /wiki/alvaro%20uribe Colombia bribery court fraud house arrest president Álvaro Uribe Colombia /feed/2025/10/21/a-colombian-court-overturns-a-bribery-conviction-against-former-president-alvaro-uribe-who-had-been-sentenced-to-12-yea DW 21 180af1ccaefa629d0ec93aa9e4bdd93ea1698b6f 10 https://www.dw.com/en/colombia-court-overturns-uribe-witness-tampering-conviction/a-74448191 2025 Reuters 21 8d431d8ec311d35c9a0630466e70f69a759aaa96 10 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombian-court-strikes-down-former-presidents-bribery-conviction-2025-10-21/ 2025 A Colombian court overturns a bribery conviction against former president Álvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in August 2025. 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