Election
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Fulton DA Fani Willis Given Hard Deadline to Hand Over Trump Election Interference Documents
Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis has been given a hard deadline to hand over documents from her election interference investigation on now President-elect Donald Trump. Concretely, Superior Judge Robert McBurney…
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Social Democrats Set To Overtake Ruling Party In Iceland Snap Election
Iceland’s opposition Social Democrats were ahead in vote counting on Sunday after a snap election prompted by the collapse of the fraught coalition government. With the ballots of more than…
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Scholz, Rival Trade Blows As German Election Campaign Kicks Off
Three months before elections, Germany’s embattled Olaf Scholz kicked off the campaign Saturday by attacking his conservative rival as cold towards the poor but a hothead who would play “Russian…
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Namibia Reopens Polls After Election Chaos In Ruling Party Test
Namibians seized their second chance to vote Friday after elections were extended following logistic and technical failings that prevented many from casting their ballots two days ago, angering opposition parties…
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Ireland Votes In Closely Fought General Election
Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. Polls…
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Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving After Bitter Election
Parades, football and feasts were on the menu Thursday as Americans celebrate the annual Thanksgiving holiday, with stormy skies and the bitterly fought election hanging over many festivities. Despite a…
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Recount Order, TikTok Claims Throw Romania Election Into Chaos
Romania’s presidential election was thrown into chaos Thursday as a court ordered a recount of first-round results and security officials alleged that interference via TikTok had boosted a little-known far-right…
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Indonesians Vote In Regional Election Seen As Test For Prabowo
Indonesians voted on Wednesday to pick local leaders in the country’s biggest simultaneous regional election, with President Prabowo Subianto seeking to consolidate his grip on power. More than 200 million…
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Bumper Election Year Brings Headwinds For Liberal Democracies
Voting by more than half the world’s population in 2024 elections has left many liberal democracies facing crises of confidence, political fragmentation and heightened polarisation, with some observers fearing new…
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Elon Musk Admits He Was Wrong After Jeff Bezos Shows Up On X To Knock Down False Election Claim
AFP Elon Musk has corrected himself after falsely accusing fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos of pre-election day conduct that Bezos himself took to X (formerly Twitter) to deny. Posting from the…
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Iowa Pollster Hits Back at Trump Over ‘Election Fraud’ Claim: He ‘Praised Me’ When ‘I’ve Done the Polls That He Liked’
An Iowa pollster who incorrectly predicted that Kamala Harris would beat Donald Trump in the presidential election hit back at the president-elect after he accused her of “election fraud.” Getty…
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Pollster Behind Infamously Wrong Presidential Election Poll Announces Immediate Retirement: ‘I’m Humbled’
Chandan Khanna/Getty Images The trusted veteran pollster who wrongly predicted a Kamala Harris lead over President-elect Trump has announced her immediate retirement from election polling, citing both professional humility and…
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Favourable outlook seen for Nikkei 225 Index after US election
THE Nikkei 225 Index Futures contract – available in standard, mini, and micro sizes – is based on the underlying Nikkei 225 Index. The 3 largest constituents of the index…
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Young Libyans Gear Up For Their First Ever Election
Young Libyans have mobilised for Saturday’s municipal elections, the first time many will vote in the fractured North African country where polls have been rare since Moamer Kadhafi’s 2011 overthrow.…
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Giuliani Spokesman Posts Video Complaining About Having to Turn Over Ex-Mayor’s Luxury Watch Collection to Defamed Election Workers: ‘Bastardization of Our Justice System’
Alex Kent via Getty Images; @TedCGoodman via X Rudy Giuliani’s spokesperson shared a video on Thursday evening showing the former New York City mayor’s prized watch collection being surrendered under…
