Election
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No Election ‘Without Me,’ Vows Venezuela’s Banned Contender
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has been disqualified from running in this year’s presidential election, insisted Monday that the poll could not take place without her. Venezuela’s Supreme…
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Pakistan Election Won’t End Strife, Warns Rights Warden
Pakistan’s preeminent rights activist describes the upcoming election as a messy melodrama staged by an emboldened military, unlikely to bring down the curtain on a cast of crises plaguing the…
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Ex-Pakistan PM Khan, Party Erased From Election Campaign
Pakistani cricketing legend turned world leader Imran Khan is wildly popular in his constituency and ancestral homeland of Mianwali, but the political posters that line the streets do not bare…
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Indonesian Women Hope Election Breaks Them Into Boys’ Club
Indonesia’s election lineup next month will be dominated by men, but a number of women are trying to break into a political scene long overshadowed by patriarchal elites. More than…
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Can We Safeguard Election Integrity Against AI Interference?
In this era of the unparalleled rise of Generative AI, concerns over its possible interference in elections have incited proactive actions from both tech companies and election officials. This poses…
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Biden, Harris Put Abortion Rights On Election Frontline
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will push the fight for abortion rights in a series of events this week, highlighting what Democrats believe is political kryptonite…
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UK Taking Election Interference Threats ‘Very Seriously’
The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year “very seriously”, the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official. “Obviously, that’s something…
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DeSantis Ends Election Campaign, Backs Trump
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was once the leading Republican rival to Donald Trump, ended his election campaign on Sunday and threw his support behind the former president. DeSantis’s withdrawal,…
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Trump Passes Major US Election Test With Win In Iowa
Donald Trump swept to victory Monday in Iowa’s caucuses — the first vote in the US presidential race — cementing his status as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer to challenge President…
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What’s Next For Taiwan After The Election?
President-elect Lai Ching-te may have won the top job in Taiwan’s elections, but he must now chart an uneasy path on the doorstep of an increasingly assertive China. Despite Beijing’s…
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Taiwan Tells China To ‘Face Reality’ After Election
Taiwan on Sunday told China to “face reality” and respect its election result, after voters defied Beijing’s warnings and chose pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president. Voters spurned Beijing’s repeated…
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US Presidential Election Heats Up As Frigid Iowa Tests Trump
Voters venture into sub-zero temperatures Monday to kick off the Republican presidential nomination race with the Iowa caucuses, the first major test of whether runaway front-runner Donald Trump is as…
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Taiwan Votes In Key Election Under Chinese Threats
Millions of Taiwanese head to the polls Saturday for a presidential election closely watched across the world, as the new leader will set the course for the democratic island facing…
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‘Our Way Of Life’: Taiwan To Vote In Election Dominated By China
Taiwan will vote for a new president on Saturday in an election closely watched across the world, as the new leader will set the course for the democratic island facing…
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US Election Top Risk To World No Matter Who Wins: Consultancy
The US presidential election will pose the greatest political risk to the world in 2024 no matter who wins, with institutions of the most powerful democracy certain to take a…
