Election
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Dodging Regulators, US Gamblers Bet Big On 2024 Election
Like many American political watchers, a Nevada resident named Domer had an opinion about who would emerge from turmoil within the Republican Party to become the next speaker of the…
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Ohio Abortion Vote This Week May Ripple To 2024 US Election
As the clock ticks down on a high-stakes vote in the US state of Ohio, activists are out in force urging voters to decide whether to explicitly enshrine the right…
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One Year From Election, Polls Offer Gloomy View For Biden
With exactly a year to go before the US presidential election, a new string of polls painted a grim picture Sunday for Joe Biden, showing him trailing likely challenger Donald…
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Turkey’s Opposition Picks Leader After Election Defeat
Turkey’s main opposition party voted Saturday on whether to stick by its embattled leader or rally around an untested former pharmacist following a disappointing election defeat to President Recep Tayyip…
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Taiwan’s Opposition Parties To Team Up In Parliamentary Election
Taiwan’s two leading opposition parties agreed Monday to team up for January’s parliamentary elections, but they stopped short on joining forces for a presidential ticket. The announcement followed a meeting…
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US To Ease Venezuela Oil, Gas Sanctions After Election Deal
The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country’s government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year, the Treasury Department said…
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Debt, Inflation And The Peso: Argentina’s Election Worries
Argentina is Latin America’s third-largest economy, bursting with natural resources, but has been unable to claw its way out of decades of economic instability that has brought its population to…
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Poland’s Liberal Opposition On Course To Win Election
Poland’s liberal opposition on Monday celebrated exit polls showing it had won a parliamentary majority in the weekend elections, paving the way for potentially huge change after eight years of…
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Poland Votes In ‘Most Important’ Election Since Communism
Poland votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could greatly affect future ties with the European Union and neighbouring Ukraine, as the ruling populists bid for a third consecutive term…
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Gibraltar Votes In Closely Fought Election
Gibraltar votes on Thursday in a tight election which could affect talks on a deal settling the tiny British overseas territory’s ties with the European Union following Brexit. Around 25,000…
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Radical Outsider Fires Up Young Argentines Ahead Of Election
Tiago Codevilla, 17, has only ever known his country, Argentina, bedeviled by inflation and economic woes, his parents constantly short of money and cursing those in power. As he prepares…
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Tory Activists Still Harbour Hopes As UK Election Looms
Britain’s grassroots Conservatives braving national railway strikes and the Manchester rain to attend their party’s annual conference appeared pragmatic Monday about the electoral realities they face. But delegates in the…
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Musk Guts X’s Election Integrity Teams Ahead Of Major Votes
X-owner Elon Musk said that he had gutted the platform’s team dedicated to preserving election integrity as key votes in many countries are approaching. “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’…
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Nigeria Court To Rule On Opposition Election Challenge
A Nigerian appeals court on Wednesday will rule on an opposition challenge to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in an eagerly awaited decision. The five-judge Abuja court has been…
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Trump Pleads Not Guilty In Georgia Election Case
Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia. The…