The far-right National Rally's Marine Le Pen and Paris's Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo launched their campaigns on Sunday to challenge Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming presidential elections.
The Balkan country will hold its third parliamentary elections and the first round of the regular presidential election on the same date, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev says.
Brooklyn Inshallah follows three Americans: Father Khader El Yateem, an Arab Lutheran pastor running for NYC Council, Muslim activist Linda Sarsour, and local community organizer, Aber Kawas.
Justin Trudeau called an early election for September 20, saying he needed a new mandate to ensure voters approved of his Liberal government's plan to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zambia is voting in a showdown between President Edgar Lungu and opposition rival Hakainde Hichilema after a campaign dominated by economic woes and the coronavirus pandemic.
Pedro Castillo, a rural schoolteacher, has promised to upend a quarter-century of neo-liberal government. Castillo said he would send a bill to parliament with a view to organising a referendum on replacing the constitution.
Ariel Henry assumes the role of Haiti's de facto leader nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise was gunned down.
Castillo, whose supporters include Peru’s poor and rural citizens, defeated right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori by just 44,000 votes.
The Reform Movement is facing the consequences of focusing on securing a place in the political establishment rather than advocating for the civil and political rights their supporters demanded.
President Emmanuel Macron-affiliated candidates could not win a single regional poll, signalling that the upcoming presidential elections will be an uphill battle for the embattled leader.
Attempts to portray the performative elections as otherwise look foolish, and won’t convince the public.
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, who was forced to resign as prime minister after protests earlier this year, will replace incumbent Khaltmaa Battulga who was denied an opportunity to seek re-election.
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