Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has emerged victorious after the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday. Here’s what comes next. What were the results of the Austria election? According to a projection based on the count of nearly all the votes by pollster Foresight for Austrian public broadcaster ORF: The FPO…
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Transport a Sri Lankan citizen from the early 1990s to the past week of the island’s politics, and you may just break their brain. Back then, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Marxist outfit that the country’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now leads, was reviled…
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) has topped the country’s national elections in a historic victory but is likely to struggle to find partners that would enable it to form a governing coalition. The FPOe won 28.8 percent of votes, beating the ruling conservative People’s Party (OeVP) into second place at…
Bassirou Diomaye Faye on domestic and geopolitical challenges, five months into his presidency. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest elected leader, became Senegal’s president in April, weeks after being released from prison. The 44-year-old’s rise followed political unrest and marked him as a symbol of hope for the Senegalese youth. Faye…
The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official, alleging that they had removed voters who had previously been issued noncitizen identification numbers from its election rolls too close to election day. Noncitizen identification numbers are a tax-processing number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to…
Embattled North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized Friday after an “incident” during a campaign stop at a truck show left him with burns. “Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is currently being treated for burns following an incident at a campaign event in Mt. Airy,” Matt Hurley, a campaign…
The ex-defence minister has won the leadership election of Liberal Democratic Party which holds a majority in parliament. Shigeru Ishiba has won the leadership election of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and is set to become the country’s next prime minister. The former defence minister, 67, prevailed on Friday…
Japan’s governing party will choose a new leader on Friday to replace Fumio Kishida who announced his resignation in August. The winner of the contest for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest in parliament, will become the country’s next prime minister. Most analysts expect the new leader…
Mayor Eric Adams already has several Democratic challengers in the 2025 race — and more contenders may seize his bombshell indictment as an opportunity to throw their hat in the ring. Adams vowed to keep leading the Big Apple once news of the indictment broke Wednesday night, but whether he…
No-confidence motion fails to pass in House of Commons, but Justin Trudeau faces more challenges ahead. Justin Trudeau has survived a no-confidence vote in Canada’s Parliament, the latest test for the embattled Canadian prime minister, who has seen his popularity plummet in recent years. Legislators voted 211-120 on Wednesday to…
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