France’s far right leads in first round of elections, exit polls show | Elections News

France’s far right leads in first round of elections, exit polls show | Elections News

France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a clear lead in the first round of the country’s snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. Pollsters IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay and Elabe projected Marine Le Pen’s RN winning around 34 percent of votes, while the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition was…

7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories | Elections News

7.6 million: How England’s healthcare waiting list trebled under the Tories | Elections News

After 14 years of a Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom, far more people are waiting to access medical care, and for longer. The NHS waiting list for treatment referrals in England hit 7.6 million cases in April – a threefold rise since 2010. The referral-to-treatment figures show the…

French National Assembly election: What’s at stake and what to expect? | Elections News

French National Assembly election: What’s at stake and what to expect? | Elections News

French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday in the first of two rounds to elect 577 members of the National Assembly, as country looks set to enter a new political era. The elections come after French President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap vote triggered by a crushing defeat…

Iran heads to presidential run-off on July 5 amid record low turnout | Elections News

Iran heads to presidential run-off on July 5 amid record low turnout | Elections News

Tehran, Iran – The snap presidential election in Iran is heading into a run-off next week after reformist-backed Masoud Pezeshkian and hardliner Saeed Jalili emerged at the top but failed to secure a majority in a vote with a record-low turnout. Only 40 percent of more than 61 million eligible…

Preliminary election results show Mongolian People’s Party in the lead | Elections News

Preliminary election results show Mongolian People’s Party in the lead | Elections News

Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene declares victory in the country’s parliamentary elections but the opposition makes significant gains. The governing Mongolian People’s Party retained a slim majority in the country’s parliament with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains, according to preliminary results reported early Saturday. Mongolia’s Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene…

Re-energized Biden comes out swinging after dreadful Trump debate | Joe Biden News

Re-energized Biden comes out swinging after dreadful Trump debate | Joe Biden News

President Joe Biden says he ‘fully intends’ to win the November election at a fiery campaign rally in North Carolina, brushing aside calls to step down. US President Joe Biden sought to project an image of confidence during a rally in North Carolina after a woeful performance in a debate…

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t | Politics News

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t | Politics News

Johannesburg, South Africa – Nearly a month since landmark national elections saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time, forcing it to form a coalition to govern South Africa, a deadlock stemming from the allocation of cabinet positions threatened to topple the whole house of…

Macron’s election gamble ignited a much-needed flame in the French Left | Elections

Macron’s election gamble ignited a much-needed flame in the French Left | Elections

“Nobody thought we could do it, and we still did it,” Marine Tondelier, the leader of the French Green Party, said as she rejoiced the formation of the Nouveau Front populaire (New Popular Front), an alliance of left-wing parties ready to fight in the snap French legislative elections on June…