As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election | Business and Economy News

As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election | Business and Economy News

Wednesday’s “disappointing” inflation data in the United States showed a jump from February, dampening expectations of an interest rate cut and raising concerns that inflation could remain stubbornly high. The data has implications not just for the US Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, but also for the candidates in…

‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election | Elections News

‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election | Elections News

Tensions are rising in Togo over major constitutional reforms ahead of delayed parliamentary elections. The constitutional reboot was approved by lawmakers last month but resubmitted for “consultations” as public anger over its stealthy passage through parliament mounted with police breaking up an opposition news conference and cracking down on protests….

South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide | Elections News

South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide | Elections News

President Yoon Suk-yeol promises changes, top aides quit, after opposition parties sweep National Assembly elections. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has promised changes to his conservative administration after opposition parties romped to victory in Wednesday’s elections for the National Assembly. With 99 percent of the votes counted, the main opposition…

Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing

Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing

Cape Town, South Africa – In the backyard of a small house in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain stands a one-room corrugated iron structure. Inside, Cheryl-Ann Smith, her husband and three grandsons have made a home. They are among thousands of so-called “backyard dwellers” in this impoverished area locals call Lost…

South Koreans vote in election seen as test of President Yoon Suk-yeol | Elections News

South Koreans vote in election seen as test of President Yoon Suk-yeol | Elections News

South Korean voters could punish the ruling conservative party at the ballot box amid discontent over Yoon’s leadership. Voting is under way in South Korea in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk-yeol amid frustration about the cost of living and corruption. Polls opened at 6am (19:00…

Arizona’s top court allows near-total 1864 abortion ban to go into effect | Courts News

Arizona’s top court allows near-total 1864 abortion ban to go into effect | Courts News

In 1864, the territory of Arizona in the United States passed a law that criminalised nearly all abortions. Arizona was not even a state at the time of the law’s passage. But now, 160 years later, its state Supreme Court has ruled the near-total ban can go into effect in…

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma wins court bid to contest upcoming election | Elections News

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma wins court bid to contest upcoming election | Elections News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, South Africa’s electoral court overturns earlier decision that had barred the ex-president from contesting the polls. A South African court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from…

Slovakia elects new president amid divisions over Ukraine war | Elections News

Slovakia elects new president amid divisions over Ukraine war | Elections News

Russia and Ukraine a key point of contention between two leading candidates who went into the election neck and neck. Voters in Slovakia went to the polls to pick a new president on Saturday, choosing between pro-Western opposition candidate Ivan Korcok and Peter Pellegrini running for the governing nationalist left…

‘Fishing’: Judge denies Trump team bid to seize NBC Stormy Daniels material | Donald Trump News

‘Fishing’: Judge denies Trump team bid to seize NBC Stormy Daniels material | Donald Trump News

Judge Juan Merchan criticised the defence team’s attempt to compel NBC to turn over documents related to Stormy Daniels. A New York Judge has blocked an attempt by Donald Trump‘s lawyers to force the NBC news network to turn over materials related to a recent documentary about adult film actor…