‘No turning back’: Carnation Revolution divides Portugal again, 50 years on | The Far Right

‘No turning back’: Carnation Revolution divides Portugal again, 50 years on | The Far Right

Lisbon, Portugal – The olive-green military vehicles are the same, as are the uniforms of the personnel riding them. It’s even the same day of the week on this April 25 – a Thursday. This is when it all started, on the shore of the Tagus River where the sun…

Panama court rules leading candidate Mulino may remain in presidential race | Elections News

Panama court rules leading candidate Mulino may remain in presidential race | Elections News

The decision removes uncertainty over Mulino’s eligibility just two days before the vote in the Central American country. Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that frontrunner Jose Raul Mulino is eligible to run in the Central American country’s presidential election. The ruling on Friday came just two days before the vote…

Solomon Islands elects Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister | Elections News

Solomon Islands elects Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister | Elections News

Former foreign minister wins support of 31 legislators in 50-member house in an election closely watched by China, US and Australia. Legislators in the Solomon Islands have elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as their new prime minister. Manele, who has pledged to continue the Pacific nation’s China-friendly foreign policy,…

Trump held in contempt of court in New York trial for gag order violations | Donald Trump News

Trump held in contempt of court in New York trial for gag order violations | Donald Trump News

Judge in hush money trial says Trump violated the order nine times and warns future violations could result in jail time. The judge in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has held the former United States president in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order. The order…

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the official end of apartheid rule, cemented days later when Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the country’s first Black president. Since the arrival of…

Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’ | India Election 2024

Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’ | India Election 2024

“How many tennis balls can fit in a passenger plane?” Neeraj, a young economics graduate from the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), was given 15 minutes to solve this question during his interview rounds at Nation With Namo (NwN), one of the in-house political consultancies of India’s governing Bharatiya…

‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next? | Elections News

‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next? | Elections News

Very few expected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s party to win Sunday’s parliamentary elections, that too by a landslide. For this was a man whose triumph in the presidential poll last year came by a fluke. Back then, the 45-year-old mayor of the capital Male entered the presidential race only at…

Solomon Islands pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare fails to secure majority | Elections News

Solomon Islands pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare fails to secure majority | Elections News

Sogavare vies with opposition parties to form governing coalition after inconclusive election. The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation. Solomon Islanders voted a week ago…

Maldives votes in parliamentary elections amid India-China rivalry | Elections News

Maldives votes in parliamentary elections amid India-China rivalry | Elections News

President Mohamed Muizzu’s moves to increasingly shift away from New Delhi has caused tension. Maldives is holding parliamentary elections in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, who has turned the archipelago nation away from longtime ally India since coming to power last September. Sunday’s elections are keenly watched by…