CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Parliament is due to elect a president on Friday and major political parties are still working out the last details of a coalition agreement that might or might not see Cyril Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa’s most industrialized economy. It appears likely […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country’s president on Friday after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. The […]
CHEYENNE — An AI-generated candidate has filed to run for Cheyenne mayor, and county officials are investigating whether VIC, an acronym for Virtual Integrated Citizen, can appear on the ballot. Under Wyoming law, only registered voters can run for local or statewide elected office. But can a person file an artificial intelligence as a candidate? […]
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Voters ousted an incumbent and elected several newcomers to the RSU 21 School Board during the annual town election in all three of the district’s communities on June 11. In Kennebunkport, challenger Rachel Kennedy-Smith beat appointed incumbent Diane Franz for a one-year stint for an unfinished term on the School Board. Rachel […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Voters began casting their ballots in Hungary early Sunday to choose their representatives for the European Parliament in an election many see as a referendum on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s popularity. This comes amid fears that right-wing populists like Orbán are likely to make significant gains which could undermine the ability […]
Mexico’s election is now the bloodiest in its modern history. It’s also the largest. A local government candidate in central Puebla state was killed on Friday, increasing the total number of candidates who have been assassinated to 37 ahead of Sunday’s vote, according to data from security consultancy Integralia obtained by Reuters. On June 2, […]
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum and opposition hopeful Xochitl Galvez, both 61, have dominated the presidential race in the world’s most populous […]
(Bloomberg) — Constitutional reforms pitched by Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are a threat to judicial independence, violate international legal standards and undermine democracy, three law and advocacy groups said Thursday. Most Read from Bloomberg The Mexican Bar Association, the Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab, and the Inter-American Dialogue’s Rule of […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I will […]
Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister on Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Mr Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I will discharge my […]
The Richland County Republican Central and Executive Committee met April 9 and elected officers. Marilyn John is chair of the Executive Committee, Bill Freytag is vice chair, Lu Blankenship is treasurer and Zoi Romanchuk is secretary. Central Committee officers elected were Megan Whatman as chair, Cliff Mears as vice chair and Jane Zimmermann as secretary. […]
TALLAHASSEE — The Tampa prosecutor suspended from his job by Gov. Ron DeSantis — who remains locked in a legal battle with the governor — announced Tuesday he would ask voters to return him to his post. Andrew Warren, a Democrat who was twice elected as Hillsborough County state attorney, said back in January he […]