Tag: postelection

India’s Modi plans post-election reforms to rival Chinese manufacturing

By Ira Dugal and Aftab Ahmed DHOLERA, India /NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans a raft of business-friendly measures if he wins a third term this week, including pushing through regulations making it easier to hire and fire workers, according to two government officials familiar with the matter. As part of […]

Maddow Blog | Trump fails to rule out possibility of post-election violence

As part of Donald Trump’s extraordinary interviews with Time magazine’s Eric Cortellessa, the former president told the national politics reporter that he wasn’t concerned about post-election unrest. “I think we’re going to win and there won’t be violence,” the Republican said. Two weeks later, Cortellessa sat down with Trump and asked the right follow-up question: […]

Wayne County post-election audit shows no county inaccuracies

The Wayne County Board of Elections has completed the audit of votes cast in the March 19 primary election. The audit, which took place on April 15, has been reported to the Ohio Secretary of State with 100% accuracy. The post-election audit was conducted by completing a hand count of 5% of the ballots cast […]

U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan in post-election show of support

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Taiwan Caucus, Republican Representative Mario Diaz Balart and Democratic Representative Ami Bera, have arrived in Taipei, their offices said on Tuesday, in a show of support after the island’s election. The two members of Congress plan to engage with senior officials […]

Taiwan loses first ally post-election as Nauru goes over to China

(Fixes typo in headline, no change to text) SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Nauru will sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognise China, the government of the small Pacific Islands nation said on Monday, marking Taipei’s first diplomatic ally to switch to Beijing following a presidential election. The Nauru government said that “in the best interests” of […]