14

Feb

Kosovo goes to polls in vote that could complicate dialogue with Serbia

Kosovo goes to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election that an anti-establishment party is expected to win by a landslide, further complicating Western efforts to resolve a decades-long…

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13

Feb

Ecuador to recount votes from presidential election

Ecuador’s election authority said it will conduct a recount in most of the country to ensure the transparency of Sunday’s presidential elections, after one of the candidates made accusations of…

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13

Feb

Pandemic puts Catalan independence on backseat in Sunday’s election

For close to a decade, campaigning for parliamentary elections in Catalonia has been dominated by its push for independence. But for Sunday's regional ballot, healthcare and the economy have taken…

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10

Feb

Palestinians open election registration offices in West Bank and Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians opened election registration offices in Gaza and the West Bank on Wednesday, one day after rival factions agreed steps to ensure that the first elections in…

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07

Feb

German SPD targets climate-neutral economy in election campaign

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats on Sunday put a target to achieve a carbon neutral economy by 2050 at the centre of their economic platform for federal elections in…

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07

Feb

Ecuadoreans vote for president as voters lean toward socialism

QUITO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing…

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27

Jan

QuoVadis Italia – Conte Version II – from inauguration to resignation

ROME, Jan 26 (CDE) On January 26th, now caretaker prime minister Giuseppe Conte made an impassioned appeal for opposition or unaligned lawmakers in the upper house Senate to give him…

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24

Jan

Trump asked Justice Department to go to Supreme Court to overturn election – Journal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump considered replacing the acting attorney general with an official willing to pursue unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, and he pushed the Justice Department…

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23

Jan

Portugal holds presidential election on Sunday as COVID-19 cases spiral

Portuguese voters - largely confined to their homes due to a strict COVID-19 lockdown - will pick a new president on Sunday, but many fear going to the polls could…

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23

Jan

German CDU confirms Laschet as new leader

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats confirmed centrist Armin Laschet as their new party leader on Friday after a postal ballot, which was required to legally uphold his election by delegates…

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23

Jan

Talk of elections in Italy as Conte struggles for majority

Italy’s main ruling parties on Friday flagged snap elections as the only way out of its political impasse, if Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte fails to drum up a parliamentary majority…

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19

Jan

Bolsonaro allies set to win control of Brazil’s Congress

Despite a deep recession and the world's second-deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, candidates backed by Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are expected to win control of Congress next month, politicians and analysts…

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17

Jan

Distrust, division and doubt cloud Palestinian election call

GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Beset by political infighting, split between three territories and distrustful of their institutions, many Palestinians are sceptical that their first national elections in 15 years…

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16

Jan

Palestinians announce first elections in 15 years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced parliamentary and presidential elections, the first in 15 years, in an effort to heal long-standing internal divisions. The move is widely seen as a response…

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16

Jan

UPDATED: Uganda’s Museveni declared winner of presidential poll

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.…

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16

Jan

UPDATED: Armin Laschet elected new CDU leader

Germany's Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday, aiming to unify their divided party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when…

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16

Jan

UPDATED: End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader

Centrist Armin Laschet and arch-conservative Friedrich Merz went into the final round in the race to lead Germany's Christian Democrats, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to the results…

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12

Jan

Republicans face growing corporate backlash after Capitol assault

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress faced growing blowback on Monday from businesses that said they would cut off campaign contributions to those who voted last week to…

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12

Jan

Canada PM shuffles top Cabinet players ahead of possible election – UPDATE

UPDATE - OTTAWA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named a new foreign minister on Tuesday and shuffled other top players in his Cabinet ahead of an…

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11

Jan

Poll shows majority think Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister

More people think Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister than think he should continue in office, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. The first poll of…

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10

Jan

Nationalist politician likely to win Kyrgyz presidential vote

Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov appears poised to win Kyrgyzstan's presidential election on Sunday, a snap vote triggered by the collapse of the previous government in the Central Asian nation closely…

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09

Jan

Trump will not attend Biden’s inauguration

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, later this month, he said in a tweet on Friday, hours…

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09

Jan

Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears

LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news…

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08

Jan

Germany’s Spahn mulls running as chancellor for Merkel’s party

German Health Minister Jens Spahn is considering putting himself forward to stand as chancellor for Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc in a September federal election, top-selling Bild daily reported on Friday.…

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07

Jan

Kosovo president sets Feb. 14 as date for snap vote

Kosovo’s acting president, Vjosa Osmani, set Feb. 14 as the date for an early parliamentary election, following a decision by the country’s top court to annul the June parliamentary vote…

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06

Jan

Trump calls for peace, tells protesters to go home

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for peace and told protesters to go home after hundreds of demonstrators stormed the U.S. Capitol building and…

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06

Jan

UK, Canada and Germany condemn ‘disgraceful scenes in Washington

LONDON/BERLIN/TORONTO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for an end to the "disgraceful scenes" in Washington, where protesters on Wednesday stormed the U.S. Capitol in a…

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06

Jan

Democrats take control of U.S. Senate as they win second race in Georgia

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in the state of Georgia, giving the…

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06

Jan

Guns and teargas in U.S. Capitol as Trump supporters attempt to overturn his loss

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Police in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday responded with drawn guns and tear gas on Wednesday as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to…

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06

Jan

‘We will not take it any more,’ Trump says as anti-Biden protesters storm U.S. Capitol grounds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters, including members of far-right groups, at a rally in Washington protesting Wednesday's meeting of Congress to confirm his election…

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06

Jan

Update – VP Pence defies Trump – Trump attacks Pence

Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers he lacks the legal powers to reject Electoral College votes cast for President-elect Joe Biden, even as Donald Trump used a midday rally in…

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06

Jan

UPDATED: Warnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia, second runoff and U.S. Senate control undecided

Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock won a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Georgia over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, TV networks and Edison Research projected, but which party will control the…

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06

Jan

Georgia Senate races that will decide fate of Biden’s agenda too close to call

Democrats and Republicans were neck-and-neck in two critical U.S. Senate races on Tuesday as votes were counted in Georgia contests that will decide whether President-elect Joe Biden enjoys control of…

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05

Jan

EXPLAINER-Did Trump break the law by pressuring a Georgia election official to ‘find’ votes?

President Donald Trump may have broken a U.S. federal law and a Georgia law against election tampering by pressuring the state's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden in the state, according to some legal experts. The experts…

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05

Jan

“They’re not taking this White House. We’re going to fight like hell” Trump

DALTON/ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump held dueling rallies in Georgia on Monday to persuade supporters to turn out on Tuesday for runoff U.S. Senate…

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03

Jan

Johnson could lose his seat and majority at next election – poll

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to lose his own seat and neither of the two main political parties is likely to win an outright…

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03

Jan

Italy’s government crisis in sight as Conte, Renzi divide deepens

ROME, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte faces a showdown with his coalition partner and former premier Matteo Renzi this week that could bring down his government…

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03

Jan

U.S. Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Biden’s victory

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6…

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27

Dec

Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition

Niger votes in an election on Sunday that is expected to lead to the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country reeling from Islamist violence.…

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27

Dec

Central African Republic votes under threat of violence

Central African Republic voted on Sunday in presidential and legislative elections being held under a cloud of violence as the government, international partners and United Nations peacekeepers seek to hold…

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25

Dec

Ethiopia says national election to be held in June

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, the electoral board said on Friday, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seeks to quell political…

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25

Dec

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz falls behind unified opposition in polls

Support for Hungary’s ruling nationalist Fidesz party has fallen behind an alliance of opposition parties, a poll by research institute Republikon published on news site Telex.hu showed, reflecting similar recent…

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24

Dec

Right-wing challenge to Netanyahu builds ahead of Israeli election

A right-wing challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a March Israeli election gained momentum with the defection of a long-time ally to an upstart rival party. In a letter…

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23

Dec

Israel to hold snap election

Israel will hold a snap election in March after parliament failed on Tuesday to meet a deadline to pass a budget, triggering a ballot presenting new challenges for Prime Minister…

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21

Dec

In Bosnia’s Mostar, ethnic parties win 1st local vote in 12 years

Preliminary results from the first local election in 12 years in the Bosnian town of Mostar on Sunday showed most votes going to the Croat and Bosniak parties whose rivalry…

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20

Dec

Bosnia’s divided town of Mostar holds first local vote in 12 years

MOSTAR, Bosnia Dec 20 (Reuters) - Citizens in Bosnia's ethnically divided town of Mostar voted for their city councillors on Sunday for the first time in 12 years, after the…

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16

Dec

After long delay, leaders of Mexico and Brazil congratulate Biden on U.S. election win

The leaders of Latin America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory after a long delay that ignited criticism they were courting danger by…

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16

Dec

The Biden Cabinet: president-elect fills out his team

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team, working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States' diversity.…

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15

Dec

Putin congratulates Biden on his victory

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially…

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15

Dec

Democracy prevailed: Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump's attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after winning the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially…

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15

Dec

Biden’s win in Electoral College vote formally confirmed

US President-elect Joe Biden took another step closer to the White House as key states in the Electoral College system formally confirmed his Nov. 3 election victory on Monday, effectively ending President…

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14

Dec

When and how states’ electors cast their votes for U.S. president

(Reuters) -Democrat Joe Biden's journey to the White House is set to cross an important threshold on Monday when the U.S. Electoral College formally picks the winner of November's presidential…

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14

Dec

Electoral College will vote Monday, confirming Biden’s U.S. presidential win

Reuters) - Electors will gather in state capitols across the country on Monday to formally vote for Joe Biden as the next U.S. president, effectively ending President Donald Trump's frenzied…

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13

Dec

Trump election challenges sputter

President Donald Trump lambasted the Supreme Court on Saturday for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn President-elect Joe Biden's election victory and called Attorney General William Barr…

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12

Dec

U.S. Supreme Court swiftly ends Trump-backed Texas bid to upend election results

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected…

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09

Dec

YouTube to remove new videos that falsely claim fraud changed U.S. election outcome

Dec 9 (Reuters) - YouTube said on Wednesday it would start removing content that falsely allege widespread fraud changed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, in a change to…

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07

Dec

Georgia re-certifies U.S. presidential election results, confirming Biden victory

WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Georgia recertified the state's results in the Nov. 3 presidential election on Monday, confirming that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden had won the state, according to…

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