Japan votes in snap election as PM Sanae Takaichi takes a gamble BBC Young Voters Can’t Get Enough of Japan’s Conservative Prime Minister The Wall Street Journal Japan’s first female prime minister stakes her future on snap elections NPR Japan’s Voters Set to Deliver Verdict on Takaichi’s Leadership Bloomberg.com Japan’s ultraconservative PM Sanae Takaichi set for a big election … Read more
Trump endorses Japan’s Takaichi ahead of snap election BBC ‘Sana-mania’ grips Japan as ultra-conservative Takaichi expected to secure election landslide The Guardian Five Charts Showing Takaichi’s Challenges in Japan’s Snap Election Bloomberg.com Japan’s ruling parties could win over 60% of lower house, Nikkei poll shows Nikkei Asia Trump endorses Japan’s Takaichi ahead of Sunday election Reuters Source link
Ventura’s ability to secure almost a quarter of the ballots Sunday emphasizes how remarkable his Chega party’s growth has been in Portugal. In six years the ultranationalist grouping has gone from having just one lawmaker in parliament to becoming the country’s leading opposition party, controlling more than a quarter of seats in the country’s legislature. Portugal is … Read more
Yoweri Museveni’s main challenger is musician Bobi Wine. Uganda holds elections on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni hoping to extend his four decades in power. Supporters of his main opponent, musician Bobi Wine, allege harassment and intimidation. So, what’s at stake for one of the world’s youngest populations? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Robert Kabushenga – … Read more
Gen Mamady Doumbouya has been elected president of Guinea after securing the majority of the vote, according to initial polling results published by the country’s election commission. The junta leader is hoping to legitimise his rule after seizing power in a coup four years ago. A civil society group campaigning for the return of civilian … Read more
Centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla, 72, says the US president’s remarks may have cost him votes. Published On 5 Dec 20255 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Salvador Nasralla, the centrist candidate in Honduras’s presidential election, has accused United States President Donald Trump of election interference amid reports of other irregularities … Read more
Fears of crime Yet not all Chileans are convinced. Virginia Peredo, a domestic worker, told Al Jazeera she “would never” vote for the left-wing candidate, offering a blunt explanation: “She is a communist.” Peredo was one of the nearly 200 supporters at a rally for Jara’s right-wing rival Kast in Copiapo, a mining town some … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Hundreds of protesters took to the streets for a second day of demonstrations in Tanzania on Thursday after a disputed election, while Amnesty International reported that two people have died. After the protests broke out on Wednesday, the government shut down the interest, imposed a curfew and deployed the military to the … Read more
ADVERTISEMENT Right-wing protesters clashed with riot police in The Hague on Saturday, as an anti-immigration demonstration attended by hundreds of people turned violent. Rioters, many wearing black and waving Dutch flags and flags associated with far-right groups, threw stones and bottles at the police and set one of their patrol vehicles on fire. The police, … Read more
The right-wing populist Progress Party surged to its best result in a national election, doubling its share of the vote to around 24 percent and relegating the Conservatives to being only the third-largest force in parliament. Conservative leader Erna Solberg said she took personal responsibility for her party’s poor result. The result means Støre will … Read more