Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called “a coup attempt against our next president.” CBC | World News
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Secret ballots, little time to campaign: Why IOC presidential election is too close to call
Seven candidates are vying for the top job in global sports. Thomas Bach’s successor will be chosen on Thursday with no clear-cut favourite to take the reigns. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Warming climate should be top priority, Olympians urge IOC presidential hopefuls
More than 400 athletes, including more than 20 Canadians, speak up about threat of climate change to both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden criticizes presidential pardon
The prosecutor who led lengthy investigations into U.S. President Joe Biden’s son has defended his efforts, saying the criminal charges against Hunter Biden were the culmination of “thorough, impartial” work and “not partisan politics.” CBC | World News
Read More »ABC News to give $15M to Trump presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
ABC News has agreed to pay $ 15 million US toward Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’s inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. CBC | World News
Read More »Joe Biden pardons son Hunter and claims ‘enough is enough’ in final presidential gasp
President Joe Biden has pardoned his own son Hunter, who was set to be sentenced in the coming weeks on federal gun charges and tax evasion Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Conservative candidate concedes hard-fought Uruguay presidential election to left-wing rival
The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat on Sunday after a close run-off election. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Republicans tried to make a last-minute change in Nebraska ahead of presidential election
Donald Trump’s allies have put a pressure campaign on Nebraska to change their electoral college system, even at this late date. Here’s why one Nebraska district is the subject of intense focus in the 2024 election. CBC | World News
Read More »Sri Lankans reject political establishment and vote for left-wing change in historic presidential election
Sri Lankan politics is taking a left turn, with Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake appearing to have a majority of votes in the country’s first presidential election since the country’s economic collapse two years ago. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump rejects Harris challenge for 2nd U.S. presidential debate before Nov. 5 election
Donald Trump stuck to his previous position that there would not be another debate with Kamala Harris before voters go to the polls in the Nov. 5 election. CBC | World News
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