Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay — a possible candidate in the country’s presidential election next year — was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said. CBC | World News
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South Korea’s conservative candidate concedes snap presidential election to Lee Jae-myung
South Korea’s Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung is projected to win the country’s snap presidential election, according to projections by the country’s broadcasters on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Polish centrist’s narrow presidential lead sees pro-EU path hanging in the balance
Polish liberals performed worse than expected in a presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as Rafal Trzaskowski from ruling centrists Civic Coalition scraped to victory setting up a close fight for Warsaw’s pro-European path. CBC | World News
Read More »Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidential race over hard-right nationalist
An election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East and West comes months after the cancellation of the previous vote, which plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court grapples with nationwide injunctions stopping presidential directives in citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Thursday in Donald Trump’s attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thousands of babies born each year. CBC | World News
Read More »The ‘New Deal’ of grift: Trump sets standard for presidential self-enrichment
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Read More »After 2024 results voided, hard-right Romanian presidential candidate wins 1st round redo
Hard-right nationalist George Simion secured a decisive win Sunday in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo, nearly complete electoral data showed. The election took place months after an annulled vote plunged the NATO member country into its worst political crisis in decades. CBC | World News
Read More »Despite constitutional limit, Trump says he’s seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term
The 22nd Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times in a row, says “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” CBC | World News
Read More »Sudan’s military says it has reclaimed presidential palace from rebels
Sudan’s military said Friday it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last heavily guarded bastion of rival paramilitary forces in the capital, after nearly two years of fighting. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish police detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a likely presidential candidate
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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