Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:28:16 +0000
Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called a May 18 election that will be fought on issues including climate change, asylum seekers and economic management.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – When Indonesians vote in presidential and legislative elections next week, they’ll be wrestling with choices affecting their country’s future, and ballot papers as big as giant posters.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:14:28 +0000
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced election day criticism Tuesday after activists from his right-wing Likud party brought cameras into polling stations in Arab-majority neighborhoods.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:14:28 +0000
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced election day criticism Tuesday after activists from his right-wing Likud party brought cameras into polling stations in Arab-majority neighborhoods.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces three formidable women looking to spoil his chances of winning a new term.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:15:59 +0000
JERUSALEM — In a tight race for re-election, Israel’s prime minister has gotten a welcome lift from his friend in the White House.Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign speeches, billboards and social media videos have all heavily featured President Donald Trump’s image, statements and pro-Israel actions as endorsements of the long-seated prime minister.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 01:59:47 +0000
Senatorial bet Sergio “Serge” Osmeña III alleged on Friday that eight Senate seats were sold at P50 million each during the 2016 national elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:32:16 +0000
Day One of the campaign period for the local elections in Metro Manila saw the loudest salvos coming from long-entrenched power clans.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:21:36 +0000
BANGKOK — Thailand’s anti-junta Pheu Thai party said Monday it will try to form a government despite losing the popular vote to a military-backed party in the first election since a 2014 coup, highlighting the nation’s deep political polarization.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:24:44 +0000
BANGKOK — A military-backed party has taken the lead in Thailand’s first election since a 2014 coup, preliminary results showed, suggesting junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha could stay in power, helped by an electoral system tilted in the military’s favor.With 93 percent of votes count
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