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In November 2004, Ukraine’s pro-Russian prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, tried to steal the country’s presidential election, triggering the Orange Revolution protests and reactions from the West. Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell memorably went to the press briefing room and declared that the United States could not accept the results as legitimate. Current U.S. Secretary […]
The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has lost its parliamentary majority, raising questions about the policy stability that has lured investors. Source link
Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-backed hackers have been active throughout the 2024 United States campaign season, compromising digital accounts associated with political campaigns, spreading disinformation, and probing election systems. But in a report from early October, the threat-sharing and coordination group known as the Election Infrastructure ISAC warned that cybercriminals like ransomware attackers pose a […]
Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice. Source link
This article is a part of Every Voice, Every Vote, a collaborative project managed by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism with lead support from the William Penn Foundation, and additional funding from Lenfest, Comcast NBC Universal, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation, Judy and Peter Leone, Arctos Foundation, Wyncote […]
The Liberal Democrats, long the guiding force for Japan, are in disarray just when their country needs them the most. Source link
Aggregations of usually fairly accurate voting intention polls in America, with margins of error under 3%, show former President Donald Trump edging ahead in key states, as the presidential campaign enters its final few weeks. One of the leading poll monitors, 270 to Win, is routinely checked each morning by millions of Americans. After the […]
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda responds to questions during a Governors talk on Japanese inflation and monetary policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group 2024 Fall Meeting in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2024. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters Japan’s longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party may have suffered an election […]
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party’s headquarters following the lower house election, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority, with public broadcaster NHK projecting that the Liberal […]