Written by Article content COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 22-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week’s election. The margin of victory will allow President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to make sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution, without needing […]
Evangelicals and Christian nationalists played a large role in the re-election of Donald Trump, with equality and the economy taking a backseat to the church, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. U.S. SENATOR Bernie Sanders is wrong when he says the Democrats lost because they do not know how to speak to the working class. The actual […]
Elon Musk’s X is suing to block a new California law aimed at cracking down on deepfakes around election time, claiming it violates the First Amendment. The Defending Democracy From Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, or AB 2655, looks to block “inauthentic, fake, or false” deepfake content 120 days before or after an election in […]
Elon Musk’s X is suing to block a new California law aimed at cracking down on deepfakes around election time, claiming it violates the First Amendment. The Defending Democracy From Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, or AB 2655, looks to block “inauthentic, fake, or false” deepfake content 120 days before or after an election in […]
Mauritius’ opposition coalition – the Alliance of Change – won the country’s November 10 election by a landslide, taking all the seats in parliament. Its leader, Navin Ramgoolam, has been appointed prime minister. Mauritian politics scholar Roukaya Kasenally spoke to The Conversation Africa about what drove this outcome. What’s behind the opposition’s landslide win? The […]
The Election Commission of India has directed the BJP to take down a video posted on social media platforms targeting the JMM-led govt in Jharkhand amid the assembly elections. The EC directed the Chief Election Officer of Jharkhand to immediately direct BJP Jharkhand to take down the said post from the party’s social media platforms. […]
The Ondo state governorship election results have been uploaded up to 99.03% percent into the IREV portal of INEC A check on the INEC IREV portal by Legit.ng indicated that 3,895 out of 3,933 results had been uploaded at 5:50 a.m Legit.ng reports that the Ondo governorship election was earlier adjudged to be between the […]
Ondo state went to the polls earlier on Saturday to elect a governor, with the incumbent, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his closest challenger, Agboola Ajayi, being the favourites. There were 16 other candidates on the ballot. The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to announce the official results from all the 18 local governments of […]
CARACAS (Reuters) – Ten people who were detained amid protests in the wake of Venezuela’s July presidential election have been released from prison, local rights group Foro Penal said on Saturday. “Some political prisoners have been released since early in the morning,” said the group’s director, Alfredo Romero, in a post on X. He noted […]
ZLP governorship candidate Dr. Abass Mimiko expressed trust in President Bola Tinubu’s impartiality Mimiko criticized the lack of impactful development despite increased federal allocations, stating that current leaders fail to translate national visions into meaningful local progress While commending INEC and security agencies for a smooth electoral process, Mimiko remained hopeful for a favorable outcome […]