Voters back President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from traditional ally IndiaMaldives voters have backed President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from traditional benefactor India, with his party winning control of parliament in an election landslide.Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) won 66 of the first 86 seats declared, according to the Elections Commission of Maldives, already more than enough for a super-majority in the 93-member parliament. Continue...
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia 's governing conservatives convincingly won a highly contested parliamentary election Wednesday, but will still need support from far-right groups to stay in power, according to the official vote count. The election followed a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the country's president and prime minister. The ballot pitted []
As City and Chelsea square off in the FA Cup quarterfinals Palmer has the
Liam Kirk's captaincy of Great Britain again proved a valuable asset as the side wrapped up a winning weekend of international ice hockey. Kirk had scored and assisted during GB's 3-1 win over Poland at Planet Ice Leeds on Friday. On Saturday night, the former Sheffield Steelers' forward led them to a 2-1 victory over the same opposition in Nottingham. This time the Maltby man assisted on a goal in regular time before the match went to a penalty shootout. With injured Steeler Robert Dowd out of...
Union supporters have renewed hopes of organizing in the South after a
The NLRB announced tonight that UAW won a historic union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga Tennessee. The union won by a margin of more than 70% as votes contined be counted to be counted. It was the third time in ten years that the UAW tried to unionize, losing narrowly in two previous
Polls suggest Croatian Democratic Union could lose majority to Social Democrat-led coalition headed by populist presidentCroatian voters are going to the polls in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could significantly change the country’s pro-western stance on issues including European support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia.Polls suggest the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of the prime minister, Andrej Plenković, could lose its majority to a Social Democrat-led...
Andre Villas-Boas, the former Chelsea and Tottenham manager, has been elected as president of FC Porto after ending the 42-year reign of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa in a landslide election win.
The future of Scotland's first minister is far from secure after a week of turmoil.
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy.
In a landmark legal battle, South Korea's Constitutional Court recently began deliberations on a case involving 200 plaintiffs.
Authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians from gathering to protest peacefully, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday, ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place at the end of this month. Amnesty International said in its annual report on human rights around the world that two newspapers in Togo were forced to close for several months last year, while a number of journalists were arrested or hit with hefty fines after reporting on...