Vladimir Putin is set to stay in power for another six years after polls suggested he received 88% of votes in an election overshadowed by the death and imprisonment of opposition figures.
Time is “running out for Sunak”, Davey has said as the Lib Dem leader turned over a giant hourglass at the launch of local election campaign.
Speculation has been rife about what the new leadership means for an election date.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who has served in the Senate since early 2006, announced in a video message that he will not file to run in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in the Garden State this year, but indicated he is "hopeful" that he will be exonerated this summer and then be able to run in the general election as an "independent Democrat."In the video, Menendez, who has been accused of accepting bribes, claimed that he is innocent of the accusations against him. "All I can...
Shaylee Mejia Mejia's mother Maria Juarez and her attorney say that they believe death to have stemmed as a result of the injury sustained in a school fight. Video of the incident on March 5 shows the teenage girl having her hair dragged and hitting her head against a stall before she fell down - she died on March 15. Juarez has hit back at law enforcement who say they believe her death to have been caused by her falling down a set of stairs
VANDALIA, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump vowed on Saturday that there would be a “bloodbath” if he’s not reelected in November. The comments came at a rally here as Trump discussed the possibility of an increasing trade war with China over auto manufacturing. The rally was intended to get out the vote for Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, whom Trump endorsed in December, ahead of Ohio’s primary on Tuesday. “If you’re listening, President Xi — and you and I are friends — but he...
Nicolás Maduro blocked the leading opposition candidate, an 80-year-old academic, but allowed a governor who is on cordial terms with the regime to run.
Starmer and co may be riding high for now, but there will be at least one more turn of the political news cycle before polling day, predicts John Rentoul
While the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emergingAfter Vladimir Putin’s landslide presidential election victory on Sunday, western governments lined up to characterise the win as unfair and undemocratic.The elections underlined the “depth of repression” in Russia, according to British foreign minister David Cameron, while the US state department said the jailing and disqualification of...
Lord Cameron and Grant Shapps have decried the election win, saying: “This is not what free and fair elections look like.”
Trump spoke about trade tariffs with China at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, 2024.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to rule forever and that Russia's presidential election was an illegitimate imitation. Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that "the Russian dictator is simulating another election," and that Putin was "sick for power and is doing everything to rule forever."