Pakistan vote counts drags on after election marred by attacks, outages
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan counted votes after polling ended on Thursday in a general election marred by militant attacks and suspension of mobile phone services, with no indication of a clear leader seven hours after voting closed – an unusual delay compared to previous polls. The South Asian country is struggling to recover from an […]
Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era text – early results
Santiago/Valparaiso, Chile Reuters Chileans on Sunday rejected a new conservative constitution to replace its current text that dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. With 27.81 per cent of ballot boxes tallied, a total of 54.61 per cent Chileans rejected the new text while 45.39 per cent voted in favour of it. A Chilean Navy […]
Argentina voting closes with economic crisis driving radical outsider
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentines flocked to the polls on Sunday to vote in a tense national election where a far-right libertarian leads the race for the presidency, a major potential shift in the political landscape due to fallout from the country’s worst economic crisis in two decades. Around the South American country voters cast their […]
Voting closes in New Zealand election, counting set to begin
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Voting closed in New Zealand’s general election at 7pm on Saturday and counting was set to start, with provisional results due later this evening. People head to the polls to vote in the general election in Auckland, New Zealand, on 14th October, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/David Rowland Opinion polls have indicated the opposition […]
Voting begins in Australia in landmark Indigenous Voice referendum
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australians began voting on Saturday in a historic referendum, the first in almost a quarter of a century, to decide whether to recognise its First Peoples in the constitution, as requested by the country’s Indigenous leaders six years ago. Australians will simply write “Yes” or “No” on the ballot paper, after a question […]
Essay: Fake news – EU targets political social media ads with tough new regulation proposal
In an article first published on The Conversation, TOM KANE, a senior lecturer in business analytics at the University of Stirling, looks at what’s being done to limit the influence of social media in elections…
Nigerians vote for new president, braving long delays in hope of bringing change
Kano, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s presidential election was marked by long delays at some polling stations on Saturday, which did not deter large crowds of voters hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari. Africa’s most populous nation is struggling with Islamist insurgencies in the north-east, an epidemic […]
Updated: Brazilian election goes to runoff as Bolsonaro beats polls
Updated: 12pm (AEST)Brasilia/Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReuters Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s hopes of winning outright. With 95 per cent of electronic votes counted, Lula was ahead with 47.6 per […]
Russia issues new nuclear warning as contested Ukraine referendums end
London, UK/Zaporizhzhia, UkraineReuters An ally of President Vladimir Putin issued a stark new nuclear warning to Ukraine and the West on Tuesday as Russia began releasing results of referendums it bills as a prelude to it annexing four Ukrainian regions. But an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters Kyiv would not be swayed […]
US warns of catastrophic consequences if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Reuters The United States warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, after Russia’s Foreign Minister said regions holding widely-criticised referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow. Votes in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by force mostly since its invasion in February, […]