#presidential-elections

#presidential-elections

When Fox News's ratings plummeted in the aftermath of the 2020 election, a panic ensued internally.Network executives scrambled to lure back angry viewers from alternative outlets as top hosts privately fumed that the network wasn't doing enough to cauterize the wound by indulging, if not outright promoting, Donald Trump's delusional claims of a stolen election.

Turkey's parliament has approved a bill to allow Finland to join Nato, clearing the way for Helsinki to join the western defence alliance as war rages in Ukraine.The Turkish parliament was the last among the 30 members of the alliance to ratify Finland's membership, after Hungary's legislature approved a similar bill this week.

The United Auto Workers union has opened a new chapter in its storied history, and it may end up looking a lot like its combative past.Over the weekend, the 88-year-old union confirmed that an outsider, Shawn Fain, had prevailed in a hotly contested election for president, ousting the incumbent.An electrician whose father and grandfathers were also U.A.W. members, Mr. Fain has promised to take a tough negotiating line for increased wages in contract talks this year with the three Detroit automakers.

President Joe Biden, in his March 5 visit to Selma, Alabama, reaffirmed his administration's commitment to supporting democracy and protecting voting rights.This commitment echoed loudly in Africa's largest democracy, which experienced a contentious presidential election on Feb. 25.In response to an avalanche of criticism, the government postponed for one week the voting for state governors and assemblies.

The News Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges that he abused his power as president to make baseless attacks against Brazil's election systems.If convicted, he would be ineligible to run for office for eight years.A panel of seven judges in Brazil's electoral court will decide the case, which is scheduled to start on June 22.

The News Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges that he abused his power as president to make baseless attacks against Brazil's election systems.If convicted, he would be ineligible to run for office for eight years.A panel of seven judges in Brazil's electoral court will decide the case, which is scheduled to start on June 22.

The winner of Nigeria's presidential election, Bola Tinubu, is a divisive figure in Africa's most populous country.Mr. Tinubu is revered by some as a political wizard and the man who turned around the fortunes of Lagos, Nigeria's labyrinthine megacity.His supporters are hoping he can repeat that performance on a national level.

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Getty Images Twitter has failed to remove images of child sexual abuse over recent months-even though they were flagged as such, a new report will allege this week.

YouTube announced on June 2 that it will no longer take down video that make false claims about the legitimacy of U.S. elections.Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images YouTube will no longer remove videos falsely claiming the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, reversing a policy put in place in the contentious weeks following the 2020 vote.

The great-nephew of French 'first lady' Brigitte Macron, who runs the family's main chocolate shop, has been beaten up in an apparent politically motivated assault, police and family sources said on Tuesday.Published: 16 May 2023 15:22 CEST This photograph taken in 2017, shows a general view of the Jean Trogneux chocolate shop in Amiens, northern France.

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Protests rage as the French leader bypasses opposition and uses a special constitutional power to raise the retirement age.President Emmanuel Macron has shunned the French Parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.The French leader wants to raise the retirement age so workers put more money into the system, which the government says is on course to run a deficit.

A woman votes at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023.Voters in Turkey go to the polls on Sunday for pivotal parliamentary and presidential elections that are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces in his two decades in power.

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of the hearing in Minsk on Jan. 5, 2023 Vitaly Pivovarchik/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images MOSCOW A court in Belarus has sentenced last year's Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison for allegedly trying to overthrow the government.