[ad_1] LISBON: Portugal’s third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people. Sunday’s vote delivered another minority government for the center-right Democratic Alliance, which will be at the mercy of opposition parties. […]
[ad_1] LISBON: Voters in Portugal return to the polls Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country’s increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration, housing and the cost of living.Hopes that the ballot might end the worst spell of political instability […]
[ad_1] Rival presidential candidates Nicusor Dan (left) and George Simion (right) (Image: X/@NicusorDanROand X/@SerbiaBased) Romania is gearing up for a rerun of its presidential elections after the top court annulled the November 2024 elections over fraud and scandal. Romanians will be seeing the competition between George Simon, a pro-Trump nationalist, and Nicusor Dan, a pro-EU […]
[ad_1] Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison (Photo: AP) A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent election monitoring group Golos, to five years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization, a charge widely condemned by human rights […]
[ad_1] Steve Bannon says it’s obvious that Trump and the new pope would clash. President Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannonsaid it is shocking that a person who had a Twitter (now X) account and who was as political as sharing posts against Trump and vice president JD Vance would be elected as the pope. […]
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) Celestil, 24, lives in Davao City, located on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, the stronghold of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Since she was born, a member of the Duterte family has always been the city’s mayor.First, it was the former president who was mayor for over 20 years, followed by […]
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps. Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as […]
[ad_1] US president Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on becoming Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump described the event as a “great honour” for the United States and added, “What excitement, and what […]
[ad_1] Alberta wants separation from Canada amid Donald Trump’s repeated calls for making Canada its 51st state. Thousands of Albertans have been holding rallies, signing petitions to vote for separation from Canada as the Liberals make their fourth consecutive win in the country that US president Donald Trump wants to convert into the 51st state […]
[ad_1] Romanians voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could propel hard-right eurosceptic George Simion to power in a ballot that will test the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union. Simion, 38, opposes military aid to neighbouring Ukraine, is critical of the EU leadership and says he […]
