Guatemala election winner Alejandro Giammattei sets sights on changing U.S. migrant deal
Guatemalan conservative Alejandro Giammattei secured a crushing victory in a presidential election Sunday, and promised to seek better terms for his country from an unpopular migration deal agreed with Washington under duress last month. With preliminary results from over 99 percent of polling stations counted, ...
Japanese business leaders count on reform progress after ruling coalition's victory
Business leaders welcomed the ruling coalition's victory in Sunday's Upper House election, voicing hope that the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will facilitate progress in improving social security programs and restoring fiscal health. "In this fall's extraordinary Diet session, to sweep away worries about ...
Ruling coalition-backed Ichita Yamamoto wins Gunma governor race
Ichita Yamamoto, a former House of Councilors member supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition, won a gubernatorial election in Gunma Prefecture on Sunday. Yamamoto, who served as Upper House member of the Liberal Democratic Party for 24 years and also as state minister ...
Two Reiwa Shinsengumi candidates with disabilities win Upper House seats
Two candidates with severe disabilities belonging to the opposition group Reiwa Shinsengumi won seats in the Upper House election on Sunday, scoring an important victory for disabled people in a country where they have long been encouraged to stay in the shadows. In addition, the ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday set the win-or-lose bar for the ruling coalition in this summer's House of Councilors election at the majority of seats in the Upper House. The prime minister spoke of the line dividing victory from defeat for the ruling Liberal ...
West Bengal ruling party activist arrested for posting see-through dress meme on social media
Indian police have detained a ruling party activist after she posted a meme superimposing the head of a state chief minister on a photograph of a Bollywood star in a see-through dress, an officer said Saturday. The announcement injected controversy into campaigning ahead of polls ...
The election of veteran politician Manasseh Sogavare as the Solomon Islands' new prime minister sparked violent protests in the capital Honiara Wednesday, with riot police deployed in a bid to maintain order. Eyewitnesses reported unrest in Chinatown and at least one other area of the ...
Indian poll watchdog pulls plug on web series featuring Narendra Modi
Weeks after it banned a Bollywood film and clamped down on a TV channel devoted to the right-wing leader, India's poll watchdog on Saturday ordered producers to stop streaming a web series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Election Commission of India — an autonomous ...
Two politicians temporarily banned from campaigning in Indian election over comments
India's election watchdog Monday banned two outspoken politicians from campaigning in the country's national vote for making provocative speeches which it said could stir communal unrest. The measures came after the Supreme Court called on the Election Commission to get tough on hate speech during ...
Spain's Socialist party in the lead, poll finds, but short of majority
Spain's Socialists led in a poll published in the daily El Pais on Sunday, but fell short of a majority with its main ally ahead of a general election next month. The Socialists would win 27.1 percent of the vote, or 122 seats in the ...
Polls close in Thailand's first general election since 2014 coup
After polls closed in Thailand's first general election since a 2014 coup, Thais began the nail-biting wait late Sunday to see whether the ruling junta will return to power as a civilian government, or if pro-democracy parties can triumph against the odds. The Election Commission ...
Pro-Shinawatra parties rally across Thailand as crucial court ruling looms
Parties aligned with Thailand's powerful Shinawatra clan are staging major rallies this weekend ahead of a court ruling that could deal a gut punch to their prospects in national elections later this month. Public gatherings were held across the country Saturday — including in the ...
