Election

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of …

By Can Sezer and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan has defied forecasts of his political demise in Turkey’s elections, rallying voters with a potent mix of religious …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Councilman Justin Lamb, a critic of Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill’s plan to build a massive 10-story apartment building in Downtown Times River, …

By Elaine Lies and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is increasingly certain to call a snap election, perhaps within weeks, as domestic support surges after …

By Ross Colvin (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott on Friday entered the 2024 presidential race, joining Donald Trump in the growing list of Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic President …

By Sam Jabri-Pickett (Reuters) – Canada’s oil hub of Alberta will hold an election on May 29, which is expected to be a tight race between incumbent United Conservative Party …

By Jason Lange and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden continues to hold an edge over potential Republican challengers Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as the 2024 U.S. …

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Hopes among investors of a surge in Turkish markets evaporated on Monday after long-standing President Tayyip Erdogan took a commanding position in Turkey’s elections. …

By Angeliki Koutantou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash out of the euro, single parent Niki Klaoudatou says she …

By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – He is not as charismatic as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, but mild-mannered Kemal Kilicdaroglu is optimistic about his chances of beating …

By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trailing the main opposition Congress party in elections held on Wednesday in the southern state of …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday he would present a constitutional reform to have judges and magistrates elected by the people. Lopez Obrador has …

By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s economy is bracing for a “lost year” no matter who wins landmark elections on Sunday, political insiders say, even if the opposition pledges …

By Devjyot Ghoshal, Juarawee Kittisilpa and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) – Kavita Wongyakasem runs a small business in Bangkok, owns a two-storey house on the outskirts of the Thai capital, …

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Police blocked roads in the centre of Nigeria’s capital on Monday as judges started hearing opposition petitions disputing president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory in February’s …

By Birsen Altayli and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish university student Yunus Efe has known only one leader of his country – Tayyip Erdogan. As he prepares to vote …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s election commission came under scrutiny on Monday after what a monitoring group said were widespread complaints in early voting, fuelling concern on social media about the …

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court records showed on Friday. Tinubu, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it was “cautious” on Turkish banks heading into the May 14 election, with lenders more vulnerable than the country’s other stocks to …