Jun 02 Coalition talks start in South Africa after no party won a majority in final election results By Mogomotsi Magome, Gerald Imray, Associated Press President Cyril Ramaphosa immediately called in a speech for parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in the country's young democracy. Continue reading
Jun 02 Voting begins in Mexico election likely to choose the country’s first female president By Megan Janetsky, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Mexicans went to the polls Sunday to vote for who will likely be the country's first female president, voicing concerns overwhelmingly about security, from the power of Mexico's drug cartels down to street-level stick-ups. Continue reading
Jun 02 Former hard-line Iranian President Ahmadinejad registers for June election By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president. Continue reading
Jun 02 Chinese defense minister blames Asia-Pacific friction on U.S. support for Taiwan and Philippines By David Rising, Associated Press China's defense minister on Sunday acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the friction with its support for Taiwan and… Continue reading
Jun 01 Mexico’s 2024 elections: Who’s leading the polls and what’s the next president’s biggest challenge? By Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations Against a backdrop of widespread violence, a record number of voters will look to elect Mexico’s first woman president in an election on June 2 that polls predict will go to Claudia Sheinbaum. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Netanyahu clashes with Biden over conditions for permanent cease-fire in Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called Biden’s proposal to end the war in Gaza a “nonstarter” until Israel’s conditions are met, a barrage of Russian missiles and drones targeted Ukraine’s power grid, South Africa’s ANC party… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 7:32 What’s at stake in Mexico’s landmark presidential election By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde, Satvi Sunkara Mexico holds the largest election in its history on Sunday, and no matter the outcome, the country will almost certainly elect its first woman president. Voters are hopeful that will bring about change at a time of record levels of… Continue watching
Jun 01 Modi projected to retain power as voting ends in the last round of India’s election By Sheikh Saaliq, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India’s 6-week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term. Continue reading
Jun 01 Party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in pivotal election By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. Continue reading
Jun 01 Israel says permanent Gaza cease-fire plan is a ‘nonstarter,’ undermining Biden By Sam Mednick, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel’s prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for the ending the war are met, appearing to undermine a proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden had announced as an Israeli one. Continue reading