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Australia votes in federal election
Australians have begun voting in the country's federal election, where the conservative coalition government is widely expected to hold power. The prime minister and opposition leader delivered their final pitches to voters on Friday after a marathon eight-week campaign. The UK's decision to leave the EU appears to have...
US election: Trump top aide leaves campaign
The campaign manager for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is to leave his job. A campaign spokeswoman said Corey Lewandowski would "no longer be working with the campaign'' and said the team was grateful to him "for his hard work and dedication". The exact reason for Mr...
Is the world turning its back on free trade?
Which politician has captured the curve, summed up a growing mood, in a ferocious speech? "Your iron industry is dead, dead as mutton. Your coal industries, which depend greatly on the iron industries, are languishing. Your silk industry is dead, assassinated by the foreigner. Your woollen industry is in articulo mortis,...
Peru election: Kuczynski wins, but Fujimori has yet to concede
With all votes counted, the economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski appears to have won the majority of votes in Peru's cliff-hanger presidential election. The electoral commission said he received 50.12% of votes, against 49.88% for his rival, Keiko Fujimori. About 50,000 ballots must first be settled by an electoral court before...
Obama officially endorses Hillary Clinton
President Barack Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party presidential nominee. His endorsement came after meeting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who has been battling Mrs Clinton for the nomination. Speaking in a video tweeted out by Mrs Clinton, Mr Obama said she may be the most qualified person...
Austrian far right challenges presidential poll result
Austria's far-right Freedom Party has lodged a legal challenge to the result of last month's presidential election, which it lost by a tiny margin. Its leader, Heinz Christian Strache, said the way postal votes were handled was among numerous irregularities. "We are not sore losers," he said. "This is...
What an Obama endorsement will mean for Hillary
Barack Obama is about to tell Bernie Sanders that the revolution stops now. On Tuesday evening Mr Obama called Hillary Clinton to congratulate her on securing enough delegates to "clinch" the Democratic nomination. He also called Bernie Sanders to thank him for his hard-fought campaign. At the Vermont senator's...
US election 2016: Clinton hails ‘milestone for women’
Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women — the Democratic nomination for president. "Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. She hailed "the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be...
Sanders Addresses Trump Supporters Who ‘Love’ Muhammad Ali but ‘Hate’ Muslims
Bernie Sanders acknowledged at a rally Saturday the apparent irony of Donald Trump's tweet that paid tribute to Muhammad Ali. The irony? Ali was a devout Muslim, and Trump has suggested temporarily banning Muslims from entering the U.S. And because of this suggestion, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been...
Clinton Hits Rivals On Immigration In California Campaign Swing
Hillary Clinton fought on two fronts in California on Saturday as she sought to wrap up her battle with Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, taking aim at him and at Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with attacks on their immigration stances. Both Clinton and Sanders campaigned across...
US election: Understanding media addiction to Donald Trump
Co-dependency is commonly defined as "an emotional and behavioural condition that affects an individual's ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship". Another term for it is "relationship addiction". People form and persist with relationships "that are one-sided, emotionally...
California governor Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton
California Governor Jerry Brown is endorsing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton for president. He said voting for Mrs Clinton is the "only path forward… to stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump". Mrs Clinton's lead in the Democratic race is insurmountable, he said, and Vermont Senator Bernie...