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BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AIRS HOMOPHOBIC RANT DURING TV DEBATE
The penultimate televised debate before next weekend's presidential election was overshadowed by the homophobic rant of one of the fringe candidates... READ MORE›
OWEN SMITH WON THE LEADERSHIP ELECTION AMONG PRE-2015 MEMBERS AND UNDER-24S, EXIT POLL CLAIMS
Owen Smith beat Jeremy Corbyn among Labour party members who joined the party before 2015, a new exit poll has revealed... READ MORE›
SWISS 'REJECT IMMIGRATION CURBS'
Supporters of the measure said restricting immigration would safeguard Switzerland's environment by reducing the need for new transport links and new housing... READ MORE›
SAUDI ELECTIONS ARE FIRST TO INCLUDE WOMEN
Just under 1.5 million of Saudi Arabia's roughly 28 million citizens have registered to vote, according to the election commission, and only 11 percent of them are women... READ MORE›
GREECE CRISIS SYRIZA REBELS FORM NEW PARTY
On Friday morning, the head of conservative New Democracy party, Vangelis Meimarakis, met Greece's president and he will now have three days to form a government... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND TO HOLD FIRST EVER VOTE ON BASIC INCOME
But Che Wagner from the campaign group Basic Income Switzerland, says it wouldn't be money for nothing... READ MORE›
SIMON HEFFER SUDDENLY LEAVING THE EU LOOKS WITHIN REACH
Arron Banks, left, with Nigel Farage in October 2014 Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Now that, at least, has changed, and with it, I suspect, the likely outcome of the referendum... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS CAN STILL BEAT HILLARY CLINTON
US election 2016 Why Hillary Clinton could lose the Democratic nomination to Bernie Sanders... READ MORE›
BURUNDIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEGINS AFTER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
Every major opposition party in this impoverished African nation has boycotted the election... READ MORE›
2.1 MILLION BRITS SIGNED A PETITION FOR ANOTHER E.U. REFERENDUM. THEY SHOULDN'T HOLD THEIR BREATH.
Britain has only ever had three nationwide referendums. Generally, major policy decisions are decided by the country's elected officials... READ MORE›
UK TO INTRODUCE PLAIN CIGARETTE PACKAGING BEFORE NEXT ELECTION
MPs are to be given a free vote on whether to enforce plain packaging for tobacco products... READ MORE›
YANIS VAROUFAKIS BRANDS ALEXIS TSIPRAS THE NEW DE GAULLE AS ELECTION GETS UGLY
The good scenario would be if Tsipras does become a Mitterrand and makes the policy U-turns that the late French leader made... READ MORE›
CORBYN'S 'EFFECTIVE' LEADERSHIP 'HELPED OUST CAMERON'
Jeremy Corbyn's effective leadership was a key factor in David Cameron's downfall, a source close to him has declared... READ MORE›
BRITISH LORD RESIGNS POSTS IN SCANDAL OVER DRUGS
Lord Sewel does not represent any political party in the House of Lords, a fact that could limit the fallout from the allegations... READ MORE›
BRITAINS BREXIT HOW BABY BOOMERS DEFEATED MILLENNIALS IN HISTORIC VOTE
According to data gathered by the British pollster YouGov on election day, a staggering 75 percent of people aged between 18 and 24 voted for Remain... READ MORE›
GREEK LEFTIST TSIPRAS RETURNS IN UNEXPECTEDLY CLEAR ELECTION WIN
Today in Europe Greece and the Greek people are synonymous with resistance and dignity... READ MORE›
OPPOSITION PARTY PROJECTS VICTORY IN BURMAS FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN YEARS
In Burma's last democratic election in 1990, Suu Kyi and the NLD won an overwhelming majority, but the country's military dictators ignored the results... READ MORE›
SWISS ELECTIONS: ANTI-IMMIGRATION SVP PARTY HEADING FOR RECORD VICTORY
Along with advances made by the centre-right Liberal party Switzerland's third-largest party SVP's gains should tip the scale from the centre-left towards a centre-right majority... READ MORE›
TOM WATSON SAYS "BRING IT ON" TO CORBYN SUPPORTERS THINKING OF OUSTING HIM
Trade unions may scupper a rival plan to extend the Shadow Cabinet elections to party members... READ MORE›
GREEK REFERENDUM: FEAR AND TREPIDATION IN ATHENS' BEVERLY HILLS
Greek referendum fear and trepidation in athens beverly hills... READ MORE›
GUARANTEED INCOME FOR ALL SWITZERLANDS VOTERS SAY NO THANKS
A third of voters in Geneva backed the idea of a guaranteed income... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HE WILL VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON
Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton and work to stop Donald Trump... READ MORE›
GREEK REFERENDUM POLL SHOWS LEAD FOR 'NO' VOTE, BUT NARROWING
Of those polled before the announcement of the bank closures 57 percent said they would vote No against 30 percent for who would vote Yes... READ MORE›
ELECTIONS CALLED OFF IN 2 UKRAINE CITIES AMID FRAUD CHARGES
Late Saturday, with just 12 hours before polls were to open, local election officials said they had discovered printing flaws on the ballots and destroyed them... READ MORE›
CONGOLESE SEE NO END TO PRESIDENTS FINAL TERM
The 2011 presidential election was tainted by serious irregularities and voter fraud, according to American and European electoral observers... READ MORE›
HAITI POSTPONES PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF AS VIOLENCE RISES
The current president's handpicked successor, Jovenel Moise, a banana exporter who was a virtual unknown in Haiti, officially came in first with 32.8 percent of the vote... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF U.S. VOTERS IN LIMBO AFTER KANSAS TOUGHENS ELECTION LAW
It's a complete mess, said Marge Ahrens, co-president of the nonpartisan Kansas League of Women Voters... READ MORE›
LEADING CANDIDATE FOR PERU PRESIDENCY BARRED FROM ELECTION OVER TECHNICAL ERROR
Peru's electoral tribunal has barred the second-placed presidential candidate Julio Guzman from the electoral race over a technical error in the registration of his candidacy... READ MORE›
NATIVE AMERICANS MOVE TO FRONTLINES IN BATTLE OVER VOTING RIGHTS
In sparsely populated states such as North Dakota, with just 739,000 people, congressional elections have been decided by just a few thousand votes... READ MORE›
1.4M EXPATRIATES BARRED FROM VOTING AFTER COURT RULING
The lawyers representing Frank and Duong said they intend to seek leave to appeal Monday's ruling to the supreme court of Canada... READ MORE›