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Election 2020 Joe Biden

Joe Biden clarifies remarks on black and Hispanic voters

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden faces new scrutiny over how he discusses race and ethnicity after drawing distinctions between black and Hispanic populations in the United States.

07.08.2020

Donald Trump’s request for early debate with Joe Biden rejected

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the contests.

07.08.2020

Sri Lanka Election

Rajapaksa brothers secure sweeping win in Sri Lanka election

Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa brothers secured a landslide victory in the parliamentary election, giving them nearly the two-thirds majority of seats required to make constitutional changes, according to results.

07.08.2020

Trump

President Trump claims rival Joe Biden opposes God

President Donald Trump has launched a deeply personal attack on rival Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president’s faith in God.

06.08.2020

Donald Trump and Joe Biden forced to break with convention for nomination events

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are looking for venues to accept their parties’ presidential nominations with the traditional conventions now too much of a health risk during the Covid-19 pandemic.

06.08.2020

Election 2020 Debates

Joe Biden hits back at suggestion he should take cognitive test

Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that the Democrat is not fit for the Oval Office.

05.08.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

Joe Biden will not accept party nomination in original convention venue

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party’s White House nomination because of concerns over Covid-19. A Democrat source told reporters he would not head to the Wisconsin city.

05.08.2020

Trump

Donald Trump suggests he could accept Republican nomination from White House

President Donald Trump said he is considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House in a move that would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes.

05.08.2020

Virus Outbreak Trump

Trump encourages mail voting in key state of Florida

Donald Trump has changed course by encouraging voters in Florida to vote by mail after months of criticising the practice, only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law.

05.08.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

What would a Joe Biden victory mean for world diplomacy?

A Joe Biden presidency would likely see a foreign policy about-face for the US with many of President Donald Trump’s most significant and boldest actions dismantled or curtailed.

01.08.2020

Joe Biden considering candidates to be vice presidential nominee

Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden is getting closer to naming the woman who would serve as his vice president if he wins November’s US election.

01.08.2020

Trump

Republicans push back against Trump’s suggestion to delay US election

Influential Republicans have pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s suggestion it might be necessary to delay November’s election.

31.07.2020

Hong Kong China

Hong Kong government postpones elections, citing coronavirus

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the postponement of highly-anticipated legislative elections by a year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

31.07.2020

Travel Stock - Hong Kong

Hong Kong elections could be delayed amid spike in Covid-19 cases

Hong Kong may postpone highly anticipated legislative elections scheduled for September 6, citing a worsening Covid-19 outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, local media reports said.

31.07.2020

Trump

Donald Trump walks back election ‘delay’ amid backlash

US President Donald Trump has walked back the idea of a “delay” to November’s presidential election just hours after suggesting it.

31.07.2020

Trump

Trump floats idea of election ‘delay’ amid unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud

US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of a “delay” to November’s presidential election. Mr Trump raised the possibility as he made unsubstantiated allegations that increased postal voting will result in fraud.

30.07.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

Joe Biden vows to fight racial inequality with economic agenda

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised an economic agenda to combat long-standing racial inequalities as he draws another sharp contrast with President Donald Trump.

29.07.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

Joe Biden says post-pandemic economy can fight racial inequality

Joe Biden has unveiled a plan that aims to ensure the United States’ post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality.

28.07.2020

Donald Trump visit to UK

Anxiety a major factor in voters’ minds ahead of US presidential election

Voters in the US admit anxiety rather than enthusiasm is motivating their engagement in this year’s presidential election, research suggests.

27.07.2020

AP Poll Election 2020 100 Days

Trump faces unsettling polling data as US election draws closer

With the US election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency.

26.07.2020

Donald Trump, 74, makes dementia a campaign issue in duel with Joe Biden, 77

President Donald Trump’s phrase “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. ” is getting an unlikely moment in the spotlight as the politics of dementia enters the campaign three months before the US election.

24.07.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

How does Joe Biden plan to reform US if he is elected president?

Joe Biden says he wants to address health care disparities, toughen gun control, overhaul policing, provide free community college, erase student loan debt, invest in green energy and improve the nation’s infrastructure. But that is just the start.

24.07.2020

Election 2020 Campaign Diversity

Joe Biden brands Donald Trump as first ‘racist’ US president

Joe Biden has said that President Donald Trump is the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall meeting organised by the Service Employees International Union.

23.07.2020

Election 2020 Joe Biden

Joe Biden launches wide battleground push with extensive advertising campaign

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving him multiple paths to an Electoral College majority.

22.07.2020

Hong Kong Elections

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to fight for seat in legislature

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has filed candidacy papers for upcoming legislative elections in Hong Kong, where the new national security law could prevent opposition candidates from taking seats.

20.07.2020

Syria

Syrians head to polls to elect new parliament

Syrians were heading to polling stations in government-held parts of the war-torn country on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid strict health measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

19.07.2020

Election 2020-Trump Campaign

Kushner remains as Trump shakes up his campaign team

US President Donald Trump’s long awaited campaign shake-up has rearranged some big job titles but has not affected its most influential figure – Jared Kushner.

17.07.2020

Trump

Trump’s Republican convention plans shrink as coronavirus cases surge

US President Donald Trump’s plans for a grand Republican Party convention keep shrinking.

16.07.2020

Election 2020-Trump-Staff Shakeup

Donald Trump replaces campaign manager Brad Parscale

US president Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran Republican operative Bill Stepien.

16.07.2020

Poland Presidential Election

Polish president wins second term after bitter campaign

Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared victory in a runoff election in which he narrowly won a second five-year term, acknowledging the campaign he ran was often too harsh as he appealed for unity and forgiveness.

13.07.2020

Poland Presidential Election

Incumbent claims victory in tight race for Poland’s presidency

Polish President Andrzej Duda, a conservative who ran a campaign with homophobic and anti-Semitic overtones, narrowly won a second five-year term in a bitterly fought run-off election, defeating the liberal Warsaw mayor, according to a near-complete ...

13.07.2020

Election 2020 Trump Biden

Republicans hire 1,500 staffers to rally vote for Donald Trump

The Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s campaign say they have now hired 1,500 field staffers, aiming to convert their financial advantage over Democrats into votes in November.

13.07.2020

Poland Presidential Election

Poland’s Andrzej Duda set for second term as president

Poland’s conservative president, Andrzej Duda, is on course for a second term following the country’s weekend election. The state electoral commission said on Monday that Mr Duda has won 51. 21% of the ballot with almost all votes counted.

13.07.2020

Poland Presidential Election

Poland presidential election too close to call, exit poll suggests

Poland’s presidential run-off election between the conservative incumbent and the liberal, pro-Europe mayor of Warsaw is too close to call, an exit poll suggests. The poll by the Ipsos institute showed President Andrzej Duda with 50.

12.07.2020

Election 2020 Trump Biden

Biden and Trump try to outdo each other with tough talk on China

China has fast become a top election issue as US President Donald Trump and Democrat candidate Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who is better at playing the tough guy against Beijing.

12.07.2020

Hong Kong Election

More than 600,000 vote in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy primaries

Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers turned out over the weekend to vote in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for a forthcoming legislative poll.

12.07.2020

Virus Outbreak Spain

Spain holds regional elections amid coronavirus

Spaniards in two northern regions were voting in regional elections on Sunday amid tight security measures to avoid more outbreaks of the coronavirus.

12.07.2020

Poland Presidential Election

Poland holds momentous presidential election run-off

Voting is under way in Poland’s knife-edge presidential election run-off between the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda and liberal, pro-European Union Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.

12.07.2020

Trump

Donald Trump postpones New Hampshire rally over tropical storm

US President Donald Trump has postponed his planned rally in New Hampshire on Saturday due to a tropical storm threatening parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England.

10.07.2020

Singapore Elections

Ballots close in Singapore with Lee Hsien Loong expected to return to power

Wearing masks to protect against coronavirus, Singaporeans have voted in an election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party to power.

10.07.2020

Election 2020 Trump

Donald Trump to take re-election campaign back on road

US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is to be rebooted as he gets back on the road. It comes after a hiatus caused by a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases and after his planned comeback in Oklahoma turned into a debacle.

10.07.2020

Election 2020 Biden Obama

Barack Obama warns Democrats against complacency

Barack Obama warned Democrats against being “complacent or smug” about the presidential race at a grassroots fundraiser on Tuesday for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

24.06.2020

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Jerry Buttimer tops Labour panel as he is re-elected to Seanad

Outgoing Seanad leader Jerry Buttimer has topped the Labour Panel poll and been re-elected to the upper house.

01.04.2020

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First Seanad seats filled from NUI and Labour panels

Ronán Mullen has been the first person elected to the NUI panel of the Seanad.

01.04.2020

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Seanad fills first Agricultural Panel seat but no first count result for NUI panel today

Outgoing Independent Senator Victor Boyhan was the first to be elected to the highly competitive Agricultural Panel, which has 11 seats to be filled.

31.03.2020

Party planning protest against Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael forming next government

A march against Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael forming the next government is being planned this weekend.

06.03.2020

Leo Varadkar opens policy talks with other parties

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has agreed to open policy talks to form a government with other parties but says Fine Gael is still intent on going into opposition.

26.02.2020

Dáil ditches next week's vote for new Taoiseach

The Dáil will not hold votes for a new Taoiseach when it meets next week.

26.02.2020

Fianna Fáil to meet Green Party as government formation talks continue

Fianna Fáil and the Green Party will start substantial policy talks today as efforts continue to form a government.

26.02.2020

Coalition talks could last for weeks but left wing alliance 'unlikely', says Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has indicated that coalition talks could last for weeks more as he and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar left the door open on forming a government together.

25.02.2020