Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of presidential elections, in his office in the capital Nicosia, on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the […]
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Nikki Haley, Trump’s UN ex-ambassador, to take him on in 2024
Former UN ambassador and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks during an event sponsored by Turning Point USA at Clemson University, on Nov 29, 2022, in Clemson, SC. Haley will kick off her campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this month. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will […]
Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election
Presidential candidate Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, and his wife Eva arrive for a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Jan 28, 2023, after Pavel became the fourth president of the Czech Republic according to official results. (PHOTO / AFP) PRAGUE – The second round of the […]
Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election
People cast their ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections on Jan 27, 2023 in Cernoucek village, Czech Republic. (PHOTO / AFP) PRAGUE – Voters in the Czech Republic began to cast their ballots on Friday afternoon in the second round of this year's presidential election. The first round was held on Jan […]
Czech government survives no-confidence vote
In this file photo taken on Jan 12, 2022, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala delivers a speech in the Czech Parliament in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE – The Czech government survived an opposition attempt to overthrow it in a no-confidence vote, a widely expected outcome of the motion which the cabinet had called […]
Pavel, Babis head to 2nd round in Czech presidential race
A voter casts his ballot at the polling station in Kurim, 10 km north of Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic on January 13, 2023, during the first round of the presidential elections. (RADEK MICA / AFP) PRAGUE – Retired general Petr Pavel and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis will advance to a second round in […]
Slovenia’s election may produce first woman president
A voter casts her ballot as an electoral official looks on during the run off for Slovenia's Presidential Election at a polling station in Ljubljana on Nov 13, 2022. (JURE MAKOVEC / AFP) LJUBLJANA – Slovenians were voting on Sunday in a presidential election runoff, with former TV presenter Natasa Pirc Musar hoping to beat […]
Slovenia set for 2nd round presidential election
Presidential candidate Anze Logar (right) and former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa shake hands as they wait for the first official results of the presidential election, in Ljubljana, on Oct 23, 2022. (JURE MAKOVEC / AFP) LJUBLJANA – Slovenia is due to hold the second round of presidential election on Nov 13 after no candidate […]
Zelensky outlines key challenges for Ukraine
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Sept 30, 2022, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky leading a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev. (HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday outlined the key challenges for Ukraine […]
National Archives: Trump staffers not returning White House records
A letter from acting archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall to former President Donald Trump's legal team is photographed on Aug 23, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department on whether […]
Kenya’s top court upholds Ruto’s presidential victory
Supporters of William Ruto celebrate on the street in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept 5, 2022 after the contry’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upholding Ruto’s narrow win in the presidential election. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions challenging William […]
Kenya’s top court to rule on disputed presidential election
Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome (centre) flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu (second left) and judges (from left) Isaac Lenaola, Smokin Wanjala, Mohamed Ibrahim, Njoki Ndung'u and William Ouko arrive to begin hearing the day's submissions from counsel representing president-elect William Ruto at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi […]
Kenya’s Odinga vows peaceful settlement of electoral disputes
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga reacts to supporters as he arrives to hold a press conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on Aug 22, 2022, after filing a petition to the country's top court challenging the result of the Aug 9, 2022 election that handed victory to his rival William […]
Kenya’s Odinga challenges presidential election results in court
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga speaks to supporters as he arrives to hold a press conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi on Aug 22, 2022, after filing a petition to the country's top court challenging the result of the Aug 9, 2022 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. […]
Kenya’s Ruto declared winner in presidential election
William Ruto(left), and his deputy Rigathi Gachagwa, show the certificate after the announcement in the presidential race at the Centre in Bomas, Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug 15, 2022. (SAYYID ABDUL AZIM / AP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has won the presidential election, the electoral commission chairman announced on Monday evening. The Independent […]
Kenya election: Ruto pulls ahead as tempers fray
Pedestrians walk in a street next to a billboard of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, in Eldoret, on Aug 13, 2022. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has edged ahead in a tight presidential race, according […]
Polls open in Kenya’s presidential, legislative elections
Residents line up to vote at the Oltepesi Primary School in Kajiado County, Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 9, 2022. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI – Millions of Kenyans started to cast their ballots for a new president, parliament and local authorities on Tuesday, live footage on local television stations showed. Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and […]
Polls open in Kenya’s presidential, legislative and local elections
Residents line up to vote at the Oltepesi Primary School in Kajiado County, Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 9, 2022. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI – Millions of Kenyans started to cast their ballots for a new president, parliament and local authorities on Tuesday, live footage on local television stations showed. Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and […]
Kenya presidential wildcard vows to erase debt with ‘ganja solution’
Roots party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah gestures to his supporters during a campaign rally in Ruai, Nairobi on July 27, 2022, ahead of Kenya's August 2022 general election. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) NAIROBI – Sexagenarian reggae aficionado and presidential candidate George Wajackoyah is convinced he has the right medicine for the ills troubling Kenya's voters: […]
Former Republicans, Democrats form new 3rd US political party
People pass by US national flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES – Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system. […]