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To win one of the 577 seats in the National Assembly in the first round, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the ballots cast and represent at least 25% of registered voters. The high turnout resulted in 80 candidates winning in the first round.
Before the first Industrial Revolution, Earth was a serene and green paradise. Our ancestors relied on intuition to predict weather under pristine conditions. However, the Industrial Revolution brought significant environmental changes through burning fossil fuels and releasing harmful emissions. Today,…
Although we may well see a reversal in the national polls, it is important to remember that Trump does not need to win the national popular vote to win the election. In 2016, he lost the popular vote, but won the presidency in the electoral college - just as President George Bush did in 2000.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stood at the press room podium on Monday and insisted these videos had been edited by Republicans to make Biden appear dazed and confused, and therefore, unfit for the presidency.
Western aid will be crucial, now more than ever, as Russian forces are continuing to gain territory in Ukraine. In the face of creeping authoritarianism, will the west fulfil its moral obligation to protect Ukrainian independence and democracy?
The bombing of the Presidential Mosque was not merely an attempt on the life of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh but was a direct assault on the state itself. The objective was to overthrow and seize control of its institutions without any viable plan for governance or constitutional legitimacy.
Critics argue that Trump's conviction is a long-overdue reckoning for a man who seemed to believe he was above the law. They point to his colourful history of controversial statements, questionable business practices, and inflammatory tweets as evidence of a leader who consistently pushed ethical boundaries.
Britain has a role to play on the world stage, especially since Britain has usually been the villain in whatever great drama is playing out. Opinium’s latest poll gives Labour a 20-point lead over the Conservatives, and sentiment across the UK is that Starmer should start picking out curtain fabric for Number 10.
There are clear and present risks of a serious expansion of violence as the battle for neighboring Maungdaw town has begun, where the military maintains outposts and where a large Rohingya community lives, including hundreds of displaced Rohingya who moved to town from villages seeking safety
Badenoch's speech has significant implications for ongoing debates about reparations and economic equity. By downplaying the role of colonial exploitation in Britain's economic history, her stance could be used to oppose calls for reparations or compensation for colonial injustices.