The historic case -- the last in the court's current term -- has far-reaching implications for executive power and the 77-year-old Trump's multiple legal entanglements as he seeks the White House again.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in the election, which concludes in early June.
Lai said Thursday the island was "facing unprecedented challenges" ahead of his inauguration on May 20.
Trump welcomed Aso to Trump Tower, one of the real estate magnate's properties in New York, where he is currently on trial accused of falsifying business records to cover up an affair with an adult film star.
Americans are deluged with misinformation about political hot-button issues that observers say have the potential to sway voters in the widely anticipated rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump in November.
The nine justices' ruling could have far-reaching implications for the extent of US executive power -- and Trump's own multiple legal issues as he seeks the White House again.
The elections in the Balkan state, which changed its name in 2018 from Macedonia to settle a historical dispute with Greece, overlap with a parliamentary election due in two weeks.
These five political parties filed cases against their exclusion from contesting in the upcoming elections on May 29. The parties' respective candidates have been excluded because they don't meet nomination requirements.
A total of 968 million people are eligible to take part in the world's biggest vote -- a staggering logistical exercise that critics say follows a concerted effort to delegitimize rivals.
In remote Indian forests home to a decades-old Maoist insurgency battling government rule, few in farmer Ajay Kumaroya's village had ever dared anger the guerrillas by voting.
Vote counting was under way Thursday in the South Pacific's Solomon Islands, a contest keenly watched from afar as China's efforts to stamp its mark on the region are tested.
Vice President Lai, who won the January presidential election to succeed Tsai Ing-wen, will take office on May 20 at a time of growing tensions between Taiwan and China.
The showdown between conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and left-wing populist President Zoran Milanovic comes as the European Union nation wrestles with corruption, a labor shortage, the highest inflation rate in the eurozone and illegal migration.
Modi remains roundly popular after a decade in office that has seen India rise in diplomatic clout and economic power, as well as efforts by his government to bring the country's majority faith in ever closer alignment with its politics.
President Cyril Ramaphosa reminded South Africans that in this country, politicians can freely compete and the media can report without interference. He also mentioned that the courts are fair and impartial including the Electoral Court, which supervises the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and how elections are conducted.
Thirty years after the former liberation movement won the first democratic elections, South Africa remains the world's most unequal nation, suffering from high unemployment, rampant crime, widespread corruption and a stagnant economy.
The commission said in a statement that it had lodged an "urgent and direct" appeal to the Constitutional Court to provide "certainty".
As the world's most populous nation readies for general elections that begin April 19, politicians face a sobering reality. India is the fastest-growing major economy, but there are still not enough white-collar jobs for its educated youth.
After a decade in power, Modi hopes to significantly increase his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 55 percent parliamentary majority -- and to do that requires winning in southern states.
The center-right Fine Gael party -- part of a three-party governing coalition -- selected the 37-year-old Harris as leader following an uncontested election after Varadkar's resignation.
The general elections will be held on May 29, which will elect a new National Assembly alongside the provincial legislature in each province. This election will mark the seventh election in the country since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
Elections have become an almost annual occurrence for the OPEC member country, which has seven percent of the world's oil reserves and the monarchical Gulf's most powerful elected assembly.
Hun Sen stepped down in August after nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule, passing the baton to his eldest son Hun Manet following a landslide win in national polls held without any significant opposition parties.
He won a December election with 89.6 percent of the vote against three relative unknowns, after opposition challengers were sidelined or jailed.
Elon Musk, one of the world's richest people, says he won't directly back Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the US election -- but one look at his X feed makes clear his heart is with the Republican.
Near-final results showed the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) wresting the main cities and Anatolian provinces that were strongholds for Erdogan's Islamic conservative AKP party.
The country is to hold general elections on May 29 in what is expected to be the most competitive vote since the advent of democracy in 1994.
Surrounded by cheering supporters, the leaders of the country's two major parties staged rival events in the capital Seoul to begin just under two weeks of campaigning before the April 10 vote.
The secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) seized back control of the city -- Turkey's economic powerhouse -- in 2019 for the first time since before Erdogan ruled it as mayor in the 1990s.
Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an opposition alliance formed to compete against Modi in the polls, was detained on Thursday in connection with a long-running corruption probe.
