More concerning for voters, however, is misinformation spreading the good old-fashioned way, through politicians sowing falsehoods, with researchers saying they face almost no legal consequences for distorting the truth.
AFP news Oct 04, 2024
As the prelude to the next presidential vote in 2026, the municipal outcome will serve as a bellwether of political sentiment in a country deeply divided between followers of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his predecessor, far-right Jair Bolsonaro.
AFP news Oct 04, 2024
In a mostly cordial clash, Vance, a Republican senator for Ohio, and Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, jousted over foreign policy, immigration, health care and other topics.
AFP news Oct 02, 2024
The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and ruling party heavyweight will take office in the presence of foreign dignitaries including Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US First Lady Jill Biden.
AFP news Oct 01, 2024
Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election for October 27. He won a tight race on Friday to lead the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed almost constantly for decades.
AFP news Oct 01, 2024
Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in the North African country's October 6 presidential election, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
AFP news Oct 01, 2024
Pennsylvania is considered the most important of the seven toss-up states that will likely decide the November 5 presidential election, but Nevada is also one of the key battlegrounds.
AFP news Sep 30, 2024
Ishiba, who was set to be formally appointed as premier on Tuesday after winning the leadership of the ruling party, supports the Bank of Japan's drive to hike interest rates and has said "there is room" to raise corporate levies.
AFP news Sep 30, 2024
The Provincial Secretary of the ANC pointed out that the DA has been labeling him and Gauteng ANC Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi as "rebels" within the party, stressing that this portrayal is dangerous and misleading, aimed at damaging the ANC's leadership in Gauteng.
Sana Khan Sep 30, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats narrowly beat the far-right AfD in a state election Sunday in the formerly communist east, a rare bit of good news for his party.
AFP news Sep 23, 2024
He built on his father's real estate empire and turned the family's millions into billions, but Donald Trump has not stuck to selling merely buildings.
AFP news Sep 23, 2024
Hollywood stars including Jennifer Lopez, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Rock, and Ben Stiller beamed in remotely to lavish praise via screens on the Democratic vice president.
AFP news Sep 20, 2024
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, 75, is seeking a fresh mandate after claiming credit for stabilizing the economy and bringing an end to months of food, fuel and medicine shortages.
AFP news Sep 19, 2024
The world's richest person has become increasingly present in Trump's campaign, essentially putting his personal X account, with its nearly 200 million followers, at the candidate's service.
AFP news Sep 18, 2024
The report comes after the US government accused Russia's state news agency RT earlier this month of seeking to influence the presidential election in November and imposed sanctions on its top editors.
AFP news Sep 18, 2024
Polls indicate that three frontrunners are emerging among the nine candidates to succeed Fumio Kishida as head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the September 27 internal vote.
AFP news Sep 18, 2024
The investigation will cover allegations of illegal or improper conduct from Jan. 1, 2007, to Sept. 13, 2024. It will also include any related activities before Jan. 1, 2007, and after the Proclamation date if they involve the same people, companies or contracts.
Sana Khan Sep 16, 2024
Trump, 78, heads to Nevada, where his campaign says he will focus on delivering a message on the economy -- a key issue in this election, with US inflation slowing but still higher than most consumers are used to.
AFP news Sep 13, 2024
Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an opposition alliance that battled Modi in national elections earlier this year, was first detained in March over the long-running corruption probe.
AFP news Sep 13, 2024
With Trump proposing across-the-board tariffs of 10 percent to 20 percent on all imports if reelected, Harris likened the plans to a "sales tax" -- given concerns that costs could be passed on to consumers.
AFP news Sep 11, 2024
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado vowed Monday to remain in Venezuela, a day after her colleague and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia took up asylum in Spain claiming post-election repression.
AFP news Sep 10, 2024
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will clash in their first and possibly last televised debate Tuesday, in a potentially game-changing moment for the blockbuster 2024 US presidential election.
AFP news Sep 10, 2024
The latest polling confirms that Trump retains locked-in support from about half of voters, despite the Republican's historic status as a convicted felon and his role in instigating the unprecedented attempt to overturn his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
AFP news Sep 09, 2024
Opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia fled in exile to Spain over the weekend. The popular leader he stood in for at the polls, Maria Corina Machado, is in hiding.
AFP news Sep 09, 2024
The 73-year-old, a former foreign minister who recently acted as the European Union's Brexit negotiator, is the oldest premier in the history of modern France.
AFP news Sep 06, 2024
Harris's entry into the race six weeks ago turbocharged enthusiasm among Democrats who were despondent about President Joe Biden's chances against Trump -- but both parties are bracing for a close election on November 5.
AFP news Sep 05, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared that Christmas will come early this year, on October 1, as he seeks to impart some holiday cheer after a disputed presidential election the opposition claims he stole.
AFP news Sep 04, 2024
The real estate tycoon and former president has long crafted an often cartoonish, hyper-masculine image -- most controversially including bragging about sexual assault.
AFP news Sep 04, 2024
Jens-Christian Wagner says the rise of the anti-immigration party, which won Thuringia state elections with 33 percent of the vote Sunday, reflects a hardening of attitudes that could spell new dangers..
AFP news Sep 04, 2024
US President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Monday, in a public display of teamwork after she replaced him as candidate and revived Democratic election hopes.
AFP news Sep 03, 2024
