Elections / Voting
UK PM Johnson loses London strongholds as scandals bite in local elections
By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds...
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Explainer-What’s at stake in the Philippines election?
By Martin Petty (Reuters) - A two-horse race for the Philippine presidency has emerged ahead of Monday's election between incumbent...
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UK police to investigate Labour leader over possible lockdown breach
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they would investigate opposition leader Keir Starmer over a potential breach of...
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Philippines election a rematch of late dictator’s son and rights lawyer
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine voters head to the polls on Monday in a presidential election shaping up...
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Analysis-Rising power bills complicate Australia’s election climate war
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - In Australia's election fight, politicians are tiptoeing around the climate wars that have marked...
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French left’s new ‘disobedient’ stance is warning shot for EU
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Winning next month's legislative election may be a long shot for France's new hard-left alliance,...
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Lula’s Ukraine comments are ‘Russian attempts to distort truth,’ Ukrainian official says
(Reuters) - Ukraine's senior presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, on Thursday blasted comments by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
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Somali lawmakers to choose country’s new president on May 15
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali lawmakers are expected to pick the country's new president on May 15, a...
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Parties linked to France’s Macron form coalition for parliament elections
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's LREM party has formed a coalition with two other centrist parties for the...
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India’s Kashmir region gets redrawn constituencies ahead of elections
By Krishna N. Das and Fayaz Bukhari NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India published on Thursday a new list of redrawn...
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Japan to use nuclear to cut dependence on Russian energy -PM Kishida
By Muvija M and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that it would...
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‘Our blood is boiling’: Victims angry as son of dictator closes in on Philippine presidency
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she...
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Analysis-War a lost opportunity for Turkey’s westward outreach
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) - Before travelling to Moscow last week, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stopped...
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As scandals overshadow vote, UK PM Johnson faces election test
By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Voters in Britain went to the polls in local government elections on...
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Explainer-A guide to the Philippines election
By Martin Petty (Reuters) - The Philippines holds an election on Monday to decide thousands of positions across the archipelago,...
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Re-elected French President Macron to meet with Germany’s Scholz on Monday – Elysee
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Germany for a first official visit after his re-election on...
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Factbox-Marcos and Robredo lead field ahead of Philippine presidential vote
(Reuters) - Philippine presidential candidates will wrap up campaigning this week ahead of the May 9 election, in a contest...
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Brazil’s Lula says Zelenskiy ‘as responsible as Putin’ for Ukraine war
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Russia never should have invaded Ukraine, but he...
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Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats might speed up party’s NATO decision
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The leadership of Sweden's ruling Social Democrats will hold an extra meeting on May 15 where they...
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‘Yo! Get up and vote!’ rapper tells Kenyans – but many don’t care
By Aaron Ross ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - A lollipop dangling from his mouth and two silver chains from his neck,...
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