Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media shot up as much as 19% Thursday morning, keeping up the momentum of a rally that has recovered some of the Truth Social operator’s steep losses from a recent weekslong sell-off. DJT stock was trading around $24 per share shortly after the market open, […]
No fewer than 67 countries with a total population of about 3.4bn people have already held national elections this year. Those with another 440m people will allow their citizens to have their say before the end of 2024. At the start of the year The Economist suggested this “vote-a-rama” would be a “a giant test […]
Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday that reforms are needed before polls. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed the country’s “chief advisor” after the student-led uprising that toppled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in August. The 84-year-old […]
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump reacts during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 5, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former President Donald Trump‘s return to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of his […]
Japan’s incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he aimed to call snap elections for October 27, as equities plunged on a strong yen and fears that tax hikes are on the cards. Ishiba, who was set to be formally appointed as premier on Tuesday after winning the leadership of the ruling party, supports […]
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order […]
Candidates in the upcoming leadership race for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) join hands after giving speeches for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Osaka, Japan on September 18, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s ruling party election has entered a runoff between economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and former defense […]
The son of Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said he was happy with the army chief’s timeline for elections within 18 months, though it was later than expected, but warned that genuine reform and polls were impossible without her party. General Waker-uz-Zaman, whose refusal to stand by Hasina in the face of deadly student […]
