Friday, 24 March 2017 PARIS – A month before the first round of France’s presidential election, 43% of voters are hesitant about who to vote for, a poll said on Friday, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the volatile election campaign. Opinion polls show independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine …
Read More »Timorese vote in first presidential election
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 Dili: Timor-Leste voted for a new president, with a former guerilla fighter tipped for victory after winning the backing of the 2 biggest parties, in a new sign of stability for Asia’s youngest nation. The vote comes at a challenging time for the tiny half-island nation …
Read More »South Korea presidential election on 9 May
Wednesday, 15 March 2017 SEOUL: South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9 to replace impeached leader Park Geun Hye, who was dismissed last Friday over a corruption scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo Ahn, who has also been acting president since December, said earlier he would not …
Read More »First local elections in 20 years to be held in Nepal this May
Tuesday, 21 February 2017 KATHMANDU: Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the country’s fraught transition to democracy. The impoverished Himalayan nation emerged from a brutal decade-long civil war in 2006, which brought the end of the …
Read More »Hong Kong turnout high in election committee vote
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 Hong Kong saw a significant increase in voter turnout on Sunday in the election of the 1,200-member committee responsible for choosing its next chief executive. As of 8:30 pm, turnout stood at 39.2 percent, well surpassing the 27.5 percent turnout in December 2011, the last time …
Read More »Donald Trump’s grandaughter becomes viral in China after video of her speaking Mandarin
A video of Arabella reciting simple poetry in Mandarin for her parents during a “pre-bedtime Chinese New Year party” in February has been a hit on Chinese social media this week, garnering about 8.7 million views and 20,000 likes. (Arabella was 4 when the video was made, but she turned …
Read More »US President Trump: ‘Do not laugh, you will also feel the effect’ – Yuna
Donald Trump announced last won the election the United States (US), there are some people of that country and the international community that began restless. Everything for the Trump campaign is considered quite racist against immigrants and Muslims. Among those impressed with this situation is the Malaysian singer who now …
Read More »East Timor votes for parliament amid huge challenges
Saturday, 22 July 2017 Dili (East Timor) – East Timor headed to the polls to elect a new parliament Saturday as Asia’s youngest democracy battles economic challenges 15 years after gaining its independence from Indonesia. About 760,000 people are expected to cast their votes for candidates from 21 parties in …
Read More »Cambodia opposition gains in elections
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s embattled opposition made significant gains in this weekend’s local elections, early results showed, a vote closely watched for signs of vulnerability in one of the world’s longest serving leaders. More than 7 million Cambodians voted in Sunday’s commune elections, the first time they …
Read More »British general election unpredictable, Theresa May or can not guarantee a large number of seats
Monday 5 Jun British election soon, according to a number of opinion polls show that Prime Minister Teresa or lead the Conservative Party in the next Thursday to win a battle, but also may form a cantilever congress! The latest opinion poll shows that the Conservative Party’s lead narrowed, ranging …
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