Elections, EVMs, and debates: Mapping student union campaigns across universities

As the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections made headlines with extravagant campaigns and political heavyweights descending on campuses, a broader conversation on the nature and conduct of student politics across Indian universities...

Politics: 2025Talks - October 2, 2025

Politics and views in the United States. The government shutdown is set to continue with no end in sight. States dip into their coffers to keep federal programs running and veterans face challenges accessing services. Welcome to 2025 Talks. We're...

Political paradox

All I can think about is national politics. It’s depressing. And cringey. Like a dystopian novel no one wants to read because the author sucks. Every time the Great Orange Man or one of his administration minions speaks, my gears beg for oil....

Politics : STAR, SAPP To Contest Sabah Polls Under Own Logos, Exit Grs Coalition

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 2 (Bernama) -- Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) and Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) are set to go it alone in the upcoming 17th Sabah state election after confirming they will contest under their respective party logos instead of the...

Elections show 'good half' of Moldovans favor close ties with Russia — Kremlin

MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. Moldova’s recent parliamentary elections indicated that about half of the country’s citizens support improving relations with Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "We would certainly like Moldova to...

Political parties express alarm over eThekwini Municipality's R41 billion debt crisis

External debt collectors (EDC) contracted by the eThekwini municipality to collect R11.9 billion have managed to collect R610 million, drawing mixed reactions from political parties. In a report presented at a council meeting on Tuesday, the total...

'Politics Should Stay Aside': AB Criticises India

‘It does put the sport, the players, the sportsmen, the cricketers in a very tough position, and that's what I hate to see’ IMAGE: The Asia Cup 2025 was simmering with tension from the very first India-Pakistan encounter. Photograph: ANI Photo...

Political analyst: “Azerbaijan is not a satellite and not a junior partner of Turkey”

A few days ago, a number of Turkish media outlets and journalists published fake photographs of the “Azerbaijani delegation applauding Netanyahu.” In Azerbaijan the fake was exposed, and in Ankara the journalist who created it was identified and...

Politics LIVE: Starmer to announce migration clamp down after blasting Reform

Channel migrants granted asylum in the UK will have to earn the right to settle or bring their families over, under new plans to be announced by Keir Starmer.The Prime Minister vowed to scrap the “golden ticket” to life in the UK, declaring that...

Political Opinion: Steve Yemm Column: Delivering £1.5 million for our community

I’m delighted to share fantastic news for Mansfield. After months of campaigning, I’ve secured £1.5 million of investment through Labour’s Pride in Place Programme. This is a major win for our town. The funding will be dedicated to improving our...

'Politics should stay aside': AB de Villiers slams India's trophy refusal from Mohsin Naqvi

Former South African batting star AB de Villiers has criticised India’s refusal to accept the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi, calling it a case of politics intruding...

Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

The federal opposition, embattled on many fronts, is trying to gain ground by establishing an alternative economic and fiscal narrative to that of the government. Labor boasts that the just-released budget outcome for last financial year is better...

Politics in sport, sport of politics

In early October 2015, Cricket Australia postponed its scheduled tour of Bangladesh citing security concerns. Around the same time, the country’s national football team was also due to visit Dhaka. Just like the cricketers, the Socceroos also...

Politics played down as Australia locks in PNG pact

"This reflects the depth of trust, history, and shared future between our two nations," he said in a statement on Thursday, which stressed the treaty was about strengthening PNG's domestic security and not about geopolitics.

TI Georgia not to observe upcoming municipal elections

Transparency International Georgia has announced that it will not monitor the upcoming municipal elections on October 4, 2025, marking the first time in the organization’s 25-year history that it has been unable to conduct election observation. In...

Georgia to participate in European Political Community summit in Copenhagen

The seventh meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) opened in Copenhagen on October 2, with Georgia among the participating countries, reported the European Council. The summit will bring together leaders from across the continent,...

Syria election: No popular vote, yet a test of inclusivity and change for Sharaa rule

Beirut: Syria is set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December. Under the 50-year rule of the Assad...

Live updates: Trump uses shutdown to dole out firings, political punishment

What to Know Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, told House Republicans on a conference call yesterday that mass firings at the federal level would happen in the next day or two. That's in addition to the hundreds of...

Security flaws left Ontario's 2022 municipal online elections highly exposed to attack, analysis finds

Severe flaws in logistics and technology threatened the integrity of the online vote in Ontario's 2022 municipal elections, a major new study suggests — and points to vulnerabilities across voting systems supplied by different vendors that left 70...

8 mins ago the city politic the city politic The Mamdani Effect By David Freedlander Democrats seem to be acting differently since June. Is that a coincidence?

Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Getty Images In Seattle, Katie Wilson, a transit activist, is leading in the polls against the incumbent mayor after touting her history advocating for reduced fares for low-income residents and youths. In Texas,...