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A suit at the Supreme Court injuncted collation of Ablekuma North parliamentary election results-Minister
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, June 12, GNA – An application filed at the Supreme Court has injuncted the Ministry of the Interior and the National Election Security taskforce from providing security for the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate...

Political Parties Should Adopt Option A-4 For Primaries – Iredia
A former director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Prof. Tonnie Iredia has described the June 12, 1993 annulled presidential election as a watershed and not only the best in the country’s electoral history. According to the...
Corporate insiders use rally to dump shares
(Bloomberg) — The US stock market is back on track and within spitting distance of February’s all-time highs. Yet corporate executives are dumping shares at the fastest clip since November. A gauge of insider sentiment, which tracks the numbers of...
ECN engages by-election stakeholders in Kabbe South
The Electoral Commission of Namibia held a stakeholders meeting in the Kabbe South Constituency in the Zambezi Region together with their stakeholders to assess their preparedness. Zambezi's Regional Electoral Officer Lesley Simwanza called on all...
St. Albert mayor announces no plans to run for re-election
Brian Wilson, the brilliant but troubled co-founder of the Beach Boys whose innovations reshaped pop music in the 1960s and beyond, died Tuesday at age 82. His family confirmed his passing in a statement, calling the loss “heartbreaking” and...

Did you vote in the May 20 special districts election?
Tillamook, OR (97141) Today Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 63F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.. Tonight Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. Low 47F. NNW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less...

STAT+: Why autism researchers aren’t convinced NIH can keep science and politics separate
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender...

Local Politics: The sentencing of former CPD officer Nicholas Duty further exposes a broken system
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons On Tuesday, June 10, former Columbus Division of Police officer Nicholas Duty was sentenced to 36 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Sarah Morrison. Duty pled guilty to two charges of destroying,...

Slovenia, Politics, and Roma
The mayor of the Slovene town of Ribnica, Samo Pogorelc, who advocated cutting water and electricity to Roma who do not “behave” was attacked by some of his Roma constituents. This papers deems this a “a brutal attack by Roma” which did not really...

Stereotypes in Politics
A member of the European Parliament Romana Tomc (SDS) from Slovenia posted a post on her Facebook profile titled “The Gypsy Carmen and the story of the Dolenjska Roma”. Tomc paints a romantic picture of a “passionate, beautiful and special gypsy...

God save the King...and the grid: Politics, power, and sheepish wolves in Cyprus
In today’s royal photo op, the president raises a toast to our dearly beloved King Charles, who celebrated his birthday yesterday. God save the King, from the Queen. Cheers. Our national prince is currently on a mission to unify the Center. And...

EXIT Festival forced to close under political pressure
Serbia’s 70,000-capacity EXIT Festival is to shut it gates for the last time this summer, with the event having been stripped of all government funding. Founded by Dušan Kovačević in 2000, the award-winning event will take place for the last time...
Notorious offender linked to high-profile underworld and political thefts arrested in Vizag
Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi addressing the press in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU The city police have arrested a notorious offender, Mohammed Salim Qureshi (51), from Attapur, Hyderabad, who has been allegedly...

Is California's move to block the National Guard a political stunt?

Tariffs, political uncertainty weigh on Buffalo nonprofits with manufacturing arms

Vladimir Putin's 'secret' daughter working in Paris art gallery with pointed political message
A young woman believed to be the daughter of Vladimir Putin is reportedly employed at an art gallery in Paris. As per a Russian writer and artist residing in the French capital since 2022, Luiza Rozova primarily works in galleries that exhibit...

Make Democracy Attractive, Meaningful to All Citizens – Kogi NGOs Network Tasks Political Actors
Commends Governor Ododo for his consistency and dedication to open government practices The coalition of civil society organizations, Kogi NGOs Network (KONGONET), has called on all elected leaders in the state and beyond to renew their commitment...

rep. john larson addresses supreme court ruling and political tensions on social media
John B. Larson U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district | Official U.S. House HeadshotJohn B. Larson U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district | Official U.S. House Headshot Rep. John Larson, a long-serving...

Jega advocates part-time legislature, seeks mandatory e-transfer of election results
Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has demanded a review of the Electoral Act 2022 to allow for mandatory electronic transmission of election results. Speaking at the June 12 edition of ‘The...

IFP suspects shooting of members is related to external political motives
JOHANNESBURG - The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) suspects the shooting of three of its members is related to external political motives. On 31 May 2025, IFP member of Parliament, Petrus Sithole, was shot dead while two other party members were...