Presidential Elections
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US: Biden and Trump rack up more victories in primaries, inch closer to presidential rematch
World | Mar 20, 2024, 11:29 AM ISTBoth candidates have become their parties' presumptive nominees after securing enough delegates on Super Tuesday held on March 5. Biden and Trump's campaigns are firing up their bases by tearing into each other as many Americans are unwilling to witness the presidential rematch.
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Putin thanks Russia after predictable landslide win in elections, warns of 'World War III'
World | Mar 18, 2024, 08:22 AM ISTPartial results showed Putin winning 87 per cent of the votes in a contest without any serious opposition, extending his rule by six years surpassing that of Joseph Stalin. Other countries said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
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Vladimir Putin wins Russian Presidential election with 87.97 per cent votes
World | Mar 18, 2024, 12:07 AM ISTThe 71-year-old Russian leader faces three token rivals from Kremlin-friendly parties who have refrained from any criticism of his 24-year rule or his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
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Biden, Trump heading towards America's first presidential rematch in 70 years. What are the stakes?
World | Mar 14, 2024, 10:01 AM ISTBiden won the last time while competing against Trump in 2020, but majority of polls show Trump leading the current US president in the upcoming elections. Trump and Biden will officially become their respective party candidates by July and August during the nominating convention.
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US: Biden vs Trump confirmed as ex-President secures enough delegates for presidential nomination
World | Mar 13, 2024, 09:42 AM ISTTrump secured the Republican presidential nomination for the third consecutive time after wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state. Thus, Biden and Trump have kicked off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan nominates Mahmood Khan Achakzai as presidential candidate against Asif Zardari
World | Mar 02, 2024, 03:52 PM ISTAccording to a notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday, the presidential election is set to take place on March 9. Zardari, who previously served as president from 2008-13, was nominated by the coalition government led by the PML-N and PPP.
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Pakistan to release schedule for presidential polls on March 1, Zardari poised to win
World | Feb 27, 2024, 11:00 PM ISTThe six-party alliance set to form a coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif selected former President Asif Ali Zardari as its consensus candidate for the top post. Zardari served as Pakistan's president from September 2008 to 2013.
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US: Nikki Haley vows to strengthen alliance with India if elected as presidential race heats up
World | Feb 19, 2024, 01:59 PM ISTHaley, who has been highly critical of former President Donald Trump, called his recent remarks on NATO "bone-chilling" and accused him of empowering Russian President Vladimir Putin. She stressed on the need to empower alliances with NATO and regional allies to deter threats.
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Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev, bolstered after retaking Karabakh, re-elected after landslide win
World | Feb 08, 2024, 06:26 PM ISTAzerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev secured more than 90 per cent of the votes, as his victory was expected after his government reclaimed the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan regained parts of Karabakh from ethnic Armenian separatists in a military operation in September.
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'Make America Normal Again': Nikki Haley's new slogan as US presidential race heats up
World | Jan 31, 2024, 08:39 AM ISTNikki Haley is trailing ex-US President Donald Trump by 30 points in her home state of South Carolina after the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, but is gradually improving. She launched an aggressive campaign after receiving support from her supporters asking her to stay in the race.
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Voting underway in Taiwan's closely-watched elections as China ramps up pressure
World | Jan 13, 2024, 10:19 AM ISTChina has called the elections a choice between 'war and peace' and even threatened further aggression if Taiwan moves towards independence. China considers the self-governed island as part of its mainland and has vowed to reunify both countries by force if necessary.
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Taiwan gears up for high-octane elections today that will decide future with arch-rival China
World | Jan 13, 2024, 12:27 AM ISTChina has called the elections a choice between "war and peace" and has stepped up its coercion through military incursions and trade sanctions. Taiwan's defence ministry on Friday said it detected five Chinese balloons over the Taiwan Strait within the past 24 hours.
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Taiwan's independence belongs to its people, says presidential frontrunner amid conflict with China
World | Dec 30, 2023, 05:05 PM ISTChina says that the Taiwan election is an internal Chinese affair but that the island's people face a choice between war and peace and any attempt at Taiwan independence means war. Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to prevent anyone from trying to 'split' Taiwan from China.
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US: Trump calls Biden 'destroyer of democracy', repeats allegations of 'stolen' 2020 elections
World | Dec 03, 2023, 07:40 AM ISTTrump repeated his allegations that the presidential elections in 2020, in which he lost to Biden, were "stolen" and that US elections, in general, are "rigged". He also praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for swiftly executing drug dealers and claimed that North Korea's Kim Jong Un liked him.
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Javier Milei: Five things you want to know about the new 'shock therapist' Argentinian President
World | Dec 13, 2023, 11:02 AM ISTKnown as the 'Donald Trump of Argentina', Milei proposed a series of dramatic changes as the country reels from a worsening economic crisis with rising inflation. He won the elections by garnering close to 56% of the total votes, defeating his rival Sergio Massa, the economy minister.
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Far-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina's presidential elections after fierce campaign
World | Nov 20, 2023, 07:45 AM ISTA political outsider, Milei's campaign was based on aggressive rhetoric and promises of dramatic changes that drew parallels with former US President Donald Trump. The elections came at a time when Argentina is suffering from record-high levels of inflation and poverty.
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US: Republican candidate Tim Scott drops out of 2024 presidential race amid poor show in polls
World | Nov 13, 2023, 10:49 AM ISTScott, a Republican Senator from South Carolina, entered the presidential race with more cash than other aspirants, but struggled to gain traction and lagged behind in polls after three primary debates. He has also refused to run for vice-president in the upcoming elections.
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'Not my time...' Former US Vice President Mike Pence pulls out of presidential race
World | Oct 29, 2023, 01:39 PM ISTPence became a significant target for Republicans and Trump voters after he refused the ex-president's order to overturn the election results in 2021. In his presidential campaign for 2024, Pence has struggled to raise funds and has lagged behind in polls.
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Ex-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia
World | Oct 24, 2023, 09:14 PM ISTJenna Ellis pleaded guilty to counts of abetting false statements of electoral fraud to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. She was sentenced to five years of probation, 100 hours of community service and writing an apology letter.
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Maldives: Pro-China opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu wins presidential elections, gets 53% votes
World | Oct 01, 2023, 11:16 AM ISTAn engineer, Muizzu had served as the housing minister for seven years. He was mayor of Malé, and built closer ties with China under the regime of former President Abdullah Yameen.