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Election Results 2024

Democrats bet America is ready to elect a black woman president

Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris. Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama endorsed Harris' bid for the White House on July 26, 2024, delivering a major boost to her campaign to defeat Donald Trump in November's presidential election. (Photo: AFP)

Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris. Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama endorsed Harris' bid for the White House on July 26, 2024, delivering a major boost to her campaign to defeat Donald Trump in November's presidential election. (Photo: AFP)

7 min read . 27 Jul 2024 Joshua Jamerson,John McCormick,Tarini Parti, The Wall Street Journal

Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee. (Photo: AFP)

Who’s in the running to be Kamala Harris’s VP?

6 min read . 23 Jul 2024

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. (Photo: AFP)

Republicans adjust their attacks for their new foe, Kamala Harris

3 min read . 23 Jul 2024

US President Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee. (File Photo: AFP)

Ten plausible contenders to replace Joe Biden

8 min read . 22 Jul 2024

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance. (Photo: Reuters)

Five things to know about JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick

1 min read . 16 Jul 2024

US President and Democrats' presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday took to microblogging site X (formerly twitter) to slam rival Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling the latter a ‘would-be assassin’. (AP)

Joe Biden condemns 'would-be assassin' as Republicans gather to pick VP

2 min read . 15 Jul 2024

Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. According to reports, the FBI has identified the gunman, killed at the scene, as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

Portrait of Trump’s shooter: Quiet, withdrawn, with little political footprint

4 min read . 15 Jul 2024

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (File Photo: AP)

Gretchen Whitmer would like to be America’s first woman president

4 min read . 15 Jul 2024

President Joe Biden shakes hands with actor, director and producer George Clooney. Movie star and lifelong Democrat George Clooney is adding his voice to calls for Joe Biden to leave the presidential race. (File Photo: AP)

The night president Biden lost George Clooney’s support

4 min read . 11 Jul 2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris. Since the debate, Harris has been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, Biden defender. (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

Is this Kamala Harris’s moment?

8 min read . 07 Jul 2024

TOPSHOT - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the presidential runoff elections in Tehran on July 5, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Iran’s election features a reformer, a hardliner and a crisis

6 min read . 05 Jul 2024

Keir Starmer will become Britain’s prime minister after his Labour Party on Thursday secured one of the biggest majorities in its history, winning a projected 411 seats out of 650 in Britain’s Parliament. (File Photo: Reuters)

The UK elects a no-drama prime minister after years of post-Brexit chaos

11 min read . 05 Jul 2024

US President Joe Biden. If Biden were to exit from the US presidential race, the process to replace him wouldn’t be easy. (Photo: AFP)

What would happen if Biden drops out of the election?

3 min read . 04 Jul 2024

FILE - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, left, take part in a BBC debate, in Nottingham, England. UK voters are set to cast ballots in a national election on July 4, passing judgment on 14 years of Conservative rule. (AP)

UK elections: Rishi Sunak's party says rival Keir Starmer heading for win

2 min read . 03 Jul 2024

The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, July 4, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP)

UK polls: British parliament likely to have more Indian-origin MPs this term

3 min read . 03 Jul 2024

Older voters loom large in elections this year in the US, UK, and France. Not only do they turn out to vote more reliably than the young, but they also account for a growing share of the electorate. (Photo: AFP)

The other age issue: Old voters are gaining power around world

10 min read . 02 Jul 2024

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One upon arrival at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York on June 29, 2024. Biden is heading from Long Island, New York to New Jersey for campaign events (AFP)

Democrats reject calls to replace Joe Biden post ‘disastrous’ debate with Trump

3 min read . 30 Jun 2024

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted during a visit to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir while on the general election campaign trail, Saturday (AP)

UK PM Sunak invokes ‘Hindu faith’ on campaign trail at London’s BAPS Mandir

3 min read . 30 Jun 2024

Odisha's Chief Minister-designate Mohan Charan Majhi during a meeting with former chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Hours before the BJP government takes oath of office, Majhi met Patnaik on Wednesday and invited him to the swearing-in ceremony. (PTI)

Odisha CM Oath Ceremony: 8 BJP MLAs likely to be sworn-in along with Mohan Majhi

1 min read . 12 Jun 2024

The 2024 Lok Sabha election saw higher turnout among women voters.

Lok Sabha poll: The mystery of the absent Indian voter in 2024, in charts

2 min read . 12 Jun 2024