Sri Lanka parliamentary election: How the NPP won over country’s ethnic minorities

Sri Lanka parliamentary election: How the NPP won over country’s ethnic minorities

A vendor displays newspapers for sale at a stall in Kandy on November 16, 2024. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a majority in snap parliamentary polls, provisional results showed on November 15. | Photo Credit: AFP The staggering mandate — over a two-thirds majority — that Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power [NPP] coalition […]

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Sri Lanka parliamentary election: How the NPP won over country’s ethnic minorities

U.S. elections 2024: Sarah McBride to be country’s first transgender member of Congress

Sarah McBride becomes the first transgender member of the Congress. (Picture Source: X) In a first this U.S. election, Sarah McBride becomes the first transgender member at the Congress – securing the opportunity to represent Delaware. She defeated her rival James Whalen III, a former police officer whose campaign was centred around curbing federal spending […]

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Georgia’s Opposition disputes result in crucial vote which could decide the country’s role in Europe

Georgia’s Opposition disputes result in crucial vote which could decide the country’s role in Europe

Georgia’s Opposition disputed the results of its election Saturday (October 26, 2024) after officials said the ruling party led the crucial vote, which could decide whether the country pivots to embrace the West or falls back into Russia’s orbit. Many Georgians viewed the vote as a make-or-break referendum on the opportunity to join the European […]

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Sri Lanka parliamentary election: How the NPP won over country’s ethnic minorities

Indonesia swears in Prabowo Subianto as the country’s eighth President

President-elect Prabowo Subianto waves to journalists as he leaves his residence on the day of his inauguration, in Jakarta, on October 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth President of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, completing his journey from an ex-General accused of rights abuses during the […]

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Lebanon says Israeli strike killed 10 firefighters in country’s south

Firefighters and security personnel work at a street where a rocket fired from Lebanon towards Israel hit a residential building amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Maalot, northern Israel October 6, 2024. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Lebanon’s Health Ministry says an Israeli strike in the country’s south killed at least […]

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