Politics

The ultra-conservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential election in Iran as expected. The relatively moderate candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati and outgoing president Hassan Rouhani congratulated him. The…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the initial results of regional elections encouraging. In any case, his Conservative Party won an extra-parliamentary seat in the House of Commons on Thursday in a by-election. That…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US election. The results of the elections were already known, but incumbent President Donald Trump still contested it, so several foreign leaders did not…
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China has congratulated upcoming US president Joe Biden on his election victory. "We esteem the choice of the American people," said a spokesman for the Chinese State Department. In addition to Biden, he also congratulated future…
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The ban took effect on November 3, the day of the US election, and was intended to prevent abuse and confusion. Now the company is announcing to advertisers that it is extending that ban for another month. "While multiple sources…
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All pro-democratic opposition members in Hong Kong are relinquishing their parliamentary seats. They are thus protesting against the decision to take away their seats from four colleagues, says a member of the opposition. Beijing…
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While the whole world eagerly awaits the final results of the US election, the country's major news outlets are grappling with the question of when to pick a winner. They only want to do it when they have sufficient certainty that…
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Groups of sometimes heavily armed pro-Trump protesters demonstrated Thursday evening and the following night (local time) in US states where votes for the presidential election are still counting. Supporters of Trump's challenger…
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While Twitter marks Donald Trump's tweets as false as well as trying to curb Facebook manipulation, YouTube has been criticized for not immediately removing videos spreading electoral manipulation claims. Reuters notes that several…
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Many lawsuits brought by Donald Trump's campaign team in key states in recent days are primarily intended to create confusion, according to legal experts. Several lawyers and professors tell the American media that most cases do not stand a…
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