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The IEC's voter registration station at the Elias Motsoaledi informal settlement in Soweto. According to the latest Ipsos polling research, a turnout of about 42% is predictable for the upcoming local elections. This will be a huge disappointment for the IEC, says the writer.
The IEC has told the Electoral Court that the ANC failed to submit candidate lists on time and cannot blame a system glitch.
The DA's assessment is that the mayor's parlour in the Durban City Hall will be occupied by the MK or DA, come the end of the November local government elections.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's remuneration package will increase from $S2.2 million ($2.4 million) to $S3.6 million under the new pay scale. (AP: Sakchai Lalit)
The Judicial Commission, which should serve as a watchdog, is entangled in the old games of the judiciary. Internal oversight is lacking.
Surging oil prices are driving up long-term interest rates in the United States. The US 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.96 percent on Thursday, the highest level since October 2023. The 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.37 percent, its highest in 19 years.
As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, we want to hear from readers about where you were and what you remember of that historic moment in 2001
A screening of a film in a small room in a downtown Taipei office building has raised fears in the country’s government.
It pains me to write this; in good times, this discussion would not be necessary, especially in a democracy. Regrettably, Parliament and the state assemblies are among the least trusted institutions today. It is ominous for a country when its youth especially, comprising nearly h...
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The vigilance department seizes ₹14,38,340 kept in envelopes from two auditors accused of making such bizarre demands for bribes
The political battle may be fought through speeches and rallies, but the BJP's recovery plan is being designed on spreadsheets -- and executed at the booth.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on US maps, documents and databases. Canada has rejected the move, while several US governors have also said they will continue calling it Lake Ontario. The...
Algerian foreign ministry summons UAE ambassador.
The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.
As Swedish voters head to the polls on Sunday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderates is seeking a second term for his center-right government in a race that has tightened sharply in the final weeks. The four-party opposition led by Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson ha...
Huizhao Huangin BerlinPublished: 10:30pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 11:33pm, 9 Sep 2026The landslide victory of a far-right party in a German state election has raised doubts about whether a politically weakened Berlin can remain a driving force behind the European Union’s increasingly ...
