Tag: Elections
‘Time for real change’: UK Labour makes election pitch
Birmingham, United Kingdom, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Thursday sets out his party’s manifesto for next month’s ...Charges dropped against immune new Sri Lanka president
Colombo, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Corruption charges against Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa were dropped Thursday by a court, which handed his passport ...Bolivia’s president asks Congress to approve law for new elections
La Paz, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez asked Congress Wednesday to approve a law that would allow for new ...Digital battleground looms large for 2020 election
Washington, Nov 20 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump has been on a social media ad spending spree for his 2020 re-election campaign, but ...United States, EU back Georgia protesters
Tbilisi, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): The United States and European Union expressed solidarity Monday with Georgia’s anti-government protesters who took to the streets ...Symbolic swearing-in for Sri Lanka’s new strongman
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in Monday at a Buddhist temple revered by ...Bolivian leader says elections will be called soon
La Paz, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim president said Sunday she will call new elections soon, as the country struggles with violent ...Pakistan felicitates newly-elected Sri Lankan president
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): The government and leadership of Pakistan Sunday warmly felicitated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his electoral victory as seventh President ...Rajapaksa takes early lead in Sri Lanka election
Colombo, Nov 17 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa took an early lead Sunday in a fiercely fought presidential ...Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters
Colombo, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, ...