Election 2024

The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, December 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
World+Biz

Inflation, elections and war dominated 2024

Angered by the hefty ramp-up in prices for everything from eggs to energy over the past few years, voters punished incumbent parties at almost every opportunity

Maia Sandu, Chisinau, October 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza
Europe

Moldova's Sandu decries 'unprecedented' meddling as EU referendum goes to wire

A participant of Moldovan presidential candidate Octavian Ticu's campaign hands out leaflets while agitating voters in a street ahead of the country's upcoming presidential election and a referendum on future European Union membership, in Chisinau, Moldova October 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza/File Photo
Europe

Moldova votes in election, EU referendum in shadow of alleged Russian meddling

Japan's new PM Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election
Asia

Japan's new PM Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) reacts on the day of a press conference after the LDP leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan September 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File Photo
Asia

Japan's incoming PM Ishiba calls election for Oct 27, seeks to unify party

Who is Shigeru Ishiba, the outsider set to lead Japan?
Asia

Who is Shigeru Ishiba, the outsider set to lead Japan?

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan September 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool
Asia

Shigeru Ishiba to be Japan's leader, winning on fifth attempt

Supporters of Sri Lanka's president Ranil Wickremesinghe attend his final election campaign rally for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

What are the five key issues in Sri Lanka's presidential election?

Japan's Minister for Digital Transformation Taro Kono walks on the day of the cabinet reshuffle, at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo, Japan September 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Asia

Who's vying to be Japan's next prime minister?

Luisa Gonzalez, former presidential candidate of the Movimiento Revolucion Ciudadana party, speaks to the media after Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas seizing him from the Mexican embassy, in Quito, Ecuador April 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Politics

Ecuador ex-President Correa's party taps Luisa Gonzalez as presidential candidate

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends an event, in Caracas, Venezuela May 1, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Politics

Maduro wins third term, electoral authority says, contradicting exit polls

People line up to cast their votes in Venezuela's presidential election, in San Cristobal, Venezuela July 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez
Politics

Polls begin to close in highly charged Venezuela election

FILE PHOTO: Voters queue to vote at a polling station in a school during a general election, in Islamabad, Pakistan February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson/File Photo
World+Biz

Voters in many countries sceptical of democracy, poll shows