A new poll has reaffirmed the tight race for Brazil’s presidency this year, with both the left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing challenger, Flavio Bolsonaro, tied in a head-to-head contest, according to Al Jazeera.
Two presidential campaign staffers were killed in Colombia on Saturday as the country approaches its May 31 elections, raising concerns over political violence ahead of the vote. Rogers Devia, a former mayor allied with right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, and his aide Eder Cardona were both shot in Cubarral, a rural area 105 miles south of Bogotá, according to the Public Defender's Office of the Meta department.
A New York pop-up exhibit by the ‘Institute of Primary Facts’ is displaying 3.5 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein files to highlight US corruption, according to Al Jazeera.
Voters in the Bahamas head to the polls in a three-way general election with immigration as a key issue, according to The Guardian.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure after his party’s local election losses, with one of his own MPs threatening to push for a leadership contest. Meanwhile, the UK continues a trend of short-lived prime ministers, a pattern that has intensified since the 2016 Brexit referendum.
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to resign after the party's poor showing in local elections, with several high-profile figures calling for change.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed the halfway mark in early leads in the West Bengal Assembly elections, according to The Hindu. The ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) urged caution, calling the situation 'fishy.'
Maine Governor Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign on Thursday, conceding to oyster farmer and political newcomer Graham Platner, who led her 2-to-1 in public polling. Platner’s victory marks a rare defeat for an establishment Democratic candidate.
More than a million registered voters in the occupied West Bank and some in Gaza are casting votes in local elections, with Deir el-Balah in Gaza as the only area holding a vote since 2005, according to the Ramallah-based Central Elections Commission.
Palestinians cast their ballots in Gaza’s first municipal elections in 21 years, as 70,000 registered voters participate in a symbolic but politically significant event amid ongoing Israeli attacks.
Heatwaves, floods, and wildfires are increasingly threatening democratic elections, according to a report from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
According to an exit poll by Alpha Research, Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria party is set to win Bulgaria's parliamentary election with 38.1% of the vote, according to the BBC.
Peru's general election has been delayed after tens of thousands of voters were unable to cast their ballots due to technical and logistical problems at polling stations, according to the BBC.
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, is on the brink of securing a majority government, with his Liberal party poised to win at least two closely watched byelections and courting an 'almost unprecedented' string of defections from rival parties, according to The Guardian.
Peru has opened polls for its presidential and legislative elections, with no clear frontrunner amid years of political instability, according to Al Jazeera.