The 2018 midterm elections end President Trump’s unchecked hold on power
The November 6 midterm congressional elections were seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s…
The age of German chancellor Angela Merkel is drawing to a close
Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel said on October 29 she was stepping down as leader of…
Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s most divisive election since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985
Jair Bolsonaro defeated Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party, or the PT, in Brazil’s…
Brussels refuses to endorse Italy’s draft budget
The European Commission has rejected Italy’s draft budget, telling Rome to revise and resubmit it…
Bavaria’s conservative CSU loses an absolute majority in a state election
Bavaria’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic…
A far-right nationalist Jair Bolsonaro is set to win power in Latin America’s largest economy
Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing former army captain, is set to win power in Brazil after…
US unemployment drops to the lowest level since 1969
The US economy added 134,000 jobs in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,…
The election leaves Swedish politics in limbo
Sweden’s ruling centre-left bloc won 144 seats in the 349-seat parliament in last week’s election…