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Taiwanese Presidential Election The results are in and Lai Ching-te, the Democratic Progressive's Party (DPP) nominee for the presidency, has been elected the next president of Taiwan by a 7% margin. The DPP has held the presidency since 2016 when Tsai Ing-wen won over half the votes. Mr
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Saturday saw Taiwan's presidential election with 3 main contenders Lai Ching-te of the center-left DPP, Hou Yu-ih of the center-right Kuomintang (the nationalists during the Chinese revolution), and Ko Wen-je of the newly formed (2019) center-left TPP. Lai Ching-te ended up winning by a reasonable margin. His party,
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Chris Christie Drops Out Chris Christie has dropped out of the GOP presidential primary just days ahead of the Iowa caucus, presumingly doing so due to bad polling and hoping to consolidate votes around an anti-Trump candidate. According to a recent study most of Mr Christie's support would
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In Barack Obama’s early career as Senator for the State of Illinois, before any presidential bid, he released the book The Audacity of Hope. The book presents Mr Obama’s vision for the United States, his thoughts on the American dream, his personal hopes and aspirations for his country,
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Upcoming Taiwanese Presidential Election Tsai Ing-wen has been the president of Taiwan since 2016 and has had a majority of the electorate in her camp every election. However, she is not seeking re-election, her party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has made Lai Ching-te their new leader. The Kuomintang (KMT)
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With the 2024 presidential election closing in alongside Mr Biden and Mr Trump solidifying their primary bases, seeing no real opposition in the polls, it is worth considering the outcome of an election between the president and former president. Current polling suggests Mr Trump is ahead of Joe Biden, however,
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Troubles for Trump Former president Donald J. Trump has been ousted from the Colorado and Maine primary ballots due to his involvement in the January 6th, 2020 riots. This makes winning the GOP primary slightly harder for Mr Trump, though should not be seen as a game changer. However, if
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Why do far-right parties come to power and why is European popular opinion shifting to the far end of the right? In the late spring months of 2000, a Germany engulfed by a political crisis would come to an end. CDU chairman Wolfgang Schäuble was forced to resign due to
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U-turn by Rishi Sunak Mr Sunak announced measures to curb migration by 300 000 just over two weeks ago. The flagship part of this package was to raise the minimum income threshold for family visas to £38 700 from the previous £18 600, this measure was meet with great criticism
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A year ago Europe was struggling with an energy crisis, a new geopolitical world, and increasingly needing to resolve matters by itself. A lot has changed since then, new political leaders and crises have appread, and it's worth asking the question of what the people of Europe think
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Rudy Giuliani Forced to Pay Huge Fine A jury in Washington DC ordered Mr Giuliani, the former Trump attorney, to pay $148 million to two election workers from Georgia for defaming their names after the 2020 presidential election. Mr Giuliani has repeatedly stated that he can not afford to pay,
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Many are seeing COP28 as a defining moment in the fight against climate change, and many have been worried about the United Arab Emirates, a large oil nation in the Middle East hosting the event, the president of COP28 is the CEO of a major oil company as well. With