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How elections can affect our emotions
16+ hour, 21+ min ago (1211+ words) General or state elections are periods when politicians are the most anxious. Some of our local ones must have struggled with the anxiety of wondering if they would be nominated to contest the upcoming (2026) state elections in Johor and Negri…...
Socialist seen beating far-right rival for Portuguese presidency with conservative help
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (429+ words) Saturday, 07 Feb 2026 Far-right leader Andre Ventura greets supporters before a debate with Moderate Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro ahead of the presidential runoff on February 8, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes LISBON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Moderate "Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro is…...
Socialist poised to defeat far-right leader in Portugal presidential vote, poll shows
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (322+ words) Portuguese presidential candidate of the Socialist Party, Antonio Jose Seguro, delivers a speech after leading the first round of Portugal's presidential election, in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Rodrigo Antunes LISBON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The "moderate Socialist candidate is poised…...
EU calls emergency envoys meeting for Sunday after Trump vows tariffs linked to Greenland
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (151+ words) BRUSSELS, "Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ambassadors "from the European "Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for "an emergency "meeting after "U. S. President Donald Trump "vowed "a wave of "increasing tariffs on European allies "until the United States "is "allowed to buy Greenland. Read…...
Venezuela's Nobel Prize-winner bets big on Trump as pressure builds on Maduro
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1718+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -On January 6, 2025, four members of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's team piled onto a couch in a Capitol Hill office, across from Mike Waltz, who was soon to become Donald Trump's national security adviser. Machado made a…...
Zelenskiy says he asked Trump last year for long-range weapons if Russia rejects ceasefire
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (230+ words) FILE PHOTO: U. S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and…...
Dirty fighters: keyboard warriors resorting to insults over ideas
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (331+ words) Saturday, 23 Aug 2025 BERLIN: Play the ball, not the man: the old saying, telling footballers to eschew cynical fouling, has been reapplied as a warning against personal attacks or ad hominems for almost as long as it has been used with…...
Factbox-How much territory does Russia control in Ukraine?
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (785+ words) Wednesday, 13 Aug 2025 A still image, taken from footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russian soldiers waving a flag following the capture of Ukraine's Yablunivka (Yablonovka) settlement in the Donetsk region in the course…...
Zelenskiy discusses war supplies, Russia sanctions with US lawmakers
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (379+ words) Friday, 11 Jul 2025 (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had discussed improved air defences and intensified sanctions against Russia with two U. S. lawmakers who are backing a bill to impose tougher punitive measures against Moscow. Zelenskiy, writing early on Friday on…...