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Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first woman president in a historic win, exit polls suggest. Pollsters predicted that the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City had won 56% of the vote in Sunday’s election, convincingly beating her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez. Ms Sheinbaum’s Morena party has already claimed victory. However, Ms Gálvez urged her supporters to wait ...

South Africa ‘s recent election has brought about a significant change in the country’s political landscape, as the African National Congress (ANC), which played a pivotal role in the liberation from apartheid, has lost its 30-year majority. While the ANC remains the largest party, the absence of a clear majority has necessitated coalition talks among the party leaders to form ...

In a significant shift in the ongoing conflict, the United States has authorized Ukraine to use American-supplied weapons to target Russian territory in defence of the embattled Kharkiv region. This decision comes in the wake of a deadly Russian missile strike that killed three civilians and wounded at least 16 others, including an emergency medic, in the Ukrainian city. The ...

The leading candidates in Mexico ‘s presidential election have held their final campaign rallies ahead of the vote on Sunday. Either Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of left-wing incumbent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or Xóchitl Gálvez, a former senator for the country’s main centre-right party, is almost certain to become the country’s first female leader. Ms. Sheinbaum, the clear favourite, ...

South Africa’s long-standing political landscape faced a pivotal shift as citizens queued late into the night to cast their ballots in a watershed election that could mark the end of the ANC’s uncontested 30-year reign. The ballot counting, underway since Thursday, has captivated the nation, with observers closely scrutinizing turnout figures and partial results to predict the fate of the ...