The Jakarta composite and Indonesian rupiah jumped on Thursday after unofficial election results showed incumbent President Joko Widodo winning a second-term in office. Such optimism in the financial markets was not shared by a number of analysts, who pointed out that Jokowi’s reform ambitions may again face challenges in a divided parliament. But many in […] Read more
Sen. Bernie Sanders and his advisors have been meeting with potential South Carolina campaign staffers as the Vermont democratic socialist looks to pull off a win in the state’s 2020 presidential primary, four years after Hillary Clinton crushed him there, CNBC has learned. Sanders has been pushing to firm up his support among younger and […] Read more
By: Kieron Monks Presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko speaks during a political rally in Thies on February 20, 2019. With the economy in robust shape, Senegal’s President Macky Sall might have anticipated a cruise to victory in his re-election campaign in the country’s Sunday elections. The incumbent has overseen a period of healthy growth and delivered several landmark infrastructure […] Read more
By Katie Bernard King said he plans to run for re-election and rejected responsibility for his statements in The New York Times that appeared to defended white nationalism. “I have nothing to apologize for,” the Iowa Republican said in an interview released Thursday when asked if he was sorry for his words. He was being […] Read more
By Oren Liebermann, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal In 1988, extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane and his political party were banned from Israel’s parliament for being racist and undemocratic. Now his followers are making a comeback, courted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he seeks a fifth term as the country’s leader. On Tuesday night, Netanyahu […] Read more
New Google data shows the five most-searched political issues in advance of the midterm elections, and it shows that Trump’s immigration message is failing to win out over the key Democratic issue of health care, while the economy is hardly mentioned. Both parties have been trying to make their core issue the main issue in […] Read more
