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General election: Tier one contractors call for construction focus
Major contractors have called for a clear focus on construction during the campaign period that began with yesterday’s announcement of a general election on 4 July. Prime minister Rishi Sunak caught many political commentators by surprise by calling voters to the ballot box six months before the end of the current Parliament. Balfour Beatty chief
Pakistan election: Imran Khan allies win most seats as ex-PM Nawaz Sharif seeks coalition
Key PointsFormer Pakistani prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and the imprisoned Imran Khan have both declared election victories.Sharif's group won the most seats by a single party, and will seek to form a coalition.But Khan's supporters – who ran as independents – won the most seats overall.Pakistan faces days of political horse-trading after the final few
The Most Important Election in 2022 That You’ve Never Heard Of
As Democrats across the country warn about the delicate state of American democracy and the importance of voting for candidates who will protect voting rights, the chair of the umbrella committee for Democratic secretaries of state has found herself in the most important and serious campaign of her career.The battlefield is Colorado, and the incumbent…
GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies and more costs
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands into multiple courses of inquiry, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022.The Republican pursuit has received a broad…
Election on Saturday of the President of the House of Representatives
Actualité Par Lavieeco avec MAP Le 7 Oct, 2021 La Chambre des représentants tiendra samedi une séance plénière consacrée à l’élection du président de la Chambre. Dans un communiqué publié jeudi, le président du bureau provisoire de la Chambre, Abdelwahed Radi a indiqué que la séance, qui débutera à 15h00, se tiendra conformément aux dispositions…
Germany’s election casts U.S. democracy in harsh light
You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.It’s a scenario that ought to feel familiar to many Americans. Voters participated in an election in the shadow of the pandemic, amid…
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party's 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng) On 27 August the ANC was left with few options after the party failed to meet the deadline to register candidates for the local government elections with…