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Jakobsdottir served as the head of a left-right government from 2017 until April when she stepped down to run for president
Iceland goes to the polls Saturday in a presidential election that looks set to be a close race between three women, including former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir.
Star Parker: Biden vents democracy smokescreen
President Joe Biden makes no speech without mentioning the importance of democracy in our nation. We would like to believe this comes from deep ideals about human liberty, but Biden no word or act emanates from our president that does not emerge from political calculation. The subliminal message Biden wishes to convey is to always remind of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol and to brand Donald Trump...
Washington Merry-go-round: Incumbency and democracy on the block
It’s not just President Joe Biden, incumbents around the world are running against a surge of voter sentiment that rejects conventional politics. France’s President Emmanuel Macron is running behind the far right in polling. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak just announced he is calling a snap election for July 4, Independence Day in America, for the British public to render its decision on his conservative government. While the economy is generally good under their leadership and inflation is coming down from a much higher level...
South Africa's ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result
South Africa's ruling African National Congress is on the brink of losing its parliamentary majority for the first time after an election that has brought a stunning drop in support for the party that led its country out of apartheid under Nelson Mandela
Readers sound off on CUNY, the Trump verdict and beating fare-beating
CUNY is already a world-class public university Manhattan: In “NYC needs a new world-class college” (op-ed, May 26), Jonathan Bowles and Winston Fisher’s argument that New York City needs a “world-class” university to attract young people and fuel New York’s economy is a solution in search of a problem. Drawing an imaginary line between “excellent” and “top-tier” that seems to correspond more ...
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