November 15, 20240 Comments

Left-leaning leader’s coalition secures landslide victory

The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka’s new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country’s snap parliamentary elections. Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament, with 159 seats. Dissanayake, who was elected in September, needed a clear majority to deliver his promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the island’s worst-ever economic crisis. The high cost of

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November 12, 20240 Comments

Opposition secures landslide victory in Mauritius election | Elections News

Former prime minister Navin Ramgoolam has won a third term in the Indian Ocean nation, official results show. Opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam has won a landslide victory in Mauritius’s parliamentary vote, the election commission said. The Office of the Electoral Commissioner said on Tuesday that Rangoolam and his Alliance of Change (ADC) coalition won 62.6 percent of the vote, securing the three-time former prime minister a fourth term. The ADC

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November 11, 20240 Comments

The factors that led to Donald Trump’s victory

The factors that led to Donald Trump’s victory – CBS News Watch CBS News Across the country, voters shifted to the right, making Donald Trump the first Republican president in 20 years to win the popular vote. CBS News pollster Anthony Salvanto explains why. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Will Trump victory spark global trade war?

Donald Trump vowed on his campaign that he would tax all goods imported into the US if he won back the White House. Following his victory, businesses and economists around the world are scrambling to work out how serious he is. Trump sees tariffs as a way of growing the US economy, protecting jobs and raising tax revenue. In the past, he has targeted tariffs at individual countries such as

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November 9, 20240 Comments

Mortgage rates surge on Trump victory, housing stocks to fall

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory spurred a rise in in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield. Mortgage rates, which loosely follow the benchmark yield, are also climbing. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage surged 9 basis points Wednesday to 7.13%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest rate since July 1 of this year, though not quite the surge some had expected. “The expectation among bond traders coming

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November 8, 20240 Comments

When Trump’s victory became clear, online claims of election fraud quieted

By the time the polls opened on Election Day, baseless claims of voter fraud had been building on social media for months, fueling doubts about the integrity of the election.  Posts proliferated on X and other platforms pointing to hiccups like technical issues with voting machines, power outages and spelling errors on ballots as examples of a supposedly brewing conspiracy. And at 4:30 p.m. on Election Day, former President Donald

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