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Governing party’s Claudia Sheinbaum leads presidential election, according to official quick count
By MarÃa Verza And Mark Stevenson, The Associated Press on June 3rd, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum held an irreversible lead Sunday in the race that would make her Mexico’s first female president, according to an official quick count. The National Electoral Institute’s president said Sheinbaum had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample. Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but González, a Republican, announced her plan to challenge Pierluisi, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz wins gubernatorial primary. Pro-statehood party still undecided
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz defeated Sen. Juan Zaragoza in a gubernatorial primary held Sunday by their Popular Democratic Party, which seeks a return to power in the upcoming general elections. Zaragoza conceded defeat after obtaining 38% of the votes to his rival’s 62%, even though only a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa’s president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock
By Mogomotsi Magome And Gerald Imray, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for South Africa’s political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in its young democracy. His comments came in a speech straight after final election results were announced confirming that no party won a majority in last week’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexico votes in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president
By The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country’s history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels. Nearly 100 million people are registered to vote in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 dead, 7 injured after shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh
By The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
PENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) – A shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh has left two people dead and seven others injured, police said Sunday. Allegheny County Police Department’s homicide unit said it has responded to a request for help by Penn Hills Police Department after the early morning shooting at the Ballers Hookah Lounge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
By John Leicester, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) – Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zelenskyy accuses China of pressuring other countries not to attend upcoming Ukraine peace talks
By David Rising, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
SINGAPORE (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused China of helping Russia to disrupt a Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine, speaking at Asia’s premier security conference on Sunday. In a news conference at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and their leaders not to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on June 2nd, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president. The populist former leader’s registration puts pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In office, Ahmadinejad openly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zelenskyy urges top defense officials to attend upcoming summit on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine
By David Rising, The Associated Press on June 1st, 2024
SINGAPORE (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a group of top defense officials at Asia’s premier security conference on Sunday to attend an upcoming conference on ending the Russian war on Ukraine. Zelenskyy told the group of more than 500 delegates from about 40 countries that he was “disappointed” some world leaders had not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision
By The Associated Press on June 1st, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just resolution to the triple-murder case. The sentence marks the ... Read More »
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