If you find yourself fighting with a friend over politics, or frustrated and furious with your nearest and dearest over who they’re supporting for president, you’re hardly alone. A recent survey shows just how much the nation’s bitter political divide is causing social splintering and taking a toll on friendships.…
Every Tuesday in the run up to the Nov. 3, 2020 election, Mashable will break down the most viral posts about politics on Instagram. Using data from the Facebook-owned analytics service CrowdTangle, well show you the topics and perspectives on Instagram that the most people are talking about and engaging…
Its not easy to convince popular leaders who have had a taste of power, and who often seek areturn to office as relief from the legal problems they face, to move on. In Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, besieged by numerous corruption charges, was expected to pursue a third presidential…
Yet there is a bipartisan consensus that the state is not exactly what it was, even just a few years ago. Its population surged from 7.9 million to 10.6 million people from 2000 to 2019, and its foreign-born population now exceeds 10 percent. While Republicans remain formidable in rural areas,…
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks at a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is continuing to look into the behaviour of Thailands king, who tends to spend long…
Women and Democrats are the groups that care most about having the same political views as their romantic partner, according to a 2020 installment of the institutes American Perspectives Survey. President Trump has been particularly divisive, it found. Nearly two-thirds of Americans said they would not consider dating someone who…
By Basillioh Mutahi & Athuman MtulyaBBC News image copyrightGetty Images image captionBaba Lao, a song by Africa’s top star Diamond Platnumz, has been remixed to praise President Magufuli “Bongo flava” stars are wowing the crowds in Tanzania with their election beat at mass rallies across the country. At events for…
Ive been here for 17 years, he said. We lived through the same things. We speak the same language. And we are living through the same signs that we saw in the flesh in our country. So we recognize the things that are happening. Those views are shared by people…
If your mail-in ballot is cast, but no one is around to count it, did it make a sound? The U.S. presidential election is fast approaching, and people keep telling you this is the most important election in a generation. The coronavirus, of course, means that when it comes to safely…
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the Olympic Games are not about politics and must guard against becoming a marketplace of demonstrations. IOC President Thomas Bach attends an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 7, 2020.…
