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Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

Reuters on MSN · 18h

Lukashenko says critics 'chose' prison as Belarus holds election scorned by West

MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison as he cast his vote in a election that was set to extend his 31-year rule.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Las Vegas Sun · 22h

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko

Lukashenko set to extend rule as Belarus holds stage-managed election

Belarus is holding a presidential election in which the outcome is all but certain: a seventh term for authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Around 6.9 million people are eligible to vote in the former Soviet republic closely aligned with Moscow,

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Elon Musk says $1 million election giveaway wasn't an illegal lottery

Elon Musk asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action by voters who said the world's richest person defrauded ...

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Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation's election

President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe ...

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Oddsmakers’ early picks for 2028 presidential election show White House race already heating up

Instead, with Trump now in his second term, it looks like 2028 will feature someone new running on the Republican ticket. It ...

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Lukashenko pockets massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western ...

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Putin ally Lukashenko declared winner in Belarus election scorned by the West as a sham

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...

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Longtime Democratic union chief asks party to reach next generation after election loss

Vanity Fair highlighted Democrats like United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts Jr. being skeptical about the ...

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EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions.

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Not sharing election course material 'isolating'

A young islander has said he feels "completely isolated" after "begging and pleading" for course material which has been ...

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Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month's election

Tens of thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant ...

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Ontario leader will call election to fight Trump’s threatened tariffs

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he will be calling an election in Ontario because he says he needs a ...

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German Election Taboos Broken as Merz, Musk Flirt With AfD

Four weeks before Germany’s snap election, the political temperature is rising as the campaign shifts onto the contentious ...

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