Despite Republican hecklers, US President Joe Biden delivered an optimistic speech focused mostly on domestic issues that set the stage for a 2024 re-election bid.
Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to become the next prime minister – but her victory makes the Conservatives much more likely to lose the next election.
Policy challenges at home and abroad aside, it’s likely Angela Merkel’s successor will continue the considered and assured leadership shown by his predecessor.
Gender equality for all women, and a world free of discrimination, is far from being reached, even in the world's most advantaged countries.
If modern democracy is to flourish, we need to look beyond its exclusively Western origin narrative.
An aggressive US climate policy rollout could provide a dose of reality to the climate discourse in Canberra – showing the transition can be done.
The popular vote counts for little as the US election draws nearer. All eyes are on the magic electoral college number of 270 – and there's plenty to yet play out. And there's the COVID factor...
The Republican National Convention was a political reality TV show featuring themes that have come to define the Trump presidency, from scare tactics to “alternate facts”.
Although Kamala Harris is the third woman to be a vice-presidential nominee, she's the first with a realistic chance to win office.
As the US election nears, the political divide has widened – and so have the cracks in the President's bid for a second term.
The President should step back from the media spotlight in the COVID-19 crisis if he wants to step forward into a second term.
The US President's response to the pandemic has been dire, and he needs to realise there's more at stake for his country than his re-election in November.
The presidential election has become, at best, a secondary focus for the American media, yet the train rolls on.
The rivalry between the US, China, Russia and Europe will continue amid the pandemic crisis, and beyond.
As the US heads into the most important day of the presidential primary calendar, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are standing out.
The Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses have left Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg as the frontrunners ... for now.
Donald Trump is likely to use his impeachment trial acquittal to his advantage in the lead-up to the November election.
The long, hard slog to decide the US presidential nominees is about to begin.
Whatever the outcome of the bid to remove Donald Trump from office, it won't be easy to restore faith in the integrity of US political processes.
As Boris Johnson's tactics cause deep rifts within the Conservative Party, the UK faces a Brexit of radical conservatism – and plenty of risks.
Although the Republicans retained control of the Senate, indications are that it's the Democrats who'll prove the bigger winners.
US President Donald Trump’s job remains secure, but the electoral fates of many of his congressional allies are at stake.
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