The last phase of polling in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir will be held on Tuesday. More than 39.18 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise across the 40 assembly constituencies, 16 in the Kashmir valley and 24 in the Jammu region. This is the first assembly election in J&K since the … Read more
Srinagar: Voting began on Wednesday for the second phase of the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in the fray for 26 seats, including that of former chief minister of the erstwhile state Omar Abdullah, officials said. The voting began at 7 … Read more
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced changes to some mortgage rules as part of an effort to make housing more affordable, although some housing experts are doubtful that the new measures will have a meaningful long-term impact on housing affordability and say they might even push prices up. The federal government will increase the cap on insured mortgages … Read more
The most recent polling shows the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump didn’t change the course of the 2024 presidential race all that much. According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Sunday and taken in the days after last week’s debate, Harris holds the support of about 51% of … Read more
Voters head to the polls in federal byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg on Monday. The former will serve as a test of the Trudeau government’s popularity, while the latter is shaping into a tight race between the Conservatives and New Democrats. CBC’s online special “Canada Votes: Byelection night” will stream live starting at 9 p.m. ET on … Read more
The 2024 presidential election cycle is the first time in at least 60 years that a single candidate hasn’t been ahead 5 points or more in the polls for three-plus weeks, according to an analysis by Harry Enten, host of CNN’s Margins of Error. That margin has existed in every campaign since 1964, Enten explained, … Read more
What a difference a month makes! Donald Trump’s long-standing and seemingly-insurmountable polling lead has vanished over the course of four weeks while the 2024 general election now looms specter-like just over two months away, with early voting set to begin in some states as soon as this month. A curious voter would have to go … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives, Zuckerberg alleges … Read more
Traditional allies appear to have abandoned Nicolas Maduro as protests rock Venezuela in the wake of Sunday’s election, which the longtime president claims to have won with 51.2 per cent of the vote. Maduro was quickly recognized as the winner by Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and Bolivia, as well as Russia, China and Iran. But he got no recognition from … Read more
Canada’s deputy prime minister is echoing comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying Canada has “serious concerns” about the official results of the election in Venezuela. Speaking in Toronto, Chrystia Freeland said the government is in conversation with its allies over the results amid claims from Venezuelans that the vote was rigged. “Canada has … Read more
