69 h. ago Colombian presidential candidate dies after shooting at rally caught on video

Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, a favourite to become president of Colombia, has died after being shot in the head at a campaign rally, with his mum also assassinated by Pablo Escobar's cartel

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2 d. ago Colombian senator Miguel Uribe dies after June campaign shooting

Rightwing opposition presidential hopeful, who had multiple surgeries after shooting in Bogotá, has died aged 39A Colombian senator who was shot in the head in June during a campaign event has died, his family has said.Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate from the rightwing opposition, was shot in Bogotá on 7 June during a rally and had multiple surgeries before his death. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump says assassination attempt 'wasn't easy' as he compares it to Purple Heart heroism

Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year by a gunman who killed three people and wounded two others, including the then-presidential candidate

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9 d. ago Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz

Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist actsWe were travelling across Poland by train the day after the country’s sensational parliamentary elections in autumn 2023. When news of the results came through, passengers in our compartment fell into each other’s arms, rejoicing as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. Hard as it was to believe after eight years, the national populists of the Law and Justice party had been ousted from power on a record turnout of 75% of voters. We felt the potential of democracy to change things for the better as a physical sensation.Less than two years have passed but this enthusiasm has disappeared without trace. The Law and Justice-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election run off in June with 50.89% of the vote, securing the admiration of Donald Trump in the process. Days before Nawrocki’s swearing in on Wednesday [6 Augu...

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9 d. ago 'Squeaky clean' presidential hopeful's shameful marriage secret blown wide open after 36 years

Democrats have promoted Roy Cooper as a model of controversy-free leadership, but scrutiny of his past is raising new questions about his moral judgment.

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9 d. ago 'Squeaky clean' presidential candidate's shameful marriage secret blown wide open after 36 years

Democrats have promoted Roy Cooper as a model of controversy-free leadership, but scrutiny of his past is raising new questions about his moral judgment.

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1 week ago 'Surprising' rival to JD Vance as next Presidential candidate emerges with Republicans preparing for 2028

While Vance has been positioned as President Donald Trump 's understudy, there is a groundswell of support for another Republican figure among party activists and voters.

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