Far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1,after the court decision.

French hard-right leader Le Pen banned from presidential run following conviction

In a ruling that potentially reshapes the European political landscape,a court has convicted the National Rally leader of embezzling European Union funds.

  • Rob Harris

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The Wisconsin election that will serve as a referendum on Trump and Musk

A judge,a former politician and the head of the Young Republicans walk into a bar. No,it’s not a joke – it’s a Thursday night in Wisconsin and there’s an election to be won.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese.

Trump an ogre to Canada but an elephant in our polling booths

The shadow of the US president looms over both the Canadian and Australian elections.

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Canadians are not happy about being residents of “the 51st state”.

‘He wants to break us’:Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as their own country.

  • Michael Koziol
Ex-Philippine resident Rodrigo Duterte came to office vowing to rid the country of drugs and drug pushers.

For decades,‘Duterte Harry’ did as he pleased – then police boarded his plane

The former Philippine president may have thought he was too powerful to be arrested over the deaths of thousands of people. He was wrong.

  • Zach Hope
A woman arranges campaign posters in Nuuk,Greenland.

The ‘orange guy’ wants Greenland – but what do Greenlanders want?

Voters brushed snow from their coats before finding a seat in the packed community hall. Then,with the world’s media watching,a man in a black and grey jumper stepped forward to the mic.

  • Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen,Maya Tekeli andJeffrey Gettleman
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US President Donald Trump.

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office,an eerie amnesia settled,allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.

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Having a ball in the Bundestag

And shelling out for a separated egg.

Friedrich Merz,front right,leader of the Christian Democratic Union,gestures while addressing supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin.

‘Never thought I would have to say something like this’:Germany turns away from US

Germany’s new leader did not even wait for the final election results before delivering his verdict on the US President - and charting the path forward.

  • Rob Harris
Friedrich Merz,the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party,addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin,Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory,while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh andMatthias Williams