French president François Hollande will have to win the vote of his own party before he can stand for re-election – and even then it will be hard work to make it to the second round.
Happy birthday, Miranda!
For fifty years now, police in America have had to observe procedural safeguards that protect suspects' rights, and the sky has still not fallen in. But some haven't learned the lesson.
And the winner is: Tony Abbott
Despite the advent of Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's war against modernity has continued – as shown in its strange obsession with the Greens.
Finally, a winner in Peru
And you thought Austria was close? Peru's presidential election finally produces a winner, by a tiny margin.
Final Tuesday, live
Results as they appear from the last states to hold primaries.
A three-party America?
The Libertarian Party has hopes of becoming something like a mainstream European-style liberal party. But it needs to come to terms with the fact that plenty of liberals are happy enough as Clinton Democrats.
And now Peru puts on a cliffhanger
The second round of Peru's presidential election is too close to call. Venezuela's president, on the other hand, is fighting tooth and nail against recall.
Three weeks and counting
With three weeks to go until the "Brexit" referendum, the polls are pointing to a close result.
Talking about realignment
Could the Republican Party become the party of the old-fashioned welfare state while the Democrats become the party of free enterprise?
Who’s betting on the Greens?
A look at some betting odds for the Greens in individual seats makes for interesting reading.
The World is Not Enough 