Australia starts voting

Pre-poll centres open in Australia, with questions about whether the trend away from election day voting will continue.

Alone at the UN

The United States again votes with Russia at the United Nations, this time with no support whatever from its usual allies.

His second term is already a scene of chaos after less than three months, but Donald Trump keeps talking about the possibility of a third term.

Interim leaders in Gabon and Ecuador both win election to full terms, but neither without controversy.

Nominations have closed for Australia's federal election and pre-poll voting starts next week.

Germany takes a step towards forming a new government, with the centre-right set to lead, as expected, a coalition with its historic rival.

Searching for philosophical depth in the Trump administration is a fool's errand.

At least one rogue president is held accountable, with the constitutional court removing Yoon Suk-yeol from office in South Korea.

Canada's Liberal government, written off last year, goes from strength to strength, in a way that Australia's Labor government hopes to copy.

France's far-right leader is hoping to emulate Donald Trump in turning a criminal conviction to political advantage.