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A dog sits outside a polling station in London during the last UK election. Just over 48 million people were eligible to cast a ballot, while there are about 1.6 million 16 and 17-year-olds.

Could Australia follow UK’s ‘shock’ move to lower voting age to 16?

The UK’s proposed changes are designed to boost participation and trust in the electoral system, but opinion is split over whether under 18s should – or would – cast ballots.

  • Brittany Busch

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Cambodian Senate president Hun Sen, centre, and his son and prime minister Hun Manet in January.

From weed parlours to citizenship, the unexpected fallout from a jungle border bust-up

Border tensions have spilled into the back streets and upper echelons of Thai and Cambodian society. And this chain reaction of patriotism, intrigue and self-interest is not spent yet.

  • Zach Hope
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has run a grassroots campaign tapping into voter dissatisfaction.

A cricket-playing former rapper is on track to be New York mayor. The city’s elites are freaking out

When he announced his run for mayor, Zohran Mamdani was unknown to most New Yorkers. Now, the 33-year-old democratic socialist has pulled off a stunning political ascent. So, who is he?

  • Philip Marcelo
A photo Miguel Uribe Turbay shared on the anniversary of mother Diana Turbay’s death.

His mother was killed when he was four. Now this presidential hopeful is fighting for his life

Colombian politician Miguel Uribe Turbay, whose mother was kidnapped by Pablo Escobar, is in a critical condition after a shooting that has shaken the nation.

Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin
On the campaign trail, Karol Nawrocki assailed Prime Minister Donald Tusk for, in his telling, jeopardising Poland’s traditionally strong relations with the United States.

Caught between two Wests, Poland tilts towards the Trumpian model

After Romania’s recent rejection of a nationalist candidate who had declared himself a “candidate on the MAGA ticket”, liberals had hoped that Europe’s right-wing populist wave was receding. Those hopes evaporated on Monday.

  • Andrew Higgins
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A woman exits a voting booth in Bucharest on Sunday.

Mathematician v ex-football hooligan: Centrist defeats far-right firebrand in Romania election

Pro-European centrist Nicușor Dan will be the next president after a divisive vote that one former president described as a choice between “continued integration with the West and a slide toward a more authoritarian model”.

  • Rob Harris
Friedrich Merz of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) is congratulated by colleagues after he won in a second vote in his election as German chancellor.

Merz becomes Germany’s 10th chancellor hours after historic initial defeat

A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of World War II.

  • Stefanie Dazio and Kirsten Grieshaber
Incumbent Prime Minister Lawrence Wong celebrates the win.

Singapore’s ruling party dominates again, boosting new PM

The outcome will be seen as a public endorsement of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, after the opposition failed to extend gains made in previous contests.

Alice Weidel at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin after elections in February.

German spy agency brands main opposition party as ‘extremist’. The US is not happy

A report found the far-right AfD to be racist and anti-Muslim, allowing security services step up monitoring. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was “tyranny in disguise”.

  • Sarah Marsh and Friederike Heine

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