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Elon Musk beams into far-right rally to praise ‘German values’

Musk appeared by video link at an Alternative for Germany election rally to warn against diluting German culture and values in “some sort of multiculturalism”

  • Emma-Victoria Farr

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From left: Anthony Albanese’s approval rating has dropped, while Justin Trudeau is the latest progessive leader leaving the stage, along with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. German chancellor Olaf Scholz faces the electorate next month, while Jacinda Ardern left politics in 2023.

Trudeau, Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?

Australia may be an island, but it is not immune to the systemic forces sweeping across global politics.

  • Matthew Knott
Properties and firms owned by Donald Trump and his sons, Eric (centre) and Donald Jr, are set to gain from deals signed with overseas investors.

‘The golden age of America’: Trump signals his family will keep making deals

The scale of overlap between the government he will lead and Trump’s family members and their business interests has been showcased.

  • Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and Alan Blinder
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. His father, Pierre Trudeau (left) was elected prime minister in the 1968 and served until 1984. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre (right) appears likely to win the next election.

Trudeau’s global fans might be surprised by his demise. No one in Canada is

Canada’s Conservative Party has carved out large leads in the polls among younger voters, those with migrant backgrounds and blue-collar workers.

  • Scott Ryan
Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan.

Trump headaches to dog Fox and the Murdochs in 2025

Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch still face massive legal battles stemming from US President-elect Donald Trump’s previous election loss.

  • Colin Kruger
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right), Economy and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck and German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies (left) attend debates before Scholz lost a vote of confidence at the Bundestag.

Scholz branded a ‘failure’ as German government collapses

Germans are headed for a rare snap election, after the chancellor was accused of living “on another planet”.

  • Rob Hyde and Chris Jewers
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People hold mobile phones with flashlights during a pro-European rally in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday.

Romanian vote annulled after declassified documents showed Russian meddling

Despite being an outsider who declared zero campaign spending and campaigned only on TikTok, Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner.

  • Stephen McGrath
President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before receiving the FOX Nation Patriot Award, in Greenvale, NY.

Trump claims ‘historic’ mandate but Americans have mixed feelings

Broadly speaking, polls show most Americans do want change in many of the areas where Trump has promised sweeping reform. But that’s not the whole story.

  • Kaleigh Rogers
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson arrives to speak at the event in Sydney on Friday.

US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin, says Johnson

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a Sydney audience he had spoken with Donald Trump since the election and believed the president-elect would have “no choice” but to support Ukraine.

  • Michael Koziol
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and ousted prime minister Michel Barnier last month.

Detested Macron blames ‘anti-Republican front’ for government collapse

Amid France’s biggest political crisis in a generation, President Emmanuel Macron has rejected calls for him to step aside, even after a vote of no confidence in his prime minister.

  • Rob Harris

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/world-elections-ho0