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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

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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
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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Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Something may be shifting in Singapore - and this election will be spicy

All eyes this weekend will be on the margins, rather than the overall winner. Even one flipped seat will likely send shudders through the ruling party.

  • Zach Hope
Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

Mark Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

  • Rob Gillies
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters after his Liberal Party won the Canadian election, in Ottowa, Ontario, on Tuesday.

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: Stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

  • Cory Alpert
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves after his speech at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadians choose Carney to take on Trump in stunning election victory

National broadcaster CBC has called the election, but it’s not yet known whether the Liberals would form a majority government.

  • Michael Koziol

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