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Musk in Wisconsin artwork

This US state is electing a Supreme Court judge, but this poll is really all about Elon Musk

A judge, a former politician and the head of the Young Republicans walk into a bar. No, it’s not a joke – it’s a Thursday night in Wisconsin and there’s an election to be won.

  • Michael Koziol

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Canadians are not happy about being residents of “the 51st state”.

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as their own country.

  • Michael Koziol
Ex-Philippine resident Rodrigo Duterte came to office vowing to rid the country of drugs and drug pushers.

For decades, ‘Duterte Harry’ did as he pleased – then police boarded his plane

The former Philippine president may have thought he was too powerful to be arrested over the deaths of thousands of people. He was wrong.

  • Zach Hope
A woman arranges campaign posters in Nuuk, Greenland.

The ‘orange guy’ wants Greenland – but what do Greenlanders want?

Voters brushed snow from their coats before finding a seat in the packed community hall. Then, with the world’s media watching, a man in a black and grey jumper stepped forward to the mic.

  • Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen, Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman
US President Donald Trump.

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.

  • Michelle Goldberg
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Having a ball in the Bundestag

And shelling out for a separated egg.

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Friedrich Merz, front right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, gestures while addressing supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin.

‘Never thought I would have to say something like this’: Germany turns away from US

Germany’s new leader did not even wait for the final election results before delivering his verdict on the US President - and charting the path forward.

  • Rob Harris
Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory, while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams
AfD leader Alice Weidel takes part in a televised discussion in Germany last Sunday.

The woman leading Germany’s far-right resurgence

Terrorist attacks and job cuts have left Germans feeling bitter, and Alice Weidel is set to benefit in an election some say could seal the fate of Europe.

  • Rob Harris
Singapore’s opposition leader Pritam Singh with journalists on Monday.

Singapore MP learns cover-up is worse than the crime, in case that has gripped nation

What could have been just an embarrassing episode involving a first-term MP has turned into a damaging and long-running saga for Singapore’s opposition leader.

  • Zach Hope

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