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Politics / 2 days ago
Zohran Mamdani wins historic 2025 New York City mayoral race, defeating Cuomo
With approximately 50.4 % of the vote, Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious in the 2025 mayoral election in New York City, defeating his chief rivals — former governor Andrew Cuomo (41.6 %) and Republican veteran Curtis Sliwa (7.1 %). Mamdani’s win is historic. At 34 years old, he becomes both the youngest mayor in more than a century of New York governance and the first Muslim and first South Asian to occupy the office.
Politics / 1 week ago
Netherlands’ local map mirrors broad shake-up in Dutch politics
According to exit polling and early vote tallies, the Netherlands' social-liberal Democrats 66 (D66) surged to historic heights, while the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) saw its support falter in the wake of the government’s collapse earlier this year. The electoral map you’re viewing shows how many municipalities gave D66 the lead, transforming previously contested zones into zones of new influence.
Politics / 1 week ago
UN votes to end U.S. embargo on Cuba
In the latest United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote on October 29, 2025, 165 countries supported a resolution calling for an end to the decades-long U.S. embargo on Cuba. In contrast, only seven voted against and twelve abstained. It’s the 33rd time the UN has called for the embargo to be lifted, yet the United States remains firm in its position. According to Reuters, the countries opposing the motion were the United States, Israel, Ukraine, Hungary, Paraguay, Argentina, and North Macedonia, a small group standing against near-universal consensus.
Politics / 1 week ago
Javier Milei’s party leads Argentina’s 2025 elections with 40% vote
Argentina’s mid-term legislative elections on Sunday, October 26, 2025, reshaped the country’s political terrain. According to provisional results, President Javier Milei’s libertarian coalition, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), secured approximately 40.7% of the national vote, while the opposition Peronist-aligned Fuerza Patria pulled in around 31.7%.
Politics / 1 week ago
The 1962 Cuban missile crisis and the lessons it still teaches in a nuclear age
On that day, John F. Kennedy announced to the American people that the Cuban Missile Crisis was underway, an explosive revelation that the Soviet Union had secretly deployed nuclear-armed missiles on the island of Cuba, only 90 miles from the U.S. mainland. The map above captures the gravity of that confrontation: Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile bases in Cuba, U.S. naval and air “quarantine” (blockade) zones around the island and the looming threat circle stretching deep into the continental United States.
Politics / 2 weeks ago
Who and who recognises Israel's statehood?
Most countries around the world formally recognise its statehood, but a notable number still withhold recognition or have broken off relations. According to current data, Israel is recognised by around 163 of the 192 United Nations member states, roughly 83% of UN members.
