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New York’s mayoral candidates differ drastically on improving the city’s quality of life
Quality of life – but what kind of quality? And what kind of life? These are the questions now facing New Yorkers as they embark on the first steps in choosing their city’s next…
Christian Democrats triumph in Germany but the far-right grows in confidence
Germany’s election reveals a rising far-right, challenging its post-war consensus.
Affairs
Hungary and Serbia’s pro-Russian posturing, Sweden’s new election technology and an Istanbul ferry terminal reopens.
Fork in the road
In Rio's working-class neighbourhoods, weekly samba nights reveal Brazil's deep political divide as voters prepare to choose between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Lula.
Politics
Discontent in France, Tanzania’s president, a new party in Poland and Canada’s longest-serving female MP.
Politics
Lybia's tourism minister, elections in the Northern Cyprus and Mumbai puts women on traffic lights.
Running battles
After 14 years as Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales was forced to resign last November. Now exiled in Argentina, he is rallying supporters and seeking his party’s return to power.
Leading the charge
His rivals refused to accept his election victory – so he went back to the polls and won again. Now Istanbul’s new mayor is ready to change the city.
