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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside her official residence of 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday April 18, 2017. Theresa May, who succeeded David Cameron after he resigned following Britain's vote to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016, sought to capitalize on the Conservative Party's big opinion poll lead and called an early general election for June 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Rishi Sunak’s D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns

The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Party’s general election campaign.

Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shows his ID after voting in general elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico’s outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness

A woman walks past an election banner in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million could boost the chances of Fico's leftist Smer party to win the vote. The banner reads: "For peace, for Robert Fico." (AP Photo/Tomas Benedikovic)

Slovaks and others go to the polls in EU elections under the shadow of an assassination attempt

FILE - Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo delivers his speech at the European Parliament, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Belgian voters return to the polls on Sunday, June 9, 2024, amid an expected rise of both the far-right and the far-left. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Nationalist parties, far-left on the rise ahead of Sunday’s federal elections in Belgium

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a letter from the President of India, Draupadi Murmu, inviting him to form the next central government, outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government

FILE - Students protest for more public university funding and against austerity measures proposed by President Javier Milei, featured on the sign, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters

RECAP: INDIA ELECTIONS

Highlights from India’s election results: Modi claims victory for alliance

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed victory for his alliance as early results from the staggered, six-week election showed fewer seats for his Bharatiya Janata Party than expected and it appeared unlikely to secure a majority on its own.

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India’s Modi prepares for record third term as nations congratulate his government

See the best photos from six weeks of voting as the world’s largest election ends

Indian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train

Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi’s Hindu-centric politics

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power

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People walk past elections posters for the European elections in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Here are some key races to watch in the EU Parliament elections

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the EU elections. Voters are casting ballots in two dozen languages in 27 countries with scores of different campaign issues.

A man looks at the ballot papers before casting his vote in the local and European elections at the Deaf Village in Dublin, Ireland, Friday June 7, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Irish and Czech voters go to the polls on Day 2 of EU elections as the far right seeks more power

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the elections for the European Paraliament.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lays a wreath during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to fly home for an election campaign television interview.

FILE-India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers a toast during a State Dinner with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Third term for Modi likely to see closer defense ties with US as India’s rivalry with China grows

Prime Minister Narendra Modi — fresh from declaring victory in India’s election — offered few details on the agenda for his third term.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Here’s what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax

Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. The campaign has already produced drama and disputes, even before the parties unveil their manifestos with detailed lists of promises in the coming days.

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia get seats on the UN Security Council

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia have gotten seats on the U.N. Security Council. A secret ballot in the General Assembly elected five countries to two-year terms on the council.

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders of the PVV, or Party for Freedom, casts his ballot for the European election in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday June 6th for the bloc's parliament. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election

A final exit poll suggests that Geert Wilders’ far-right party and a center-left alliance are neck and neck in the Dutch election for the European Parliament.

FILE- Opposition leaders raise their hands together during the 'Save Democracy' rally organized by INDIA bloc, a group formed by opposition parties, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 31, 2024. India’s bruised and battered opposition, largely written off in the lead-up to the national elections, has now scored a stunning comeback, slowing down the Modi juggernaut and pushing his Bharatiya Janata Party well below the majority mark. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, file)

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut

India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party.

FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda speak during an event organized to release their party's manifesto in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024. Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been notorious for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in parliament that gave him free reign with minimal checks and balances. Now, Modi faces a style of governance he has little experience in, or desire for. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style

Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions.

FILE - Police wait for the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron at the central police station in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. French authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory's capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday May 31, 2024 after two weeks of unrest that had left seven people dead and significant destruction in the archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

France hurries to let New Caledonia vote in European elections after its deadly unrest. Few want to

Days after France lifted emergency measures in New Caledonia to quell the worst unrest in decades in its Pacific territory, it is hurrying to ensure that the archipelago’s residents can vote in the upcoming European elections.

FILE-Kashmiris shout slogans during a protest after Friday prayers against the abrogation of article 370, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)

Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay

For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election.

FILE - Protestors light fires during a farmers demonstration in the European Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, on Feb. 26, 2024. It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted? (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)

Hard right is set to surge in this week’s European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too

The European Union elections start Thursday and results will be known late Sunday. All eyes are on how well the populist and hard-right parties will do in polling across the 27 nations.

FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the unveiling of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party's election manifesto in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024. Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after clinching victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?

Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the TV studios in Manchester, England, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party, and Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, are preparing to face off in the first head-to-head TV debate of the election. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Sunak and Starmer clash over tax and health in a debate as disruptor Farage roils the UK election

The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate.

Farmers with their tractors gather around the Atomium in Brussels, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Farmers are protesting in Brussels to put pressure on the European Union, just days before European Parliament elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces

Tractors are rumbling through the streets again days ahead of the four-day European Union election. The populist and hard right groups have instrumentalized agriculture throughout the 27-nation bloc in the months leading up to the polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by supporters as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Modi claims victory in India’s election but drop in support forces him to rely on coalition partners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission.

A vandalized pre-election billboard shows Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, center, with associates after a local election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Tensions soared during Serbia's municipal elections Sunday in key cities and towns as ruling populists sought to cement their already vast hold on power in the Balkan country that is a candidate nation for European Union membership. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International monitor notes some irregularities during Serbia’s rerun of municipal election

An international observer says Serbia’s rerun of a troubled municipal election in the capital was marked by misuse of public resources and ruling party dominance but overall was well-run.

Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference to announce that he will become the new leader of Reform UK and that he will stand as the parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Essex, at The Glaziers Hall in London, Monday June 3, 2024. while on the General Election campaign trail. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Populist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election

Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage is returning to front-line British politics. He announced Monday that he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election.

A supporter of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum holds a flag that reads in Spanish "we won" after general elections at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico’s first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Iran's hard-line parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf waves to the media while registering his name as candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 3, 2024. Monday marked the last day of registration for the competition. Other politicians have been rumored as potential candidates in the vote to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with seven others on May 19. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy’s top figure in the presidential vote

Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker has registered for the country’s June 28 presidential election. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the most-prominent candidate from within its Shiite theocracy in the race to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after a helicopter crash that killed him and seven others.

Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella attend a political meeting on Sunday, June 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France’s far right may win big in the EU elections. That’s worrying for migrants, Macron and Ukraine

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is likely to emerge as a big winner at the weekend’s European Parliament elections even though she isn’t even on the ballot.

Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she leaves a polling station after voting in the general election in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

The first woman elected to lead Mexico faces pressing gender-related issues

Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history. The governing party candidate has won Mexico’s presidential election, a turning point in a mostly conservative nation that for over two centuries has been exclusively ruled by men.

Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election in Mexico City, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity.

People stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the last round of a six-week-long national election in Varanasi, India, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here’s what to know

The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India’s general election pits avowed Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a broad opposition alliance that is struggling to play catch up.

Guests and delegates use their phone at the formal announcement Sunday, June 2, 2024 of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A guide to what’s next for South Africa and the key figures in unprecedented coalition talks

South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority.

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as president

Iceland’s national broadcasting service says Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, center, arrives at the National Results Operations Center during the announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections, in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa’s president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for his country’s political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in its young democracy.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks at his party's headquarters during local elections in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Tensions soared during Serbia's municipal elections Sunday in key cities and towns as ruling populists sought to cement their already vast hold on power in the Balkan country that is a candidate nation for European Union membership. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ruling populists declare victory in Serbia local vote despite opposition claims of irregularities

Serbia’s governing populists have declared victory at tense municipal elections in dozens of cities and towns throughout the Balkan country, including a rerun vote in the capital, Belgrade, as opposition are claiming major irregularities.

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves at the conclusion of a press briefing beside portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late President Ebrahim Raisi after registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the June 28 presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president and seven others.

Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrives to vote in general elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president

Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history.