Presidential

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nomination for President: Highlights from the 2024 DNC

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Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nomination for President: Highlights from the 2024 DNC

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nomination for President Kamala Harris officially accepts Democratic nomination for president Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up the Democratic National Convention by accepting the party’s nomination for president. Thursday night in Chicago saw Vice President Kamala Harris delivering a vibrant and challenging acceptance speech as she officially accepted the Democratic nomination … Read more

Lebanese Presidential Election 2024: Local Forces Launch Initiative for Moving the Presidential File

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Lebanese Presidential Election 2024: Local Forces Launch Initiative for Moving the Presidential File

Before the 2023 calendar closed on a series of events, local forces took the initiative to launch positions on moving the presidential file in the new year, without setting precise dates for this process or the effort being adopted for this purpose. What Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said or what was reported from him about … Read more

Ahmed Al-Tantawi: Potential Rival of President Sisi, Gains Support in Historic City

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Ahmed Al-Tantawi: Potential Rival of President Sisi, Gains Support in Historic City

Al-Marsad newspaper: Ahmed Al-Tantawi, the candidate and potential rival of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the upcoming Egyptian presidential elections, appeared in a video clip in the historic city of Rashid, Beheira Governorate, among dozens of his supporters. The video documented a large number of Egyptians gathering around Tantawi, some chanting, “We want Tantawi, the … Read more

New York Meeting on Lebanon: Divergence or Convergence?

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New York Meeting on Lebanon: Divergence or Convergence?

What happens in New York, stays in New York. After the meeting on Lebanon of the Group of Five (France, United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt), held Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, echoes, sometimes contradictory, are being heard. A vagueness fueled by the fact that at the end of their … Read more

The Pressing Issue of Health in America: A Concern Trumping Immigration and Unemployment

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The Pressing Issue of Health in America: A Concern Trumping Immigration and Unemployment

On the other side of the Atlantic, several subjects dominate the political debate head and shoulders. On the platforms and on the television sets, it is only a question of “out of control price hike”of “Mexican border crisis” or « wokisme ». However, poll after poll confirms that one of the major concerns of Americans … Read more

Hezbollah Secretary-General calls for understanding, dialogue, and intensified contacts on the level of the presidential file in Lebanon

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Hezbollah Secretary-General calls for understanding, dialogue, and intensified contacts on the level of the presidential file in Lebanon

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called for understanding, dialogue, and intensified contacts on the level of the presidential file in Lebanon. During his speech, today, Thursday, on the anniversary of “liberation”, Nasrallah touched on the file of the governorship of the Banque du Liban, saying: “Either the current ruler, Riad Salameh, steps down, … Read more

The formation of a grand coalition for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election is unlikely after the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle officially endorsed a candidate, according to political analysts. The coalition led by the Great Indonesia Movement Party would require the backing of the PDI-P, but their candidate Ganjar Pranowo’s endorsement has created division. The slim margin between the popularity of Pranowo and rival candidate Prabowo Subianto means either could become the candidate, so a grand coalition may only occur if either gains a significant lead, or if the PDI-P becomes the lead party in the coalition.

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The formation of a grand coalition for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election is unlikely after the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle officially endorsed a candidate, according to political analysts. The coalition led by the Great Indonesia Movement Party would require the backing of the PDI-P, but their candidate Ganjar Pranowo’s endorsement has created division. The slim margin between the popularity of Pranowo and rival candidate Prabowo Subianto means either could become the candidate, so a grand coalition may only occur if either gains a significant lead, or if the PDI-P becomes the lead party in the coalition.

The likelihood of a grand coalition formed by five Indonesian political parties for the 2024 presidential election is fading after the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) formally announced Ganjar Pranowo as a firm candidate. While politicians across parties have publicly voiced support for Ganjar, Prabowo Subianto and his Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) … Read more

The brigades and the military are unenthusiastic about previous presidential arrangements and the current leadership

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The brigades and the military are unenthusiastic about previous presidential arrangements and the current leadership

Paula Osteih wrote on Asharq Al-Awsat: The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Representative Gebran Bassil, is pushing for a Christian-Christian entente under the auspices of the Maronite Patriarchate on the name of one or more presidents, after which he is presented to the rest of the forces represented in the Lebanese parliament and does … Read more

Asharq Al-Awsat: Two meetings reunite Bassil with Suleiman Franjieh and Mikati, and the presidential dish was excluded from the meeting of the “Maronite duo”

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Asharq Al-Awsat: Two meetings reunite Bassil with Suleiman Franjieh and Mikati, and the presidential dish was excluded from the meeting of the “Maronite duo”

Asharq Al-Awsat learned that my chairman, Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil, and Marada Movement former minister Suleiman Franjieh held a recent meeting with a mutual friend. He had already arranged a meeting between Bassil and the interim prime minister, Najib Mikati. The meeting between Franjieh and Bassil is the first since the general secretary … Read more

Al-Mawlawi: Tampering with security is forbidden and the way out of the presidential vacuum crisis is to apply the constitution

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Al-Mawlawi: Tampering with security is forbidden and the way out of the presidential vacuum crisis is to apply the constitution

Interim Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said that “Lebanon is still experiencing multiple crises, economic, social and security, and these crises have increased since the Beirut port explosion two years ago, which led to more than ten sessions of Parliament without electing a president for the country, which puts the country in a difficult situation.” An … Read more