Global elections

Liberal Leader Mark Carney arrives for a tour of Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada is gearing up for federal election. Here’s what’s at stake

Canadians will vote for a new government in an election that has been upended by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st state.
 
Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Ken Ishii/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Gabon’s constitutional court confirms Oligui Nguema’s victory in presidential election

 
Canada Liberal Leader Mark Carney dawns a Hockey Canada jersey as he makes his way to play ball-hockey with youngsters during a campaign stop in Upper Onslow, Nova Scotia, Canada, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Canada’s federal elections

 
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election

 
Commissioner Donald Palmer speaks during a U.S. Election Assistance Commission Standards Board in-person public meeting, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

US election officials question agency about Trump’s order overhauling election operations

 

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Haji Abdul Subhan, left, and Santosh Kumar Aggarwal, top, travel in a non air-conditioned sleeper compartment of the Thirukkural Express, India, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Indian train offers window into voters’ views

Future President Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico 2024: The year a woman takes the reins

FILE - A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

What election issues are Americans googling?

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Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, left, and Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino hold a press conference about a proposed referendum on labor reform in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombian government reveals questions it plans to pose to voters in referendum on labor reform

 
Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

A court in Ivory Coast removes a former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

 
People arrive at a polling place as early voting begins in Sydney, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for a national election to be held on May 3. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australians start voting in general elections as pope’s death overshadows campaigning

 
Canada Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appears at a federal election campaign event in Brampton, Ontario, on March 24, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Conservative Poilievre seemed poised to be Canada’s next leader. Then Trump declared economic war

 
Mark Carney, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, embraces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after being announced the winner at the Liberal Leadership Event in Ottawa, Ontario, March 9, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Trump’s tough talk might help Liberal Mark Carney win a full term as Canada’s prime minister

 
A child walks by a poster of Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest and presidential candidate in the upcoming May elections in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled vote

 
Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former Credit Suisse CEO nominated to run in Ivory Coast presidential election

 
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, from left, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh participate in the English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney says lower internal trade barriers will help Canada more than Trump’s tariffs will harm it

 
Protesters march against corruption in Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgarian government survives a no-confidence vote over corruption

 
From left to rigt, Liberal leader Mark Carney, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pose for a photo before the French-language federal leaders' debate, in Montreal, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney says Trump key issue in Canada’s election, while Conservative rival says country needs change

 
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, right, during the second leaders' debate of the 2025 federal election campaign at the ABC Studios in Parramatta, Sydney, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AAP Image via AP)

Australian prime minister says he trusts Trump and Xi during debate with election rival

 
Chicago Blackhawks' Frank Nazar (91) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault, right, during shootout NHL hockey game action in Montreal, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian election debate advanced by 2 hours to avoid conflict with hockey game

 
A police officer aims his weapon at protesters in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Protesters dispute the outcome of the Oct. 9 elections that saw the ruling Frelimo party extend its 49-year rule. (AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio, file)

Mozambique carried out a brutal crackdown on post-election protests, Amnesty says

 
Tourists walk in front of the Central Business District during sunset in Singapore, on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for May 3 general election

 
Voters queue up outside a polling station to cast their votes for the presidential elections in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)

The loser of Gabon’s first presidential election since a 2023 military coup criticizes the result

 
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media, as heavy rain falls, outside 10 Downing Street in London Wednesday, May 22, 2024, as he announces that he is to call a General Election for July 4. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Ex-UK lawmaker charged with cheating in election betting scandal

 
Incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Noboa holds his children's hands after voting in the election runoff in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo)

What to know about Ecuador’s reelected President Noboa and his plans to fight crime

 
Exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu gives an interview to The Associated Press in Tienen, Belgium on Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Tanzania’s main opposition party faces election ban after leader is charged with treason

 
Australian Liberal Party and opposition leader Peter Dutton waves after speaking during his party's campaign launch ahead of the May 3 federal election in western Sydney, Australia, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australian political leaders launch election campaigns focused on first-time homeowners

 
Voters queue up outside a polling station to cast their votes for the presidential elections in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)

Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show

 
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa celebrate early returns showing him in the lead in the presidential election runoff in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Daniel Noboa is reelected Ecuador’s president by voters weary of crime

 
Poles dance the Polonaise in a patriotic demonstration celebrating 1,000 years since the coronation of the first Polish king, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish conservatives use a patriotic celebration to rally behind their presidential candidate

 
Ballots for presidential candidates are placed on a table inside a polling station, in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)

Majority of polls close in Gabon’s first presidential election since a military coup in 2023

 
Candidates running to be Poland's next president meet to discuss key issues to the country in a debate overshadowed by political bickering in Konskie, Poland, on Friday April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalkai)

Poland’s divisions on display as presidential candidates bicker in a live TV debate

 
FILES - This combo shows Daniel Noboa, left, at a campaign event in Quito, Ecuador during his first bid for president on Sept. 29, 2023, and Luisa Gonzalez, right, presidential candidate with the Citizen Revolution party, during an interview in Quito, Ecuador on Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, Files)

What to know about Ecuador’s presidential runoff election

 
Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton speaks at the West Australian Leadership Matters breakfast, in Perth on Friday, April 11, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian opposition leader says his home was the target of an alleged bomb plot

 
Members of Parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Robert Kitchin/Stuff via AP)

New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi

 
People watch a TV screen showing former South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung announces his presidential bid via a video message at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean opposition leader Lee opens presidential bid following Yoon’s ouster

 
A woman votes in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, in Libreville, Gabon, on Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso, File)

Gabon will hold its first presidential election since the 2023 military coup

 
South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo, center, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea will hold a presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon’s successor

 
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