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​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), appeals for a candidate during a street speech of the House of Representatives Election Campaign in Shintomi Town, Miyazaki Prefecture on February 6, 2026. The Lower House election will feature voting and counting on February 8th.
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What We’re Watching: Big week for elections, US and China make trade deals, Suicide bombing in Pakistan

Japanese voters head to the polls on Sunday in a snap election for the national legislature’s lower house, called just three months into Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s tenure.

​The Palestinian flag is raised at the Palestinian mission's headquarters in London, United Kingdom, on September 22, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: More Western nations recognize Palestinian state, Southeast Asian unrest spreads to the Philippines, Putin wants to de-facto extend nuclear arms deal

A destroyed streetcar on Lisbon's iconic Gloria funicular railway line on Sept. 4, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Train tragedy in Lisbon, Painting stolen by Nazis discovered on a listing, US judge rules in favor of Harvard, Armani passes at 91

​Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini following the CIPESS decision to approve the construction of the Messina Strait Bridge, Italy, on August 7, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Italy builds bridge over troubled waters, Ghanaian helicopter crash kills two ministers, Portuguese cop stuffs coke in animal skins, & More

US President Donald Trump on the cover of a newspaper in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: US and Iran near mini-deal, Europe election extravaganza, Diss tracks at Eurovision

US and Iran on the brink of a "mini-deal" on nukes, while Europe gears up for a weekend of elections and Eurovision glitter and geopolitics.

Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro
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Hard Numbers: Portugal will likely vote (again), US markets swoon, A breath of fresh air, Baloch militants seize train, Trump trumpets Tesla

​Tourists visit the Torre de Belem (Belem Tower) in Lisbon, Portugal on October 19, 2021.
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Hard Numbers: No tax for young Portuguese, Milton's death toll, Saudis fail at UN Human Rights Council, Nobel winners, UN wants its money back, US inflation cools

Europe needs to strengthen its defenses, says President Macron
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Europe needs to strengthen its defenses, says President Macron

Does President Macron in France, thinks that Europe can't rely on the United States for its defense no longer? Does the resurgence of the radical right in any way impair the celebration in Portugal that is 50 years since the coup, the revolution that overturned the dictatorship? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on European politics from Stockholm.

Andre Ventura, the leader of the party, is casting his vote to elect the new Prime Minister of Portugal at the Parque das Nacoes school in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 10, 2024. Pre-election polls are indicating that the Democratic Alliance (AD) is the likely winner of the legislative elections.
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Winning isn’t everything in Lisbon

Portugal’s election over the weekend had two winners.

​People wait for Socialist Party (PS) Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos to arrive for a campaign rally ahead of the snap elections in Afurada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, March 4, 2024.
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Portugal election after corruption scandal fuels far-right

“A good place to stash books. Or to stash 75,800 euros." So reads a bold IKEA bookcase ad with a wink to the scandal about that amount discovered in books in Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa's office. That tells you everything you need to know about the country’s election this Sunday.