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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand's looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning. IMAGES
Croatians begin voting in a parliamentary election after a bitter campaign between a prime minister seeking a new term and a populist president who wants to be head-of-government despite a court warning. IMAGES
Polls open in El Salvador with victory in the bag for incumbent President Nayib Bukele thanks to his no-holds-barred war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in a violence-weary nation. IMAGES
Bangkok, Aug 31 (EFE).- Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha and five of his ministers face a vote of no confidence in parliament that began Tuesday and will end Saturday amid a wave of anti-government protests in the country.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THAI PRIME MINISTER GEN. PRAYUT CHAN OCHA AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ANTI GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Monterrey, Jun 6 (EFE).- Mexico's mid-term elections on Sunday, considered to be the largest in the country's history, are proceeding "normally" and just 14 of the more than 162,000 polling stations could not be brought online, the head of the National Election Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said."Of the 162,570 polling stations, it's been confirmed that 81.3 percent have been set up properly. In like manner, we have the report that 14 will not be set up, representing just 0.009 percent of the total," Cordova said in a statement issued shortly after noon.Expectations are that in the coming hours the rest of the polling places will be opened, the INE told EFE.The head of the INE said that "in all states ... the elections are being held normally," noting that on Sunday, Mexico is holding "the largest election in the history of our democracy." (Camera: PEDRO PABLO CORTÉS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AT POLLING STATION IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).