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Australian PM Scott Morrison votes in the country's federal election. Morrison -- behind in the pre-election polls -- is telling voters to stick with him, boasting of a 48-year-low jobless rate of 3.9 percent in a resurgent post-lockdown economy IMAGES
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison admits defeat in national elections after a "difficult night" for his conservative government. SOUNDBITE
Polls open in Australia's federal election, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison fighting for another three-year term that would extend a decade of conservative rule. IMAGES
Australia is counting down to its next federal election on May 21. The environmental crisis is high on voters' minds and smaller parties and independents are gaining momentum by riding a wave of disillusionment over the conservative coalition's lack of climate action. With a hung parliament looking likely, these minor players could force the traditional parties to do more to tackle global warming. Climate change is an increasingly hot-button issue since the country's devastating bushfires of 2019-20. Our correspondents Richelle Harrison Plesse and Gregory Plesse report.
Ethiopia's poll body says its twice-delayed national elections will be held on June 21, kicking off a fresh countdown to a major test of democratic reforms under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. SOUNDBITE