Malawi is to hold a presidential election this week as the impoverished African nation grapples with an economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.

Malawi holds elections Tuesday to choose a president, lawmakers and local government councillors, the first national vote since a 2019 presidential election was nullified and redone a year later because of widespread irregularities.

Financial markets dealt Argentina a harsh blow after President Javier Milei's coalition suffered a major defeat in midterm elections in Buenos Aires province.

Argentina’s firebrand president – and his programme of austerity – face an even tougher electoral test in October.

The decision by the country’s top court to overturn the last presidential race was hailed as a victory for democracy. But there are fears corruption will taint the vote on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies continues to insist that he inherited a badly broken economy from former President Joe Biden but quickly turned the economy around. In fact, the U.S. enjoyed record-low unemployment during Biden's years in the White House,

The Democratic candidates in this fall’s top statewide races have chosen a relentless focus on one word: affordability.

Malawians will vote for their next president, members of parliament and local councillors on September 16 after five years of increasing economic hardship that was compounded by a series of natural disasters.

Republicans insist that the "Big, Beautiful Bill," plus President Donald Trump's tariff and immigration policies, could energize the U.S. economy. But a nonpartisan scorekeeper reports Friday that this claim is not true,

According to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, when Moore took office in January of 2023, Maryland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.3%, the 5th lowest in the country. In July of 2025 it was 3.4%, 14th lowest of the 50 states.

Ghanaian President John Mahama used his first press conference since his election to take a victory lap, celebrating faster growth, slower inflation and a stronger currency.