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• Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner as Germany’s first woman president
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced plans to nominate Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner for the federal presidency.

• ‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Native American women and non-binary candidates made notable gains in the US midterm elections, according to the reported election results.

• Germany: Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner for president
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he intended to nominate Ilse Aigner as the country’s next federal president.

• Eisenkot open to Netanyahu joining Israel’s next government
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Israeli opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot indicated openness to participation by Benjamin Netanyahu in a future government.

• Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Gadi Eisenkot sought support from allies of Benjamin Netanyahu as efforts continued to form a new Israeli government.

• Jerusalem Daily: Eisenkot picked over Netanyahu to form government
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Israel’s president selected opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to attempt to form a government following an inconclusive election.

• Israel: Eisenkot officially tasked with forming a government
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after the Israeli election produced no clear majority.

• Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Israel’s president asked Gadi Eisenkot to form a government after Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its parliamentary majority.

• Israel's president tasks opposition leader Eisenkot with forming government
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

  Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after neither electoral bloc secured a majority.

• 'Flat', 'tired', 'cynical': Unusually gloomy Kiwis deliver New Zealand's tightest election in years
  Source: BBC News - Business

  New Zealand’s closely contested election reflected voter dissatisfaction and reduced support for the major political parties.

• New Zealand election coalition talks will likely take weeks – as it happened
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Coalition negotiations were expected to take weeks following New Zealand’s closely contested election.

• New Zealanders head to polls on final day of voting
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  New Zealanders head to polls on final day of voting. More than half of New Zealand’s voters cast early ballots in the tightly contested race.

• Ilse Aigner tipped by party allies as next German president
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  German media reports suggest that Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner's chances of becoming the next president are on the up. Long favored by her Bavarian CSU, now it seems Christian Democrats nationwide plan to back her.

• ANC faces bruising defeat in South African local elections with 80% of ballots counted
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local service delivery have all contributed to voters turning away from the party . Continue reading...

• ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure.

• US midterm election results: How Americans voted and what the data tells us
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• US Department of Justice expands its probe into Alaska’s US Senate election
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• ANC under pressure to reverse South Africa decline
  Source: BBC News - World
• President Zelenskyy says US elections will impact war in Ukraine
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Texans vote in most expensive Senate race in US history
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Netanyahu’s eight-seat problem
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• British lawyer Dapo Akande elected to UN top court in big diplomatic win
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Why South Africa's local elections matter
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• What US midterm elections mean for Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• US strikes Iranian island ahead of midterm elections
  Source: BBC News - Middle East
• Israel's election deadlock is a sign of the country's deep divisions
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

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