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18-year-old college student elected youngest Black mayor in US city of Arkansas

08 Dec 2022

An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city's top leader...

The number of ‘legal’ migrants is about 10 times higher than the numbers crossing the English Channel in small boats

26 Nov 2022

Sean O’Grady, The Independent Not that I’d want to make any true Brexiteers hyperventilate or anything, but the much-quoted figure of a record half-million people adding to the population...

Taliban sniper becomes mayor of Maymana town in Afghanistan

09 Feb 2022

Strolling through the town of Maymana, the new mayor appears to inspire goodwill from war-weary constituents in the Afghan provincial capital. But Damullah Mohibullah Mowaffaq has a reputation as...

Rural town elects Bangladesh’s first transgender mayor

29 Nov 2021

A small town in Bangladesh has elected the country's first transgender mayor after the 45-year-old independent candidate beat her ruling party rival in a landslide, officials said on Monday. ...

Franziska Giffey becomes first female mayor of Berlin

27 Sep 2021

Gulf Today Report The Social Democrats (SPD) won the regional election to lead the state government in Berlin, according to provisional results on Monday, meaning that their candidate Franziska...

Girl student sworn in as India's youngest mayor of Kerala capital

28 Dec 2020

Ashraf Padanna, Correspondent With an eye on the upcoming legislative Assembly polls in April/May next year, political fronts are infusing young blood into the body politic as never before...

Johnson, cabinet are ending year as they started it

27 Dec 2020

Jess Phillips, The Independent I’m going to send a Hail Mary email to Matt Hancock, but I know what the answer is.” This was a message from one of my...

21-year-old girl student set to become mayor in Indian state of Kerala

25 Dec 2020

The CPI(M) has chosen 21-year-old Arya Rajendran as its mayor candidate after the party's district committee and state committee sanctioned her candidature. She is a first-time councillor from Mudavanmugal...

Life on Detroit’s 8 Mile Wall, vestige of racial segregation

24 Nov 2019

Elodie Cuzin, Agence France-Presse As a child living in Detroit, Teresa Moon didn’t know anything about the concrete stone wall she could see from the kitchen window in her family’s...

Bloomberg considering jump into 2020 Democratic presidential race

08 Nov 2019

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is strongly considering entering the race for the 2020 US Democratic presidential nomination, a move that could greatly disrupt the field just three...

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