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Google expands passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program ahead of the US presidential election

May 2, 2024 No Comments Technology , , , , , , , , ,

Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google is bringing passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program (APP), which is used by people who are at high risk of targeted attacks, such as campaign workers, candidates, journalists, human rights workers, and more. APP traditionally required the use of hardware security keys, but soon users can enroll [...]read moreGoogle expands passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program ahead of the US presidential election

Anies Baswedan challenges Indonesia presidential election, calls for rerun | Elections News

March 27, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , ,

Anies lost to former General Prabowo Subianto who secured 60 percent of the vote in February’s poll. Anies Baswedan, who lost February’s presidential election in Indonesia, has told a court the poll was unjust and fraught with interference, as he laid out his challenge to the outcome and called for a re-run. Defence Minister Prabowo [...]read moreAnies Baswedan challenges Indonesia presidential election, calls for rerun | Elections News

Venezuela opposition fails to register candidate for presidential election | Elections News

March 26, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , ,

Democratic Unitary Platform denounces ‘violation’ of voter rights after being unable to field rival to incumbent Maduro. Venezuela’s main opposition coalition claimed it has been blocked from registering its candidate to challenge Nicolas Maduro in upcoming presidential elections. The Plataforma Unitaria Democratica (PUD) said in a video issued on Tuesday that it had been unable [...]read moreVenezuela opposition fails to register candidate for presidential election | Elections News

Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes early lead in presidential election | Elections News

March 25, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Opposition supporters take to streets in celebration but ruling coalition says a run-off will be needed to determine the winner. Supporters of Senegal’s presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye have taken to the streets of the capital, Dakar, in celebration as early results from Sunday’s vote showed the opposition contender in the lead. The celebrations came [...]read moreSenegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes early lead in presidential election | Elections News

Vote counting under way in Senegal’s delayed presidential election | Elections News

March 25, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , ,

Vote counting is under way in Senegal after a delayed presidential election that many hope will bring change after a turbulent political period that has triggered violent anti-government protests and boosted support for the opposition. More than seven million of the country’s over 17 million people were registered to vote in Sunday’s election. Nineteen contenders [...]read moreVote counting under way in Senegal’s delayed presidential election | Elections News

Pro-West candidate beats Slovakia PM’s ally to set up presidential run-off | Elections News

March 24, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , ,

Ex-Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini to face off in April’s vote dominated by the Ukraine war. Slovakia’s former pro-West Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini will face off in April’s presidential election run-off, according to the final results. The liberal Korcok led with 42.44 percent backing [...]read morePro-West candidate beats Slovakia PM’s ally to set up presidential run-off | Elections News

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

March 24, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Popenguine-Ndayane is home to me. This small fishing village on the Atlantic coast some 100km (62 miles) from Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is a site of pilgrimage for the country’s Christian minority. For the past 135 years, pilgrims – including the pope – have travelled here to pray at a site where they say the Black Madonna [...]read moreSenegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

Slovakia Presidential Election 2024: What You Need to Know

March 24, 2024 No Comments News , ,

Why does this election matter? The Slovak presidency is a largely ceremonial post, but the election has been closely watched as a test of strength between political forces that want the polarized Central European country to follow Hungary in embracing President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and those that want to keep the country aligned [...]read moreSlovakia Presidential Election 2024: What You Need to Know

Slovakia’s presidential election: A choice between Russia and the West | Politics News

March 22, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , ,

This week’s televised debate among Slovakia’s nine presidential candidates often sounded as though it was taking place in Moscow. “As president, I want to extricate Slovakia from the dungeon of nations that is the European Union,” declared Milan Nahlik, a policeman who unsuccessfully ran for parliament four years ago. “As president, I would vote for [...]read moreSlovakia’s presidential election: A choice between Russia and the West | Politics News