Is New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani the future of US Democrats?
• Oct 30, 2025, 10:01 PM
1 min de lecture
With a rent freeze, free buses and universal healthcare among his hugely popular campaign promises, Zohran Mamdani's meteoric rise to frontrunner in the New York mayoral election has been propelled by a package of radical policy proposals. We ask Lindsey Cormack, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology, whether US Democrats should model their campaigns on Mamdani's.
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On the trail of migrant smugglers 1/3: The fall of Calais trafficker Idrees G.
• 7:04 AM
1 min
Seven people died when a migrant boat thought to be carrying 68 people sank in the Channel between Britain and France on August 12, 2023. The ensuing investigation quickly focused on two Iraqi smugglers who seemed ready to do anything to protect their lu
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Tanzania President Hassan wins disputed election amid deadly protests
• 6:56 AM
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday. The opposition Chadema party, barred from taking part in the poll, said that hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since protests
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Flights resume at Berlin airport after suspension over drone scare
• 6:21 AM
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Flights were suspended for almost two hours at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Friday evening due to sightings of unidentified drones, the latest in a series of drone alerts around airports and military sites in Europe.
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