A key witness in the corruption case of a former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, has been found dead at his home, Peruvian prosecutors say, less than three months before the trial is due to start. José Miguel Castro, who was living under house arrest, was a municipality official during Susana Villarán’s term as mayor...
Georgina Barnes BBC News, South West BBC The government announced on Tuesday that the creation of new mayor roles would be discontinued The Mayor for Plymouth (MfP) campaign says it will take the government to high court over an announcement there will no be a directly-elected mayor for the city. The government announced on Tuesday...
Nada Tawfik BBC News Reporting fromNew York City Getty Images Andrew Cuomo has conceded in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in a stunning political upset. Cuomo, the state’s former governor, was attempting to pull off a political comeback after resigning from office in 2021 amid a sexual harassment...
There will no longer be a directly-elected mayor for the Devon city, the government has confirmed. Read full article at source...
Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest correspondent Getty Images The government has had Budapest’s Pride march in its sights for some time Police have banned Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride march later this month, prompting a defiant response from liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony. “Budapest city hall will organise the Budapest Pride march as a local event on 28...
Yes, yes. I know “unhinged” and “socialist” go together like peas and carrots, but it is a headline. Now, on to the story. New York City does elections the new-fangled way, using ranked-choice voting to ensure that the outcomes take forever to tally, the results tend to lean left, and voters are maximally confused. That...
I suppose while I’m on a pathetic, big, blue city mayor kick this afternoon, I might as well update y’all on the goofiest, least competent, most anxiety-ridden, saddest creature ever to occupy the mayor’s office in Chicago – Brandon Johnson, Bear of Little Brain. The teachers’ union tool is having a whale of a year,...
“We need the kind of visionary leadership that Zohran is providing in this campaign,” said Sanders. Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) announced his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani in...
Mayor of London The mayor’s plan involves the diversion of 16 bus routes that use Oxford Street Plans to pedestrianise parts of Oxford Street will move forward “as quickly as possible”, the mayor of London has said. City Hall claims two thirds of people support the principle of banning traffic on one of the world’s...
Gunmen have killed the mayor of the Mexican municipality of San Mateo Piñas in the latest deadly attack on local officials. Witnesses said four armed men arrived on motorcycles, stormed the village hall and opened fire on the mayor, Lilia Gema García Soto, and a local official who was in a meeting with her, Eli...
Wowsahs. What a difference ten days and the promise of rent freezes make when you’ve got a cute face, huh? Zohran Mamdani, the Socialist and Hamas-supporting New York Assembly member running in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor (I introduced you to him here), has pulled into the lead. Over former Governor Andrew...
Since this started last Friday, elected Democrats and their media allies have been doing their best to downplay the riots in Los Angeles. But as things continued to get out of hand a gulf emerged between what authorities were saying and doing and how the media was describing things. For instance, here’s CNN’s Brian Stelter...
A local authority’s youngest town councillor has been elected as mayor at just 25. Alexander Walker, who is autistic, has been a town councillor in Rhyl, Denbighshire, since 2022 and described it as “surreal” to be elected, as it is something which he never thought he would end up doing. Mr Walker took on the...
Oh, my gosh – these guys just don’t quit. Remember at the beginning of May, when the Mayor of Newark and some potty-mouthed congresspeople tried to slam the gate doing ninety-eight for a supposed immigration facility spot check? The folks at the ICE detention center in Newark were not amused. Open up Alcatraz and lock...
I mean, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s never been shy about where she stood on any raging woke issue, from painting Black Lives Matter on the streets and then trying to make it a felony if, God forbid, your tire marked a yellow square inch of the paint surface…on a street…to standing tall with the illegals among...