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Einar Tangen discusses what's at stake in Taiwan's election

05:32 Current Affairs Commentator Einar Tangen discusses the Taiwan election with CGTN's Elaine Reyes.

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Trump-Russia 'collusion': Democrats file lawsuit

TheDemocraticPartyintheUSissuingRussia,theTrumpcampaignandthewhistle-blowingwebsiteWikileaksforconspiringtodisruptthe2016presidentialelection.Documentsfiledinco

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Turkish president surprised as ally calls for an early vote

TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganmetwiththeleaderofthecountry'smainnationalistpartyonWednesdaytodiscusshispoliticalally'ssurprisecallforanearlyelectionthissumm

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Malaysia's election on a Wednesday favours PM, opposition says

Malaysia’sdecisiontoholdamidweekgeneralelectionwilldiscouragemillionsofcitizenslivingabroadfromvoting,whichcouldfavourPrimeMinisterNajibRazakinaclosecontest,civ

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Hungary's Viktor Orban to make 'significant changes' in govt

Newlyre-electedHungarianPrimeMinisterViktorOrbansaidTuesdaythat"significantchanges"willbemadeinhisnextgovernment."Wewillnotcontinuegoverning,butanewgovernmentwi

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Texas woman jailed for five years for voting while on probation

ATexaswomanhasbeensentencedtofiveyearsinprisonforattemptingtovoteinthe2016presidentialelectionwhenshewasineligiblebecauseshewasonprobation.CrystalMason,43,willa

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Putin says will engage with West after record vote win

VladimirPutinonMondaysaidhewouldaddressdisputeswiththeWestafteranelectionthatsawhimreturntotheKremlinwitharecordvoteshare,asMoscowfacesincreasingisolation.Inter

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International monitors slam Russian election as 'overly controlled'

Sunday'slandslideelectionthathandedvictorytoRussianPresidentVladimirPutinwas"overlycontrolled"and"lackedgenuinecompetition,"internationalelectionmonitorssaidMon

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Russia goes to the polls in presidential election

RussiansarevotinginanelectionthatislikelytoreturnVladimirPutinforafourthtermaspresident.VotingbeganintheRussianfar-eastat20:00GMTonSaturday,andopenedinMoscownin

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Russians vote as Vladimir Putin seeks tighter grip on power

RussiansbeganvotingSundayinapresidentialelectionwidelyexpectedtocementPresidentVladimirPutin'spowerforanothersixyears.PollsfirstopenedintheFarEast,and109million

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Sierra Leone became 1st country to let citizens vote using blockchain

SierraLeonebecamethefirstcountryintheworldtouseblockchaintechnologytoverifyvotesinanelectionlastweek.SwissblockchaincompanyAgoraprovidedtheservicetoSierraLeone'

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Russia tries to entice voters to polls to prop up Putin's legitimacy

IntheSiberianregionofKrasnoyarsk,politicalactivistsarerafflingacar,whileinthesouthernRussiancityofKrasnodar,theprizeisaniPhoneX.InBerdsk,thebestselfiewillbeplas

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Facebook had ‘a negative role’ in politics says co-founder Chris Hughes

“Facebookhasplayedattimesanegativeroleinthepoliticaldiscourse,”accordingtoFacebookco-founderandMarkZuckerberg’sHarvardroommateChrisHughes.“Thealgorithmsarenotne

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Trump vows to 'counteract' any midterm election meddling by Russia

USPresidentDonaldTrumpacknowledgedTuesdaythatRussiaand"othercountries"meddledinthe2016presidentialelectionthatbroughthimtopower,butvowedtomakesureitwouldnothapp

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Russian presidential candidates prepare to spar without Putin

CandidatesfortheRussianpresidencyarescheduledtoholdtheirfirstTVdebateonMonday–withoutincumbentVladimirPutin–aheadoftheMarch18election.Putinisexpectedtowinafourt

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Facebook plans to sue US mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers

FacebookInc.willstartusingpostcardssentbyUSmaillaterthisyeartoverifytheidentitiesandlocationofpeoplewhowanttopurchaseUSelection-relatedadvertisingonitssite,asen

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Moscow calls US vote meddling claims 'blabber', 'fantasies'

MoscowonSaturdaydismissedas"blabber"and"fantasies"allegationsthatitinterferedintheelectionthatbroughtPresidentDonaldTrumptopower,denialsthatdrewimmediatescornfr