Declining popularity and mounting election losses have snowballed into a major political crisis for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with lawmakers from his own party now going all-out against him. Now, two lawmakers from his Liberal Party have gone public in calling on the PM to tender his resignation. Meanwhile, a judge in USA’s Georgia has blocked controversial rule that required ballots to be hand-counted in the 2024 election. With the US presidential vote only weeks away, in late September, the Georgia State Election Board, led by a pro-Trump majority, passed a controversial rule that requires the manual hand count of ballots. Also, amidst the escalating diplomatic row between India and Canada, US has sided with its Five Eyes partner, accusing New Delhi of ‘not cooperating’.
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Now, a second Liberal Party MP has gone public with the call for PM Trudeau to tender his resignation and make way for new leadership.
A Georgia judge on Tuesday (Oct 15) hit pause on a controversial rule that required ballots to be hand-counted in the 2024 election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, as per reports, said that the rule was “too much, too late” to be enforced effectively.
The US on Tuesday (Oct 15) sided with its Five Eyes partner Canada over escalating diplomatic row between Ottawa and New Delhi, accusing India of ‘not cooperating’.
North Korean state media announced on Wednesday (Oct 16) that approximately 1.4 million young people, including students and youth league officials, have applied to join or re-enlist in the military.
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