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Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes from 100% of electoral districts.
Presidential candidates in Romania are casting ballots in a tense presidential runoff between a hard-right nationalist and a pro-Western centrist, in a high-stakes election rerun that could determine the geopolitical direction of the European Union and NATO member country.
Marva Johnson has been selected by the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees as FAMU's next president. The vote was 8 to 4 Friday in favor of Johnson—despite heavy pushback from community members. The decisions comes amid discussions surrounding transparency in the search for university presidents.
Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative opponent, Karol Nawrocki, emerged ahead in a pack of 13 candidates.
If large urban centres are the core constituency of the liberal government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then Sunday's presidential election first round showed him struggling against an anti-establishment pushback simmering throughout Europe.
Democratic presidential contenders are facing a litmus test over questions about former President Biden's mental acuity during his last year in the White House.
Poland holds a presidential election on Sunday as the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda nears the end of his second and final term.