1st round of Romanian elections canceled
A man waves the Romanian flag outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Dec. 8, 2024.
A top Romanian court has annulled results from the first round of the country’s vote for president. The unprecedented ruling comes after the declassification of intelligence alleging that a Russian campaign had promoted the far-right winner. Our Europe correspondent has the latest. Also, a new directive from the Taliban bans women in Afghanistan from studying dentistry, nursing, and midwifery. And, a standup comic from Zimbabwe on how jokes land differently in the US.
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