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South Africa will hold elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, setting the stage for a contest in which his ruling party faces the biggest threat to its national majority since coming to power three decades ago.

A proclamation to declare the date will be issued in due course, Ramaphosa said in a statement on Tuesday.

Saturday’s ‘first-in-the-west’ vote brings a diverse electorate more in line with the demographics of America and the party.

As Nevada prepares for the caucuses that could reshape the US presidential race, Democratic voters here remained divided on who is the best candidate to end the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump.

But across the state, Democratic primary voters agreed

The hurricane-force winds that hammered parts of Anchorage earlier this week toppled trees and caused widespread damage, leaving thousands without power for hours. A new storm is expected to bring more snow to the city starting early Saturday, according to a winter weather advisory issued Friday afternoon. The storm that began Wednesday night and ended Thursday was remarkable, especially for

If President Biden moves ahead with a plan to block people who illegally cross into the United States from claiming asylum, it is likely to face a swift legal challenge, much the way an effort by his predecessor in 2018 was blocked by the courts.

Politically, such a setback may not even matter.

For Mr. Biden, simply issuing an executive action just before his State of the Union