President Andrzej Duda of Poland won a second term as president, following the country’s closest presidential election since the end of communist rule.

Desi Bouterse has cast a long shadow over Suriname since its independence. Once a dictator, he returned as a populist, but fell in the face of the pandemic and an economic crisis.

Voters turned out in high numbers to cast ballots in an unofficial primary for the city’s pro-democracy camp despite government warnings it might be against the new security law.

Her lawyer, who issued a statement on the day of Mayor Park Won-soon’s funeral, is calling for an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment.

The moves are part of efforts to broaden personal freedoms during a delicate democratic transition.

The 52-year-old driver, who was also killed, was aggrieved about the demolition of his home because of a redevelopment scheme, officials said.

The election results, based on 99 percent of the votes counted, were not final and can be challenged by Mr. Duda’s opponent.

The recent assessment that Russia paid bounties to the insurgents to attack U.S. troops stunned many, but officials said the Kremlin’s outreach began almost a decade ago.

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President Andrzej Duda leads a conservative government that has fought to control courts and the media while stoking fear of gay people and foreigners. He was challenged by the liberal mayor of Warsaw.