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Polls started at 7 a.m. local time (04:00 GMT), and will end at 9 p.m. (00 GMT), with exit polls anticipated shortly after. According to opinion polls, George Simion, a far-right politician, is expected to win the first round.

The Constitutional Court overturned Calin Georgescu’s previous victory, which has been forbiddied from the rerun.

Following a massive TikTok campaign and accusations of Russian interference, which sparked sometimes violent protests, Georgescu was exempt from the rerun. In the first round of Sunday’s election, Simion, one of 11 presidential hopefuls vying for the largely ceremonial but significant foreign policy position, has effectively taken his place.

Simion says he supports the “Make America Great Again” movement of US President Donald Trump, criticizes the leadership of the European Union, and opposes military aid to the neighboring Ukraine.

He currently leads by about 30%, which is a respectable lead if he wants to avoid a run-off on May 18.

Two centrist candidates, including former Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, 55, who is running as an independent on an anticorruption platform, are Simion’s main rivals.

Both support Ukraine and support the EU. Fourth-ranked Victor Ponta, a former leftist prime minister who has since become a conservative nationalist, is a potential dark horse.

Aurelia, 66, a pensioner who declined to give her last name, told the Reuters news agency that she felt “humiliated” by the cancellation of November’s first round. “George Simion equals Calin Georgescu, he gets my vote,” she said.

“This is where everything is lacking,” he said. Did my children leave to go to work abroad because things are so good here?

Eugenia Niculescu, 65, a pensioner in Bucharest who has struggled to pay for her medication and other bills, said to the AFP news agency: “We want a capable person who knows how to speak up for the Romanian people in the EU.”

The president of Romania has a semi-executive role that includes chairing the security council that decides whether to approve military aid and serving two five-year terms.

The president appoints the prime minister, chief judges, prosecutors, and secret service heads, and holds the power to veto significant EU votes.

A military airbase and other facilities in the Port Sudan airport’s immediate vicinity were attacked by Sudan’s army’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

In the first attack by the RSF on the eastern city, the army claimed on Sunday that the airbase was targeted using a drone, a cargo warehouse, and some civilian facilities.

Some damage was reported after drones struck a depot for ammunition.

The airports for both the military and the civilian sectors are located in one location. Residents of the port city are aware that five drones were launched by the RSF and targeted the airbase, according to Hiba Morgan of Al Jazeera, who is based in Khartoum.

“There is a section of the airport dedicated to civilian flights, but military aircraft also take off from there.” So, it’s unclear whether the drones were aiming at military or civilian targets, or both, she said.

It’s unclear whether the RSF was trying to target the fighter jet that was displayed at an air force show on Saturday afternoon and whether there have been any reports of civilian casualties yet.

According to Flight Radar’s navigation data, a Sudanese passenger plane was diverted to Jeddah Airport after failing to land at Port Sudan Airport.

According to the information, the aircraft made an emergency landing at King Abdulaziz International Airport after departing from Dubai International Airport. Before returning to Jeddah, the plane made a circular maneuver over the Red Sea.

As the Mexican suffered his first professional boxing loss on Sunday, Scull, who had a height advantage over Alvarez, was unable to find a solution to his methodical stalking and effective body blows.

It’s a dull fight for me, I thought. Scull was merely attempting to survive, not to win. After all three judges gave him the victory (115-112, 116-112, 119-109), Alvarez declared in his post-fight interview, “I detest these kinds of fights.”

Alvarez has won the 168-pound title twice and was stripped of the IBF strap last year after choosing to fight Edgar Berlanga over Scull, the sanctioning body’s top-ranked competitor.

Scull struggled to avoid Alvarez’s constant assault early on, as the Mexican landed powerful body blows in the second and fourth rounds, temporarily putting him off balance.

In the fifth round, Alvarez continued to stalk him after coming off the ground with a right uppercut and pushing him back before countering him with a counter.

After Scull caught him with another right hand, Alvarez’s corner warned him to “don’t let this guy get bigger and more confident,” before he responded with body shots at the end of the sixth round.

In the seventh round, Alvarez landed several combinations to the body and landed Scull with a lead left hook close to the ropes.

Alvarez continued to perform body-punches throughout the fight, allowing only six shots from Scull, who claimed the 63rd victory of his professional career.

Alvarez, 34, improved to 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts on his Saudi debut, continuing his tradition of fighting during the Cinco de Mayo festival weekend in Mexico.

The Mexican said he was anticipating a fight with Crawford in Las Vegas if he lost to him.

“I like to share the ring with that kind of fighter because Crawford is one of the best out there.” He declared, “It’s my pleasure.

American Crawford, who defeated Errol Spence Jr. in a welterweight match in 2023 to become the undisputed champion, declared he was prepared to face Alvarez as they squared off in the ring.

“I’ll demonstrate to the world what greatness looks like,” Crawford said.

In February, Alvarez and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Seasons Promotion signed a four-fight contract.

As part of Saudi Arabia’s oil-funded expansion into the sport, which has drawn criticism for “sportswashing” its poor human rights record, the kingdom has recently invested money in boxing competitions.

Sheinbaum claimed that Trump had contacted her about how he could combat organized crime and that he had suggested sending US troops during a press conference on Saturday.

The Mexican leader said she disagreed, saying, “We will never accept the presence of the United States army in our territory.”

Sheinbaum remarked, “No, President Trump, our territory is inviolable, our sovereignty is inviolable, and our sovereignty is not for sale.”

Her remarks come a day after Trump reportedly demanded from Mexico to allow for “more US military involvement” in the fight against drug cartels.

According to the news outlet, “tension rose” during a call between the two leaders on April 16 as Trump “pushed for the US armed forces to play a leading role in battling Mexican drug gangs that produce and smuggle fentanyl to the US.”

Trump has repeatedly criticised Mexico and Canada as the US’s other neighbor for their drug trafficking since taking office in January.

He claims that the two nations permit the entry of fentanyl, the most potent drug, into the US through their borders.

Along with other factors, Trump’s administration has linked fentanyl trafficking to its push to impose steep tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.

Sheinbaum stated on Saturday that she had offered to work with Trump in addition to increasing the amount of information being shared.

The Mexican president claimed that at the same time, she had urged Trump to put an end to the wave of violence that has claimed more than 450,000 lives in Mexico over the past 20 years.

She continued, noting that Trump issued a Friday order to “make sure that everything necessary is in place to stop weapons from entering our country from the United States.”

Trump had made it crystal clear that Mexico must do more to combat these gangs and cartels, and that the US is prepared to help and bolster our already close cooperation, according to a spokesman for the US National Security Council.

Trump and Sheinbaum had collaborated closely to create the “most secure southwest border in history,” according to the spokesperson.

However, the spokesperson claimed that “dangerous foreign terrorist organizations continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread across the country.”

Despite numerous legal challenges to his strict anti-immigration policies, Trump has continued to push forward with his plan to carry out the “largest deportation operation” in US history.

To enforce immigration laws, the US Department of Defense announced earlier this week that it had designated a second stretch of the border with Mexico as a military zone.

The most recent area is located close to the El Paso Fort Bliss Army base in the US state of Texas.

At the close of 2025, Buffet announced at the group’s annual shareholder meeting that he would step down as CEO, handing over the reins to vice chairman Greg Abel, who had already been tasked with his appointment.

At the meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett said, “I would still hang around and could conceivably be useful in a few cases. The final word would be what Greg said in terms of operations, in capital deployment, or whatever it may be.”

The board of directors would “unanimously support” his recommendation, he added.

Without Buffett’s intervention, Abel arrived about an hour later to lead a formal Berkshire business meeting. He said, “I just want to say that as we move forward, I couldn’t be more humbled and honoured to be a part of Berkshire.”

Abel, 62, has been in charge of non-insurance operations at the company since 2018, and he was expected to succeed Buffett as CEO in 2021, but it was always assumed he would not succeed him until after Buffett’s passing.

Buffett, 94, has always maintained that he has no plans to retire. He has been referred to as the “Oracle of Omaha” because of his influence in business and financial circles.

His resignation comes at the end of a remarkable 60-year run that saw him transform Berkshire from a failing textile company into a $ 1.16 trillion conglomerate with $300bn in liquid assets.

According to Forbes magazine’s real-time rich list, Buffett’s net worth as of Saturday was $ 168.2 billion. He pledged to continue investing in the business on Saturday.

“I have no intention of selling a Berkshire Hathaway share,” I declare. Buffett remarked, “I will give it away eventually.”

Because I believe Greg’s management will have better chances of keeping every share, he said, “the decision to keep every share is an economic decision.”

Buffett drew attention to the dire consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs earlier on Saturday, stating that “trade should not be a weapon” but “there is no denying that trade can be an act of war.”