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Mike Rounds fended off attacks Thursday night from most of his four Republican rivals for the U.S. Senate in the first and possibly only televised debate of the race. The 90-minute forum, hosted by South Dakota Public Broadcasting, started slowly with policy-focused questions. But by the time

The debate about when, how and where to stage prime ministerial debates at the next election has just taken another turn. YouTube, the Telegraph and the Guardian are making a joint bid to stage an online leaders' debate.

YouTube, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian have announced they are making a joint bid to host a leaders' debate before next year's General Election. Such a debate, broadcast online, would be free of the rules on balance which broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Sky have to follow.

Ontario’s major party leaders are set to square off against each other in early June. Despite the province’s election campaign having begun nearly two weeks ago, negotiations around the timing and format of the leaders’ debate are still under way. However, sources in two parties told The Globe and

It would be "disgraceful" if all the hosts of the 2015 general election TV leaders' debates were white, Labour's shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has said. In 2010 the three clashes between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Cleggwere refereed by the BBC's David Dimbleby, ITV's Alastair Stewart

Several Ontario farm groups have joined together to invite the four Ontario party leaders to a special debate on agricultural issues.

Five rivals for the EU's top job have argued over the economic crisis, immigration and other key issues for the 28-nation bloc in a live TV debate. The party candidates were trying to impress millions of European voters.

Broadcasters should consider a more diverse line-up of moderators to host future UK election debates, peers say. The three leaders' encounters in 2010 had been "disappointingly uniform" in terms of the gender and ethnicity of the anchors, a Lords committee said.

Different positions emerged among political parties that took part in the last of the three presidential debates in Blantyre on how they would handle matters of taxation on foreign investors once voted into office on May 20 this year. The 11 candidates on Tuesday demonstrated a clear distinction on

Barely a few days after the final Presidential Debate took place in Blantyre some quarters of society have come forward to criticize the debates in general while others are of the view that such debates should continue after May 20. Different sectors of the society have expressed both satisfaction

The introduction of televised presidential debates has certainly opened a new chapter in the country’s election campaign. Despite criticisms on the format because of the ‘big’ number of presidential candidates being grilled at once, the three presidential debates are generally being celebrated as

They were the first US-style televised debates for the EU's top job, and it showed. On Monday (28 April) the candidates (not to mention the debate moderators themselves) were visibly nervous. The two most likely candidates to take the job as EU Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin