Breaking: Romania stops presidential vote as cyber-attacks hit election systems
Romanian top court stops presidential election process due to cyber-security issues with voting systems. EU-Mercosur trade deal creates huge market while South Korean politics faces new crisis
Romanias highest court made a ground-breaking decision to stop the presidential election process (which had more than 50% votes already counted). The court found proof of cyber-problems that hit voting systems - with over 85k attacks detected on election websites
The first round showed unexpected results when Calin Georgescu a pro-russian candidate got first place; however intelligence reports showed russian social-media influence on platforms like tik-tok and telegram. The run-off between Georgescu and pro-EU candidate Elena Lasconi wont happen this sunday
The constitutional courts decision is illegal amoral and crushes the very essence of democracy
In other news EU and Mercosur finally made a big trade deal after 25 years of talks. The agreement will create a huge 700-million people market with 90% goods getting zero-tariffs; however some EU countries dont like it because of farming standards differences
South Koreas political scene got more complex when Han Dong-hoon the ruling party leader asked to stop President Yoon Suk-yeols powers. This happened after info came out about presidents plans to arrest opponents during short-lived martial law
An anti-jewish attack happened at Melbournes Adass Israel synagogue - one person got hurt. Since last years middle-east conflict started Australia saw over 2000 such events. Meanwhile Paris gets ready to show restored Notre Dame cathedral to world leaders this weekend after that big fire about 5 years ago
