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The latest results show the “yes” camp ahead by a slim margin, with just more than 50% of the vote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

After a week of counting ballots from the 2 June primary race, the British-born candidate secured his slot to move ahead in the election, edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, a Democrat.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

—The dollar fell slightly as investors turned cautious ahead of U.S. inflation data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Apart from her, only a small circle knows where he will be even two hours ahead.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Luckily, her boat is faster than the pirates, and she keeps ahead of them all the way to Hagonoy, nine miles from Calumpit, where the Thirty-Seventh Division waits for the map.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly