With 80 percent of votes counted, centrist candidate widens lead over his Trump-backed conservative rival.


Zaheena is an editor at Al Jazeera English, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was part of a team that won an Edward R Murrow Award in 2024 for ... breaking news coverage of Israel's war on Gaza. She was also the recipient of Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Award in 2017 and a nominee for Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Award in 2016.
With 80 percent of votes counted, centrist candidate widens lead over his Trump-backed conservative rival.

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