– 67% of Democrat voters said party should consider nominating someone other than Biden WASHINGTON (AA) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval rating has fallen to 39%, according to a CNN poll released Thursday. It marks the lowest rating recorded for Biden by the American network in 2023, down from 41% in July and 45% [&helli...
Malé, Maldives — AFP Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will seek re-election Saturday in a presidential vote also serving as a referendum on his pursuit of renewed ties with India, the archipelago’s traditional ally. Solih, 61, moved swiftly to repair relations with New Delhi after defeating his predecessor Abdulla Yameen, who ...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Hundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an investigation by AFP has found. Commentators say it is evidence of a sustained cam...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A court in Nigeria has rejected a request by the country’s main opposition parties to nullify the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February’s presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court in a judgement announced Wednesday in the capital Abuja said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Par...
Experts say summit is opportunity for world’s richest countries to come together and address some of the planet’s most pressing challenges NEW DELHI, India – Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip the G-20 summit for the first time since taking office in 2012. The summit will be held this weekend in the Indian capital of [&he...
UAE, which has friendly relations with Russia has not strictly enforced global sanctions imposed on Moscow DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Western officials from the U.S., the U.K., and the European Union are meeting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to raise concerns about the supply of goods, particularly computer French fries, to Russia...
Lawsuit, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and 3 law firms, argues that Trump is ineligible for office under Section 3 of Fourteenth Amendment DENVER, Colorado – A group of six Republican and nonpartisan voters in Colorado has filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 [&hell...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The Ennahda Movement said on Wednesday that Tunisian security forces had detained two of its leading members. The progressive Islamic party stated that Abdel Karim Harouni, a former minister and head of the movement’s Shura Council, was arrested late Tuesday. It also stated that Mondher Ounissi, the party’s vi...
McConnell’s office released a letter from Capitol physician confirming his health and that he is fit to return to work WASHINGTON – Republican and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, is taking swift action to silence concerns about his health that are affecting his leadership abilities. Upon his return to the Senate, McCon...
District Judge Timothy Kelly ultimately applied a terrorism charge to Tarrio’s sentencing guidelines WASHINGTON – The former national leader of the right-wing Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Tarrio was convicted in May of seditious conspiracy ...
