Milwaukee, United States – AFP Donald Trump won the formal nomination Monday as the Republican presidential candidate and picked a right-wing loyalist for his running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of the weekend’s failed assassination attempt. The Milwaukee gathering erupted into cheers as Trump anno...
Detroit, United States – AFP A fired up Joe Biden again rejected speculation he would quit the US presidential race and tried to turn the spotlight on rival Donald Trump as he took his crisis-hit reelection bid back on the campaign trail Friday. But as he addressed a lively rally in the battleground state of […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the American public not to lose sight of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the media’s focus on the US presidential election. “While much of the media is focused on the drama of the US presidential election, we must not lose sight of what is happening […]
Doral, United States – AFP Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of invective against President Joe Biden on Tuesday, mercilessly assailing the embattled Democrat as he faces down calls to end his reelection bid after a disastrous debate performance. Trump’s speech in Florida was his first public appearance since the clamor for Biden...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump has said the problem with Joe Biden is not his age but the inability to lead the country. “It’s not his age, it’s his competence,” Trump said, adding: “He’s not respected anywhere in the world.” During the first debate with Trump recently, Biden&...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians cast their ballots Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist’s bid to break through against a divided conservative field. Around 61 million Iranians were eligible to vote in the election called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last mont...
West Palm Beach, United States — AFP Donald Trump, whose attempted White House return is based in part on attacking President Joe Biden as old and feeble, has turned 78 — just three years younger than his election rival — with growing questions over his own health. Whoever wins the November election will set a […]
Renowned political activist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West has chosen Melina Abdullah as his running mate. Abdullah is a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement. Observers say her appointment underscores their shared commitment to justice and advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza amid Israel’s war on Palestine. We...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko predicted a comfortable first-round win for his coalition’s presidential candidate, in his first public appearance a day after being freed from prison. Sonko was greeted by hundreds of supporters outside a hotel in the capital Dakar, where he held a news confer...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) – Voters in Senegal will choose their next president on March 24, President Macky Sall announced Wednesday, signaling an end to weeks of political chaos which engulfed the West African country following the postponement of elections originally scheduled for Feb. 25. Sall announced the new poll date on the same day the Const...
