President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the crowd at the American Freedom Tour event in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. – Reuters/File President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York state judge to dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts related to secret payments to an adult film actress, … Read more
Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, US on November 3, 2024. – Reuters Paris: The vote of more than half the world’s population in the 2024 elections has left many liberal democracies facing crises of confidence, political fragmentation and growing … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump attends the launch parade of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024. – Reuters Washington: A US judge on Monday dismissed the federal criminal lawsuit against Donald Trump, which claimed that she made efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential … Read more
Donald Trump shows his signature after signing the $1.5 trillion tax reform plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, December 22, 2017. — Reuters Washington: US prosecutors on Monday asked a US judge to dismiss the criminal case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat, … Read more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. — Reuters Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has been asked to remove an election campaign video that depicted Muslims in discriminatory and stigmatizing rhetoric. India’s ruling party has come under widespread criticism for promoting anti-Muslim sentiment over a … Read more
United National Movement of Georgia (UNM) member David Kirtadze (left) throws black paint at the head of the Central Election Commission, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, on November 16, 2024, in this still image taken from a video. – Screenshot/Reuters On Saturday, the Election Commission in Georgia confirmed the victory of the ruling party in Parliament after it … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump met with President Joe Biden in a historic visit to the White House after his election victory over Kamala Harris. Biden (81 years old) welcomed Trump’s return to the Oval Office, and warmly congratulated him, saying: “Welcome back,” while they were preparing for the transition talks. The two leaders, sitting in front … Read more
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban government said on Wednesday that it hopes to open a “new chapter” in relations with the United States after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a post on the X website that the government hopes that the future Trump administration will take … Read more
Anti-abortion campaign signs hang outside a voting center at the Osborne Elementary School District office, on Election Day, in Phoenix, Arizona, US, November 5, 2024. – Reuters Donald Trump’s second presidential term could herald a new wave of attacks on abortion access across the United States — with or without a Republican-controlled Congress. Here’s a … Read more
The collage shows Emmanuel Macron (left), Donald Trump (centre), and Narendra Modi at separate rallies. – Reuters Reactions from top world leaders began flowing on Wednesday, with Republican Donald Trump winning the US presidential election, four years after leaving the White House. French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated Trump after the Republicans’ victory. “Congratulations to President … Read more