Summer Lee, a prominent member of progressive lawmakers dubbed the “Squad”, overwhelmingly won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. Defeating opponent Bhavini Patel, who was supported by Republican megadonor Jeffrey Yass, Lee reiterated her call for a Gaza cease-fire. Patel was seen as allied with Israeli Prim...
Malé, Maldives — AFP Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu is a strong advocate of Chinese investment and his party’s landslide parliamentary election victory will help him deliver on a promise to return the atoll nation to Beijing’s orbit. The 45-year-old’s People’s National Congress decimated its pro-Indian rival to...
New York, United States – AFP Donald Trump engaged in a multi-layered conspiracy of fraud, lies and cover-ups, prosecutors said on Monday during opening arguments in the first ever criminal trial of a former US president. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said Trump falsified business records to buy the silence of porn star S...
Wilmington, United States – AFP Donald Trump called off a rally on Saturday, the Republican candidate’s first campaign event since his criminal trial in New York began this week, due to bad weather threatening the outdoor gathering. Thousands of supporters had gathered for the event at the airport in the North Carolina city of Wilm...
Public confidence in key U.S. institutions, including the government, judiciary, and military, has sharply declined. That’s according to a recent analysis by Gallup. Only 32% of Americans expressed confidence in their national government. Faith in the judiciary stands at only 42%. The U.S. military also witnessed a drop in confidence, from 90...
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN’s special envoy for Libya has resigned, saying the world body could not successfully support the country’s political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution. “I tendered my resignation to the Secretary General,” Senegalese diplomat A...
Scranton, United States – AFP Joe Biden made a campaign trip to his beloved birthplace Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he unleashed a blistering condemnation of Donald Trump as the tycoon languished in court. The 81-year-old US president even visited his childhood home in the former mining town as he contrasted his blue-collar r...
New Delhi, India — AFP India’s ruling party has pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world’s most populous nation. Nearly a billion Indians will vote to elect a new government in six-week-long parliamentary polls [&...
Miami, United States – AFP Former US president Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to take the stand in his criminal trial for illegal payment of hush money that starts in New York on Monday. Asked by reporters at his luxury Florida home whether it would be legally risky to testify, Trump responded: “I’m […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities. A statement by Mali’s high authority for communication called on “all media (radio, television, written press and online) to halt broadcast and publication of the activities of political parties and the ac...