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WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Kamala Harris on Saturday shattered barriers to become the first woman vice president and, in a symbolism-heavy victory speech, told girls she would not be the last. Introducing President-elect Joe Biden in an optimism-fueled outdoor rally, Harris — also the first Black woman and Indian-American as vice president — sported a white suit in recognition of the suffragist movement that fought to give US women the vote a century […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the White House, pledging to work together to ensure “peace, freedom and prosperity” in the Indo-Pacific region that is increasingly dominated by China. Beijing’s expanding military presence in the region has worried several of its neighbors, and Washington has vowed to stand up against its territorial claims. Japan is also caught in the tensions between the United States […]
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico, (AFP) — Torrential rain and a bitter cold front linked to storm system Eta have claimed at least 20 lives in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said Saturday. And authorities in Honduras said flooding in the north and northwest caused by torrential downpours had now left 23 people dead after another 10 people lost their lives on Friday. The government of Chiapas — which borders Guatemala, where about 150 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, bringing an end to Donald Trump’s turbulent four years in office, set off a flood of congratulations and reactions. Here is a selection: – Barack Obama: ‘Historic and decisive’ – “In this election, under circumstances never experienced, Americans turned out in numbers never seen. And once every vote is counted, President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris will have won a historic […]
WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Joe Biden promised Saturday to unite Americans and seek to heal divisions after what he called a “convincing” victory over Donald Trump. “This is the time to heal in America,” an ebullient Biden told supporters at an outdoor rally in his home city of Wilmington, Delaware. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify,” Biden said, drawing a sharp contrast to nearly […]
by Issam Ahmed with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles, Julia Benarrous in Phoenix and Leila Macor in Miami Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — From coast to coast, Americans jubilant over Joe Biden’s presidential win on Saturday rushed into the streets, dancing, hooting, honking horns and singing on a day many had longed for after four turbulent years under President Donald Trump. In spontaneous outbursts after news broke of the Democrat’s win […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Joe Biden was declared winner of the US presidency Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending an era that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades. In his first statement as president-elect, Biden, 77, vowed to “be a president for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.” Crowds took […]
by Peter Hutchison with Shaun Tandon and Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden, inching closer to victory after a bitter presidential election, appealed Friday to Americans to turn the page on divisions as a seething Donald Trump warned him not to declare victory. As trickling returns from Pennsylvania and three other states made Trump’s path to a second term increasingly unlikely, Biden repeated that he believed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, US media reported late Friday. Meadows, 61, told people he had coronavirus after the election, CNN reported. He first tested positive on Wednesday, a day after the poll, according to the New York Times. Meadows was part of a crowd in a room at the White House early on Wednesday when Trump spoke to around 150 […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — About 150 people have died or remain unaccounted for in Guatemala due to mudslides caused by powerful storm Eta, which devastated an indigenous village in the country’s north, President Alejandro Giammattei said Friday. The toll is in addition to the approximately two dozen people who died elsewhere in Central America since Eta made landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday as a hurricane. Giammattei said an army unit had arrived in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has set a third straight daily record for new Covid-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported Friday. And the death toll as of 8:30 pm (0130 GMT) over the past 24 hours was 1,149, the Baltimore-based university said. The outbreak has been surging for weeks across the country, with the Midwest worst-hit even as the number of new diagnoses were approaching springtime […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Three days after polls closed, the United States and the world still do not have final results from the presidential election, although Democrat Joe Biden was on the brink of unseating Donald Trump. The wait has fueled tension across the polarized nation, with Trump alleging without evidence that Democrats are engineering fraud. But the delay was widely expected, often for reasons specific to individual states, which under the US […]
