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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter on Friday flagged as premature posts referring to Joe Biden as “president-elect,” as the vote count continued in the knife-edge US election with the Democrat leading Donald Trump in several key states. Tweets referring to the former vice president with the victor’s title and his running mate Kamala Harris as “vice president-elect” were tagged with messages saying counts were not yet final. “Official sources may not have […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US Supreme Court justice on Friday denied a request by Pennsylvania’s Republicans to immediately halt the counting of ballots arriving after Election Day — referring the challenge to the full court for a ruling on Saturday. Samuel Alito ordered Pennsylvania in the meantime to continue keeping the late-arriving ballots separate, affirming a decision already made by the state’s top elections official. The last-ditch petition for an emergency injunction […]
by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon with Peter Hutchison in Wilmington Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump launched a tirade of unsubstantiated claims that he had been cheated out of winning the US election, as vote counting across battleground states early Friday showed Democrat Joe Biden closing in on victory. Biden’s momentum towards the White House built further with major media outlets reporting he had overtaken Trump by a […]
by Noe LEIVA TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — The death toll from hurricane Eta rose to at least 12 Thursday as it spun itself out into a tropical depression in Central America, while rising floodwaters and a wake of destruction in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala left thousands without shelter and at risk of landslides. Four people died in landslides in Guatemala, including two children whose fragile family dwelling was swept away. Landslides also claimed the lives […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday neared the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House with several battleground states still in play, as incumbent President Donald Trump challenged the vote count. As it stands, there are five states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania, and key small state Nevada — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden vowed Wednesday that the US would rejoin the Paris climate accord on his first day in the White House, hours after the withdrawal ordered by Donald Trump took effect. “Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it,” Biden tweeted as returns from Tuesday’s election showed him in a strong position to defeat Trump. © Agence […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrats and Republicans girded Wednesday for a legal showdown to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. After Trump declared overnight he was ready to go to the US Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes, his campaign announced a demand for a recount in Wisconsin and lawsuits in Michigan and Pennsylvania, […]
by Inti OCON BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Hurricane Eta slowed to tropical storm speeds on Wednesday morning even as it pummeled Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighboring Honduras, while unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours. The storm had hammered impoverished indigenous communities along the coast when it made landfall a day earlier and caused heavy rains throughout much of Central America. “Quite a lot of trees have fallen and traffic has been […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States was on knife’s edge Wednesday waiting for electoral results, but the fate of one candidate was clear: Entertainer Kanye West will not win the 2020 presidential race — but still has future aspirations. The mercurial rapper, who decided to run for the nation’s highest office late in the game as an independent candidate under the Birthday Party, received approximately 60,000 votes from the 12 states where […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday neared the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House with several battleground states still in play, as incumbent President Donald Trump challenged the vote count. As it stands, there are five states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania, and key small state Nevada — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States — and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. As it stands, there are seven states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory. US […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — A defiant US President Donald Trump has declared he has won the election and said the vote counting process is a fraud. Trump is upset because several states have not completed vote counting and it may take several days because of the large number of mail-in ballots and early voting. More than 150 million ballots were cast, two thirds of them early voting or […]
