WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton said Wednesday he has tested positive for Covid-19 but that his symptoms were mild and he encouraged people to get vaccinated. It is the latest health scare for the 76-year-old, who was briefly hospitalized last year and has undergone several operations since 2004. “I’m doing fine overall and keeping myself busy at home. I’m grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild, […]
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Bill Clinton leaves hospital after five nights
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former US president Bill Clinton, 75, was released from a California hospital Sunday after spending five nights in treatment for an infection. Clinton, arm in arm with his wife and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, gave a thumbs up after he walked slowly out of the hospital and shook hands with staff in front of television cameras. “President Clinton was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center today,” said a […]
JUST IN: Former US President Bill Clinton in hospital with non-Covid infection
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US president Bill Clinton has been hospitalized with a non-Covid-related infection, a spokesman said Thursday evening. Clinton, 75, was admitted to a hospital in Irvine in southern California on Tuesday evening, Angel Urena tweeted. He gave no details other than to say the infection was not Covid-related. “He is on the mend, in good spirits and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses, and staff providing him with […]
Scarred by Trump, challengers eye 2020
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – One year on from Donald Trump’s shock election, US Democrats are still struggling to heal the wounds of Hillary Clinton’s calamitous defeat and identify a champion to challenge a deeply unpopular president in 2020. For Democrats it has been a sobering first 10 months under Donald Trump. Republicans control the White House and Congress. With Trump’s upset wins in once-liberal bastions Wisconsin and Michigan, the heartland is […]
Bill Clinton teams up with thriller author
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Former United States President Bill Clinton is working with best-selling suspense writer James Patterson on a novel called “The President is Missing,” which will be published in June 2018, the publishers said on Monday (May 8). The book will be “a unique amalgam of intrigue, suspense and behind-the-scenes global drama from the highest corridors of power,” publishers Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and Hachette Book Group said in a statement. Clinton […]
Trump takes on ex-president Bill Clinton
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump took on Bill Clinton Tuesday in a new tweet attack, after the former president questioned his intelligence. In an impromptu discussion at a book store in upstate New York earlier this month, Clinton said this when asked if he thought Trump was smart: “He doesn’t know much. One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.” Clinton made the remarks […]
Trump accuses Bill Clinton of being ‘abusive to women
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump on Sunday accused former president Bill Clinton of being “abusive to women” in a presidential debate, shattering the last vestiges of political decorum in a hypercharged campaign season. After apologizing for “locker room talk” in which he bragged about groping women, Trump said those were just words, whereas “Bill Clinton was abusive to women.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Bill Clinton urges voters to back the ‘real’ Hillary
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Former president Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged Americans to dismiss decades of political attacks and elect the “real” Hillary Clinton this November, in a deeply personal testimonial to his wife’s character and grit. “You should elect her because she’ll never quit when the going gets tough. She’ll never quit on you,” the former president told Democratic Party delegates who selected her as their first female nominee earlier in the day. […]
Putin says accepts U.S. is sole superpower, dilutes Trump praise
(REUTERS) President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans. Putin’s comments follow a rocky period in U.S.-Russia relations, which have been undermined by disagreements over issues such as Ukraine and Syria. Putin reiterated criticism of what he said was the misguided role […]
Hillary and Bill Clinton earned more than $25 million for speeches since 2014
MAY 16, 2015 (Reuters) — Hillary and Bill Clinton earned over $25 million (USD) for delivering more than 100 speeches since 2014, according to financial disclosure forms released by the Clinton campaign. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, also earned $5 million in royalties for her book, “Hard Choices,” which was released in June, according to the forms. The Clintons’ income puts them at least in the top 0.1 percent […]
Clinton supports Obama on ISIS
Bill Clinton, who remains popular in US, made an appearance on TV with Jon Stuart, where he showed his support to US President Barack Obama in his fight against ISIS.





