by Jim Mannion WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The father of a slain Muslim American soldier assailed Donald Trump as a “black soul” Sunday in an impassioned exchange with the Republican presidential candidate over the qualities required in a US leader. Khizr Khan electrified the Democratic convention last week with a tribute to his fallen son that ended with a steely rebuke that Trump had “sacrificed nothing” for his country. Trump defended himself in an […]
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Chelsea Clinton hails ‘wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother’
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Chelsea Clinton on Thursday tried to lift the public veil on one of America’s best-known and most disliked politicians, telling the Democratic convention her mother, their presidential nominee, was “wonderful, thoughtful” and “hilarious.” Trying to soften a public image forged over decades of withering political trench warfare, Chelsea Clinton recounted a mother who read her “Goodnight Moon” and a grandmother who broke from politics to read “Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.” […]
Sanders says Clinton ‘must become’ next US president
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Vanquished White House hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday told a riven and lively Democratic convention that his rival Hillary Clinton must become the next US president. To cheers and some boos, Sanders said that “based on her ideas and her leadership,” Clinton was a better choice than Donald Trump and “must become the next president of the United States.” “The choice is not even close,” he said. “This election is […]
Michelle Obama says Clinton ‘one person’ qualified to be president
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — US First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that Hillary Clinton was the one candidate ready to be president, as she poured scorn on Donald Trump’s behavior and temperament. “In this election, there is only one person who I trust with that responsibility, only one person who I believe is truly qualified to be president of the United States, and that is our friend Hillary Clinton,” […]





