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by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump takes his first international trip since presumptively clinching the Republican presidential nomination, jumping out of the US political frying pan and into the “Brexit” fire by arriving in Scotland Friday. The New York celebrity billionaire is scheduled to attend the ceremonial re-opening of his Trump Turnberry golf course on the very day that the British will wake to learn whether they have voted to remain […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama expressed hope Wednesday that Bernie Sanders in “the next couple of weeks” will finally concede having lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, despite having vowed to fight on through the party’s convention next month. Appearing Wednesday on the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” Obama said that on balance, Sanders’s candidacy in the hardfought Democratic campaign was a positive. “It was a healthy thing for the Democratic […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — Bernie Sanders, on Monday (June 6) vowed to keep up the fight in what has been a protracted and increasingly antagonized primary race that has exposed deep rifts between the left-wing and the more centrist of the Democratic Party. His rival Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination, according to tallies by two U.S. media outlets, the day before six states […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton defeated her rival Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary Sunday, US networks projected, bringing her to the brink of victory in their long-fought battle for the party’s presidential nomination. With 29 percent of the island territory’s districts reporting, former secretary of state Clinton was ahead with 62.5 percent of the vote, compared to 37.1 percent for Sanders, according to CNN. Victory in debt-hobbled Puerto Rico marked a […]
