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By Shaun TANDON WASHINGTON, June 26, 2024 (AFP) – Ahead of their first presidential debate, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are offering sharply different visions of the US role in the world, both in style and substance. The rare matchup between a current and former president puts their stark contrasts on display. Trump during his 2017-2021 presidency vowed to put “America First,” with a combative and often isolationist view of the world, while Biden took […]
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday will unveil new rules easing the process for undocumented spouses of US citizens to obtain permanent residency status, the White House said. The Biden administration has been trying to walk a thin line on immigration, a critical issue for many Americans ahead of November’s presidential election. The Democrat is seeking to be tougher on illegal migrants, while also contrasting himself with the harsher policies […]
By Max Delany, with Yannick Pasquet in Athens, Claire Morand in Berlin, and Geza Molnar in Paty, Hungary BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 9, 2024 (AFP) – Voters across Europe cast ballots Sunday on the final — and biggest — day of elections for the EU’s parliament, with far-right parties expected to make gains at a pivotal time for the bloc. “In the current world situation, where everyone is trying to isolate each other, it’s important to […]
By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, June 4, 2024 (AFP) – India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had “punished” the ruling party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority. Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the worry of the country’s 200-million-plus Muslim community, deepening concerns over […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US president and current White House hopeful Donald Trump has joined TikTok, posting his first video on the wildly popular social media app he once tried to ban while in office. Reaching out to younger voters as he seeks reelection in November, Trump posted a 13-second clip Saturday night that shows him in his usual blue suit and red tie attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in Newark, New Jersey. In […]
By Aurélia END WASHINGTON, June 4, 2024 (AFP) – The language sounds like something from an authoritarian state or the US anti-communist purges of the 1950s, but Donald Trump is increasingly focused on one target: “the enemy within.” The 77-year-old Republican has stepped up his rhetoric against a host of domestic opponents in recent months, and looks set to go even further after his historic conviction in a criminal trial that he claims — without […]
GREENWICH, United States, June 4, 2024 (AFP) – Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump on Monday as a “convicted felon” who is seeking the US presidency for the first time in history, in a dramatic escalation of his attacks on his rival in November’s election. Biden, 81, was using the description for the first time since Trump was convicted by a New York jury of covering up hush money payments to a porn star in a […]
By Daniel Rook and Yussel Gonzalez MEXICO CITY, June 3, 2024 (AFP) – Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first woman president by a landslide Sunday, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. Flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music in celebration of the ruling party candidate’s victory, in a nation where around 10 women or girls are murdered every day. “I want to thank millions of Mexican women and […]
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2024 (AFP) – Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a “breaking point” for his supporters — a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5. In an interview aired Sunday on Fox News, the former president and current Republican White House hopeful acknowledged the possibility of jail time or house arrest following his historic criminal conviction in a hush […]
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2024 (AFP) – Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support “like never before.” The record haul was equivalent to more than $2 million raised per hour, it said. Senior campaign aides Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in statements that more than a third of […]
By Zama LUTHULI DURBAN, South Africa, May 31, 2024 (AFP) – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma staged a surprise comeback at the head of an upstart party that is only a few months old but already the country’s third largest. Zuma is 82, he was banned from standing in this week’s general election because of a contempt conviction and his former rule is synonymous with the capture of the state by corrupt interests. But […]
