WILMINGTON, DELWARE (REUTERS) – US President-elect Joe Biden and his aides have spent months gearing up for his transition to the White House, assembling a team that will grow to include several hundred staff members as the Democrat steps into a role he’s pursued for decades. These are the key advisers that Biden will rely […]
MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (REUTERS) – In Pennsylvania, it doesn’t get much “redder” than Juniata County, a predominantly white and rural region dotted with picturesque churches, livestock farms and factories which US President Donald Trump carried in the election with 80 per cent of the vote. So it was with a mix of disappointment, suspicion and resignation […]
George W. Bush said Donald Trump has the ‘right to pursue legal challenges’ over vote counting but insisted the US election was ‘fundamentally fair’. The former US president said he has spoken with Joe Biden and thanked him for ‘the patriotic message’ he delivered in a speech on Saturday night after being declared the winner […]
Dr Jill Biden will succeed Melania Trump as the First Lady of the United States (Flotus) – but how will the teacher differ from the former model in the role? The pair contrast dramatically in a number of ways and have a 19-year age gap, despite their husbands being a similar age. Self-described introvert Dr […]
Seymour Topping, who chronicled the rise of China and the Cold War in Europe and Asia as a correspondent, shaped the crowning years of print journalism as an editor of The New York Times and led the charge into the internet age in the classrooms of Columbia University, died on Sunday in a hospital in […]
New federal support for Canada’s pandemic-battered airline industry will be contingent on carriers providing refunds to passengers whose flights were cancelled, the government announced on Sunday. Transport Minister Marc Garneau laid out the requirement as he announced that Ottawa is ready to respond to the sector’s desperate pleas for federal assistance by launching talks later […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – After the declaration on Saturday (Nov 7) that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing clear: He does not plan to concede any time soon. The President, who has spent months trying to undermine the election results with […]
It’s hard to know who’s more famous around Ballina in County Mayo; Joe Biden, Joe Blewitt or Joe Blewitt’s van. The white VW Crafter is emblazoned with an image of Mr Biden, and the slogan “Joe Biden for the White House and Joe Blewitt for your house”. It’s the signature calling card for the heating […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – As the dust settles from the presidential race, the eyes of the political world have already shifted to Georgia, where two run-off elections set for early January will almost certainly determine which party has control of the Senate. The outcome of the contests, which will play out two weeks before President-elect Joe […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – When US President Donald Trump departs the White House, he also leaves behind any immunity he might have from social media rules. Efforts by Twitter and Facebook to balance letting political leaders speak to the people unfettered with enforcing rules about hateful and misleading posts have afforded Mr Trump leeway not […]