WASHINGTON (AFP) – Control of the United States Senate and prospects for united rule in Congress for incoming president Joe Biden will boil down to two runoff elections in Georgia, with Democrats and Republicans positioning for an epic political battle. Party leaders and the candidates themselves on Saturday (Nov 7) presented the southern state as […]
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday (Nov 7) he would not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until legal challenges are concluded, in an apparent bid to avoid friction with Washington during the transition. Democrat Joe Biden won the election on Saturday after a victory in […]
Vice President-elect of the United States Kamala Harris says Donald Trump’s defeat at the polls means ‘a new day for America’ is dawning. Speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night Harris said: ‘Protecting our democracy takes struggle, takes sacrifice, but there is joy in it…because we the people, have a power to build a better […]
Kamala Harris has become the highest ranking female politician in the history of the United States after Joe Biden won the presidential election. The vice president elect – a former prosecutor and California senator – is also the highest ranking African American and Indian American ever to hold political office in America. Harris, 56, will […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – President Donald Trump’s motorcade was just pulling into his private golf club in suburban Virginia on Saturday (Nov 7) morning when news organisations ended days of waiting and declared that he had lost the presidency to former vice-president Joe Biden. Aides called Mr Trump to let him know that their predictions over […]
A furious Donald Trump has warned Joe Biden off ‘wrongfully’ claiming victory in the US election, as the Democrat closes in on the White House. The president flew into a rage on Twitter, as his rival told crowds he was on course to ‘win the race’ in a speech in Delaware on Friday night. The […]
An election worker in Georgia has ‘gone into hiding’ after he was threatened and had his personal information leaked over false claims he threw away a ballot. The unnamed staff member was filmed using a machine to separate an outer envelope from an inner envelope before he threw away a piece of paper. It comes […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Saturday (Nov 7) after playing golf on the morning that news came through of his election defeat by Joe Biden. The presidential motorcade drove close to the Black Lives Matter Plaza, opposite the White House, where a large crowd was celebrating Trump’s defeat. […]
National cash rebates convinced more Canadians to buy an electric car in the last 18 months, but Transport Canada says it won’t be enough to hit the first zero-emission vehicle sales targets in 2025. Transport Canada set targets to have 10 per cent of all light-duty cars be electric by 2025, 30 per cent by […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump, refusing to concede defeat in the US presidential election, said Saturday (Nov 7) that his rival Joe Biden was “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” after television networks declared the Democrat’s victory. “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and […]