By John Whitesides, Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained more ground on President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, edging closer to the White House hours after Trump falsely claimed the election was being “stolen” from him. Biden had a 253 to 214 lead in […]
Police in Hong Kong have launched a hotline where residents can report breaches of the national security law imposed by Beijing earlier this year. The law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. It has silenced many protesters since it came into force. Hong Kong residents can send images, audio and video files to […]
US election 2020 Donald Trump and Joe Biden each claim to be ahead in the US presidential election, even as the final outcome hangs on a razor’s edge and both sides gear up for legal action. The Trump campaign is challenging vote counts in the key states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The BBC […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jeff Mason WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory over Democratic rival Joe Biden on Wednesday with millions of votes still uncounted in a White House race that will not be decided until a handful of states complete vote-counting over the next hours or days. Shortly after Biden said he was […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insists the result of the US presidential election “will not affect” Tehran’s policy towards Washington. “Our policy… is clearly defined. It does not change with the movement of individuals,” he said. “It does not matter to us who comes and goes.” Donald Trump has pursued a “maximum pressure” campaign […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Doina Chiacu, Joseph Ax SCRANTON, Pa./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a rancorous presidential campaign that exposed the depth of the political divisions in the United States, Americans streamed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden to lead a pandemic-battered nation for the next four years. Voters lined up […]
By Chayut Setboonsarng, Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn said “we love them all the same” of protesters who seek to curb his powers and he called Thailand “the land of compromise” on Sunday in his first direct public comments on months of demonstrations. One protest leader said it sounded like “just words.” The […]
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday his government will give provisional provincial status to part of Kashmir, drawing condemnation from India, which has long objected to any such changes by Islamabad. Khan’s proposal would apply to Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan’s only land link to China, which is the northern part […]
By Lucy Rodgers and Dominic Bailey BBC News Building a “big, beautiful wall” between the US and Mexico was the signature promise of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign. A concrete barrier, he said, would serve to stop what he described as a flow of illegal immigrants and drugs over the border. But what actually […]
“Better to put those voters on notice now while they still have at least some time to adjust,” the panel wrote. By Nick Visser, HuffPost US A federal appeals court ordered Minnesota election officials to set aside any mail-in ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. Nov. 3, a move that threatens a seven-day extension the state […]
