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 […]
US election 2020 The outcome of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden neck and neck in key swing states. Mr Trump, a Republican, claimed to have won and vowed to launch a Supreme Court challenge, baselessly alleging fraud. Earlier Mr Biden, a Democrat, said […]
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 […]
The White House has accused leading infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci of playing politics days before the election in an interview about the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Fauci told the Washington Post the US was in for a “whole lot of hurt”. He also offered an assessment of how both President Donald Trump and his Democratic […]
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 […]
Biden was quoting the pope and stressing unity in America, but the Trump campaign made it look as if he was confused while speaking at a Georgia rally. By Jeremy Blum, HuffPost US The Trump campaign took a speech in which Joe Biden quoted Pope Francis on Tuesday and deceptively edited the footage to make […]
US election 2020 The US presidential election takes place 3 November. But it’s possible the candidate with the most votes from the public won’t be the winner. This is because the president is not chosen directly by the voters, but what’s known as the electoral college. So who are Americans voting for? When Americans go […]
George Floyd death Hundreds of protesters in Philadelphia have marched through the city for a second night, demanding racial justice after police fatally shot a black man. The family of Walter Wallace, 27, say he was suffering a mental health crisis when officers opened fire on him. Police say they shot him because he wouldn’t […]
India and the US have signed a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data amid Delhi’s tense border standoff with Beijing. Access to such data is considered vital for hitting missiles, drones and other targets with precision. The deal was announced after the annual “2+2” high-level talks in Delhi on Tuesday. Experts say the strengthening […]
