Britain’s annual inflation rate rose in July for the first time this year and is now back above the Bank of England’s target official data showed on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index, CPI, climbed 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to July compared with a 2.0 per cent annual gain in June, the Office […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris, 59, was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates. The first Black and South Asian […]
Former President Trump on Friday claimed there will be a major war in the Middle East and potentially a “third world war” if he does not win November’s election. Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, one day after Netanyahu met at the White House with President […]
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and current White House candidate at a July 13 […]
Donald Trump constantly attacked his Democratic opponent Joe Biden over his age and fitness. Still, the 78-year-old Republican could find those same arguments coming back to haunt him after the president ended his reelection bid. With Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, on course to become the Democratic nominee, Trump will be a much older […]
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has warned protesters planning an anti-corruption march on Tuesday that they are “playing with fire” and will not be tolerated. BBC reports on Sunday that the protesters, mostly young Ugandans, are demanding an end to corruption in government and have been inspired by recent demonstrations in neighbouring Kenya. Museveni was […]
Former US President, Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a political rally on Saturday, leaving security agencies hunting for information about how a gunman could attack a former American leader. Here is a blow-by-blow account of the shooting in Pennsylvania, where one Trump supporter was killed. – How it unfolded – Dressed […]
Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a “broad-based government” following widespread anti-government protests. He said the move affects all ministers including the attorney-general but excluded prime cabinet secretary and foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto said he decided […]
US President Joe Biden has said only the “Lord Almighty” could convince him to end his bid for re-election. He said this during a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy. Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make […]
America’s most influential newspaper, The New York Times, called in an editorial Friday for President Joe Biden to step aside and allow another Democrat to challenge Donald Trump for the White House in November. Describing Biden as “the shadow of a great public servant,” the newspaper’s editorial board — which is separate from its […]
