Nov 6 (VOA/GNA) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump moved close to an election victory early Wednesday with wins in several key states, including…
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Donald Trump declares victory as he addresses jubilant supporters
Nov 6 (BBC/GNA) – Trump says he has ‘a magnificent victory’, and goes on to say that this will be the “golden age” of…
Republicans will win control of the Senate, CNN projects
Nov 6 (CNN/GNA) – Republicans will win control of the Senate, CNN projects, a victory for the party that has been locked out of the majority…
Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day
Nov 5 (CNN/GNA) – Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire…
Election day voting begins in US with Trump and Harris neck and neck in polls
Nov 5 (BBC/GNA) – Election day voting has begun in the United States, with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vying to become the next president Harris has advocated for abortion…
Quincy Jones, musical titan and entertainment icon, dead at 91
Nov 4 (CNN/GNA) – Musical titan Quincy Jones, the composer and producer who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles…
Ex-officer found guilty in death of Breonna Taylor
Nov 2 (BBC/GNA) – A former police officer in the US state of Kentucky has been found guilty of violating the civil rights of…
Jennifer Lopez defends Puerto Ricans at Kamala Harris rally
Los Angeles, Nov. 1, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has defended Puerto Ricans after a comedian at Donald Trump’s rally in New York disparaged…
Mexico marks Day of the Dead with parades and graveside events
Mexico City, Nov. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Mexico began celebrating the Day of the Dead on Friday with illuminated skeletons, skulls and sweets to commemorate their deceased relatives…
Kamala Harris: Former prosecutor aiming to be first female president
Washington, Oct. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Kamala Harris is the first woman, first black person and first person of South Asian descent to be vice president of the…
Donald Trump: The disruptor and divider intent on regaining power
Washington, Oct. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Donald Trump’s rise to the US presidency, which he held from 2017-2021, upset many assumptions and taboos, but perhaps just as surprising…
Electoral College, not popular vote, picks US president
Washington, Oct. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Although the United States likes to think of itself as the world’s pre-eminent democracy, where each person can have their say about who…
Harris vows to be ‘president for all’ as Trump supporters slam Biden
Washington, Oct. 30, (dpa/GNA) – US presidential candidate Kamala Harris rallied supporters on Tuesday, urging them to reject the chaos and division she associates with Donald Trump as…
Biden’s boarding school apology seen as vote grab amid dark American legacy
SACRAMENTO, the United States, Oct. 28, (Xinhua/GNA) — U.S. President Joe Biden, formally apologized on Friday for one of the country’s darkest policies —…
Man wins $1 million lottery with $20 bill he found on the ground
Oct 27 (CNN/GNA) – When a North Carolina man headed to a convenience store on Tuesday, he had no idea luck was on his…
Trump says Biden tries to ‘hold back’ Netanyahu
Washington, Oct 20 (dpa/GNA) – US Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has accused President Joe Biden of failing to adequately support Israeli Prime Minister…
UN probe finds torture and arbitrary arrests in Venezuela
Geneva, Oct. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Authorities in Venezuela have committed serious human rights violations as part of a coordinated plan to silence protesters and perceived government opponents…
Police say armed man stopped at checkpoint near Trump rally
Washington, Oct. 14, (dpa/GNA) – US authorities on Sunday said that an armed man was stopped at a police checkpoint near a campaign rally of Republican presidential…
Man arrested near Trump rally had two guns and fake passports
Oct 14 (BBC/GNA) – A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near Donald Trump’s…
SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test
Oct 13 (Reuters/GNA) – SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster back to its Texas…