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Harris widens lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Washington, Aug 29 (Reuters/GNA) – Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm…
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to return Boeing Starliner crew to Earth
Aug 24 – (CNN/GNA) — A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have remained on board the International Space Station for…
Walz formally accepts Democrats’ nomination for US vice president
Chicago, Aug. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Tim Walz formally accepted the US Democratic Party’s nomination to join the ticket with presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, the third night…
Oprah Winfrey slams JD Vance over ‘cat ladies’ comments in speech
Chicago, Aug. 22, (dpa/GNA) – US talk show host Oprah Winfrey took a swipe at Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance during a surprise speech at the Democratic…
Maduro orders suspension of X for 10 days in Venezuela
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday ordered the blocking of social media platform X in Venezuela for 10 days amid…
Trump and Harris agree on September 10 TV debate ahead of US election
Washington, Aug. 9, (dpa/GNA) – US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to face off in a televised debate on September 10, broadcaster ABC…
Venezuela launches investigation into opposition leader
Buenos Aires, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Venezuela’s public prosecutors have opened an investigation into opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González amid the…
Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be vice president
Washington, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her vice presidential running mate in the race for…
Wall Street Journal reporter freed from jail asked Putin for interview
Washington, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was released from Russian captivity on Thursday as part of a major prisoner exchange, asked Russian President…
Venezuela tensions rise as OAS chief demands ICC warrant for Maduro
Washington, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – The power struggle following the disputed presidential election in Venezuela has become more heated. Authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro said that opposition leader…
Six dead, over 700 detained in Venezuela election result protests
Rio de Janeiro, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Pressure is mounting on the streets of Venezuela after at least six people were killed and more than 700 detained…
One dead in protests against election result in Venezuela
Rio de Janeiro, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – At least one person died in protests against the election result in Venezuela, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal said on…
Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next week
WASHINGTON, July 27, (Xinhua/GNA) — U.S. President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme Court on Monday, the…
Obama announces support for Harris’ presidential bid
WASHINGTON, July 27, (Xinhua/GNA) — Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, announced his support for Kamala Harris’ presidential bid early Friday morning. “Earlier this week,…
Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race: WSJ poll
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhua/GNA) — U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, is incredibly close, showed a new Wall Street Journal poll,…
OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine
New York, July 27 (CNN/GNA) — OpenAI on Thursday announced its most direct threat yet to its stalwart Big Tech rivals: a search engine that uses…
US arrests Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
Mexico City, Jul. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a key figure in Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and one of the country’s most influential drug lords, has…
Former US president Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris
Washington, Jul. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Former US president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, offered their endorsement on Friday of Vice President Kamala Harris as the…
Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination
July 23 (CNN/GNA) – Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.…