Jill Stein requests Wisconsin recount, alleging hackers filed bogus absentee ballots Jill Stein has requested a full recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin, alleging that foreign hackers could have skewed the result by obtaining the state’s voter database and then filing bogus absentee ballots. Stein, the Green party’s candidate […]
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Why the electoral college matters Donald Trump is not yet president-elect of the US. He still has to win 270 votes in the electoral college on 19 December, and, failing that, a vote in the House of Representatives. In most years, this constitutionally defined process is a non-event. The electors, […]
President-elect Donald Trump says Nigel Farage would make a ‘great’ ambassador to US US Presidential-elect Donald Trump Monday said UKIP leader, Nigel Farage “would do a great job” as Great Britain’s ambassador to The United States. “Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador […]
Donald Trump vows to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘on day one’ WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States would signal its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in the White House, as one of six immediate steps aimed at “putting America first.” […]
Barack Obama Warns Donald Trump That US Underpins World Order Lima, Peru: US President Barack Obama made a strident case for his successor Donald Trump to retain America’s support for a liberal world order Sunday, warning world peace and prosperity depend on it. “The main advice that I give to […]
U.S. businesses to pressure Trump to keep ties to Cuba MIAMI — A powerful coalition of U.S. companies is preparing to appeal to President-elect Donald Trump’s business instincts and drop his vow to reverse one of President Obama’s signature achievements: renewed relations with Cuba. Candidate Trump pledged to close the […]
Twitter suspends alt-right accounts SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter suspended a number of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech. Among those suspended was Richard Spencer, who runs an alt-right think tank and had a verified account […]
Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post CLAY, W.Va. — A West Virginia mayor resigned Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. The Clay Town Council accepted Mayor Beverly Whaling’s resignation in a meeting late […]
Is Russia’s Syrian gambit paying dividends? It was Russia’s sudden decision in September 2015 to intervene militarily in Syria which marked the start of a decisive shift in the course of a brutal war which has come to define Syria. Moscow has long-standing links to Syria, with many Syrian military […]
Trump aims to ease Asian allies’ qualms when he meets Japan’s Abe Donald Trump is expected to use his first meeting with a foreign leader as U.S. president-elect this week to try to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Asian allies rattled by his campaign rhetoric, advisers to […]
