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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Midterms: Democracy gets a boost; setback to Trump

Significant as it may be for Joe Biden’s regime, the verdict pales when compared to the process keeping its credibility

11 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

(R-L) U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore and Former President Donald Trump dances after he finished speaking at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance.

US votes with Biden agenda at stake and Trump in the wings

Across the country voters called on their fellow citizens to cast their ballot in the midterms, which historically have low turnout

08 Nov 2022 5:56 PM

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Musk storms tweeter nest: Twitter to retain its sauce

Musk’s stance in favour of “free speech” seems as doomed as Custer’s last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876

02 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Ray of hope dawns for Brazil

Swing to the Left may be in line with what has been happening in Latin America where at least 6 nations have gone down this political road

01 Nov 2022 12:15 AM

The point is whether India is now assuming draconian powers to rein in the social media giants that have been allowing a free run to opinions of all hues and rants by anyone with so much as an anonymous account on sites. — Representational Image/AFP

AA Edit | Govt tightens social media grip as Musk runs Twitter

The law will apply only to India as the social media sites operate across the globe and hate to be pinned down by laws of any one country

30 Oct 2022 10:49 PM

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP File)

Trump says Florida home 'raided' by FBI

The FBI had not yet confirmed the search or said what it might be for, and Trump is at the center of a slew of legal investigations

09 Aug 2022 11:02 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI file Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Politics of nostalgia hides the problems of the day

Central to the BJP’s ideology is the juxtaposition of a glorious Hindu golden age followed by an era of Muslim oppression

17 Dec 2021 11:59 PM

Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “Truth Social” app is to create a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was paramount to his national rise. (AP)

Trump announces launch of his very own social media site 'Truth Social'

An earlier effort to launch a blog on his existing website was abandoned after the page drew dismal views

21 Oct 2021 1:44 PM

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians, 10 U.S. troops at Kabul airport

There was no complete death toll of Afghan civilians but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed bodies of people killed

27 Aug 2021 4:47 AM

It’s not fully depleted, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021 problems?

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo)

K.C. Singh | China’s hard talk: Sign of Xi’s confidence or worry?

It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

07 Jul 2021 12:10 AM

Mr Biden has also ordered a review of US arms sales to the Saudis and is reportedly considering a ban on all non-defensive purchases. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | If Biden can’t punish MBS, US image will take ethics hit

Surely the world’s only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and pocketing the profits

04 Mar 2021 7:24 AM

Trump, however, ruled out forming a new party, arguing that such a move will split votes of conservatives, and called on his supporters to unite for defeating the ruling democrats. (AP)

Trump may run for 2024; says we've gone from America first to America last in 1 month

In his speech, the former president reiterated his allegation that there was massive electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential elections

01 Mar 2021 11:01 AM

US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, hold a moment of silence and candelight ceremony in honor of those who lost their lives to Coronavirus on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, February 22, 2021. President Joe Biden called the milestone of more than 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19 "heartbreaking" and urged the country to unite against the pandemic. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

US in mourning over 500,000 COVID deaths, UK sees hope

Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, who often sought to minimize the disease, Biden has made the pandemic his top priority

23 Feb 2021 7:46 AM

Donald Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP file photo)

Trump 'offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One'

During the Singapore summit, Trump gave Kim a glimpse inside his presidential state car in a show of their newly friendly rapport

22 Feb 2021 11:15 AM

The four Quad nations “emphasised the commitment to upholding a rules-based international order underpinned by respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty. — ANI

US omits mention of China in its statement after Quad virtual meet

The US state department said the 4 ministers “discussed countering disinformation, counterterrorism, maritime security"

19 Feb 2021 8:38 AM

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP/PTI)

Trump's education and transport secretaries resign over Capitol Hill violence

A day earlier a number of senior White House staffers resigned over the Capitol Hill violence

08 Jan 2021 11:41 AM

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP)

AA Edit | Trump’s ‘insurrection’ was the final straw...

The first ever Senate wins for the Democrats in a long time in Georgia were a final rebuke to Trump

08 Jan 2021 4:21 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President-elect Joe Biden (file photo)

K.C. Singh | Challenges for Modi as world faces Biden era

Thus, like the rest of the world, India is now running to cover the exposed ground as the sun sets on the Trump administration

06 Jan 2021 6:57 AM

After nearly a week's delay and under pressure from all sides, President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill December 27, the White House said, extending benefits to millions of Americans struggling through the pandemic. The package "providing coronavirus emergency response and relief" is part of a larger spending bill that, with Trump's signature, will avoid a government shutdown. (AFP)

Trump finally signs massive coronavirus relief and spending package into law

He had been under growing pressure from both sides of Congress to sign the bill

28 Dec 2020 11:13 AM

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