Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Bobi Wine says troops raided party HQs as staff planned legal challenge

By Reuters,

Bobi Wine, leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to Pr...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Trump attacks leadership in his own party, turns on allies

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President Donald Trump is spending his final days in office attacking leadership within his own party, this time the second-highest ranking Republican...

Biden , Thune , Trump

‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

By Reuters,

President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after wi...

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Biden picks Dr. Fauci as chief medical adviser on COVID-19

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden picked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, as his chief medical adviser on COVID-19. B...

Biden , coronavirus , fauci

U.S. Election: Biden predicts win, promises to unite as Trump goes to court

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent a...

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U.S. Supreme Court may not have final say in presidential election, despite Trump threat

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While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final ...

Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , U.S Election , U.S. Supreme Court

Trump, Biden engage in spirited last debate before Election

By VOA,

U.S. Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, engaged in a spirited debate Thursday night jus...

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Victims of Kenya, Tanzania 1998 terror attacks reject U.S. deal to delist Sudan

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One of the attorneys representing victims of the 1998 terror attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa and their families says the majority of his clie...

Sudan , U.S. embassy bomb blast

A record Ksh.41 billion raised in September for Joe Biden White House bid

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Democrat Joe Biden and his party raised a record-shattering $383 million (approx. Ksh.41.5 billion) in September for his presidential bid, likely bols...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , White House

Trump says catching COVID-19 was ‘blessing from God’

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U.S. President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed ...

coronavirus , Trump

What happens to the U.S. presidential election if a candidate dies or becomes incapacitated?

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was going into isolation. Trump has mild symptoms, accordin...

Insults and interruptions mar first Trump-Biden debate

By Reuters,

Interrupted repeatedly by President Donald Trump in their presidential debate on Tuesday, an exasperated Joe Biden resorted to insults and name-callin...

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Trump says U.S. election winner might not be known for months

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes o...

Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , U.S Election

U.S. government executes third man this week after 17-year hiatus

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A week that marked the return of capital punishment by the U.S. government after a 17-year hiatus ended on Friday with a third execution of a federal ...

capital punishment , Execution , President Donald Trump , U.S. government

U.S. Supreme Court rules some Trump financial records can be revealed

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented - at least f...

Trump , U.S. Supreme Court

Huawei CFO raises new argument to fight U.S. extradition in Canada court

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Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank f...

Huawei

Samsung leader appears in court, awaits decision on whether he’ll be jailed again

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The de facto leader of Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, appeared before a South Korean court on Monday, awaiting a ruling on whether new allegations includi...

Jay Y. Lee , Samsung Group , South Korea

Tanzania, Sudan, Nigeria on U.S. travel ban list

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The Trump administration on Friday announced an expansion of the travel ban -- one of the President's signature policies, which has been derided by cr...

Tanzania , Travel ban , Trump

Iran vows to strike ‘military sites’ in revenge against the U.S.

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The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said Sunday that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential ...

Donald Trump , Iran