First Lady Melania Trump, in a video, has given a “farewell message” to the United States, two days before the end of the term of President Donald Trump, her husband. “My fellow Americans, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as the first lady of the United States,” said Trump in […]
Tehran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-scale military show of force in two weeks amid tensions with the United States. The IRGC on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles; that traveled 1,800km (1,118 miles) and struck artificial targets in the northern part […]
The Trump administration declassified its strategy to ensure continued dominance over China; which focuses on accelerating India’s rise as a counterweight to Beijing and the ability to defend Taiwan against an attack. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien on Tuesday announced the publication of the document, titled “United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific.” Approved by […]
The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthis rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect, Joe Biden takes office the announcement on Sunday could complicate; the new US administration’s efforts to […]
Facebook Inc and Instagram will extend a ban on US President Donald Trump’s accounts; for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition completed, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service; during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg said […]
After a chaotic day of protest and violence, Congress has certified Democrats Joe Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States, and Trump’s defeat. The action finalizes the 2020 US electoral process and makes clear that Biden will be inaugurated as president on January 20; President Donald Trump’s […]
Biden has vowed to make the fight against the coronavirus, which has killed more than 300,000 Americans and infected more than 17 million, his top priority when he takes office on Jan. 20. At age 78, he is in the high-risk group for the highly contagious respiratory disease. Republican President Donald Trump, who lost the […]
The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
Several people were stabbed in the United States capital, Washington DC, on Saturday night after day-long protests by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump who refuses to accept the results of the Nov 3 elections. Earlier on Saturday, the head of the Republican Party in Texas suggested forming a union of pro-Trump states to […]
Donald Trump has high-rise towers named after him around the world. And Joe Biden? A municipal swimming pool in Delaware. A visit to the president-elect modest; some would say dull, the hometown of Wilmington illustrates the intense shift in the atmosphere; coming to the White House with the change of power this January. Trump, a […]
