US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling him a "warrior for Free Speech" in a statement on Sunday.
AFP news
Nov 19, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris hold dueling campaign rallies Friday in Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee, as both candidates make frantic last-ditch appeals to wavering voters with Election Day just around the corner.
AFP news
Nov 02, 2024
The US economy undershot expectations in the third quarter even as growth remained resilient, according to government data Wednesday, weighing on inflation-weary voters less than a week to the presidential election.
AFP news
Oct 31, 2024
Political uncertainty after Japan's election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan's exit from its outlier monetary policy, economists said.
AFP news
Oct 31, 2024
The US election takes a detour from the swing state circuit to decamp to Texas on Friday as Kamala Harris rallies with pop superstar Beyonce and Donald Trump sits down with the world's biggest podcaster.
AFP news
Oct 25, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a strategic missile base, state media said Wednesday, releasing images of him viewing transport and launch vehicles for the country's largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic weapons.
AFP news
Oct 23, 2024
Kamala Harris faces voters' questions at a live forum Wednesday in must-win Pennsylvania as the vice president and her rival Donald Trump battle for undecided voters in the closing stretch of an extremely close White House race.
AFP news
Oct 23, 2024
Iraq's Kurdistan voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the autonomous oil-rich region, where voters expressed concern over economic struggles and disenchantment with the political elite.
AFP news
Oct 21, 2024
"Breaking" news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods.
AFP news
Oct 21, 2024
Former US president Donald Trump hits the campaign trail in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Monday, having heavily criticized the government's disaster response after at least 124 people were killed there by storm Helene.
AFP news
Oct 21, 2024
Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally hosted by talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Thursday in a bid to bedazzle voters, as rival Donald Trump criticized Jewish Americans for not voting for him.
AFP news
Sep 20, 2024
US President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, Japan and India at his Delaware home this weekend to bid farewell to the so-called "Quad" group that he has pushed as a counterweight to China.
AFP news
Sep 20, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday the ruling Communist Party was planning and implementing "major" reforms, ahead of a closely watched political conclave that is expected to put economic recovery high on the agenda.
AFP news
Jun 29, 2024
Israel's more than seven-month war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own.
AFP news
May 22, 2024
Donald Trump was facing a backlash Thursday after declining to pledge he will accept the results of the 2024 presidential election if he loses, as he repeated his false claims that he was cheated in the 2020 vote.
AFP news
May 03, 2024
It may take only a few more days for the Iraqi army to drive Islamic State militants away from Ramadi, an Iraqi official has claimed.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Dec 24, 2015
For the first time ever, Tianjin has issued a red alert for air pollution.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Dec 23, 2015
The veteran lawmaker got 51 percent votes, while King got 49 percent.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Dec 13, 2015
Many Saudi women also took to Twitter with the hashtag #saudiwomenvote to express their excitement as Saturday is the only third time in history that the Saudi Kingdom has had elections.
Needhi Tewari
Dec 13, 2015
More Republican voters appear to favour Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States according to a recent poll conducted by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.
David Constable
Dec 11, 2015
A conversation between a young hearing-impaired Mali Williams-Cody and Santa Claus has attracted over 1.2 million views on YouTube, invoking the meaning of Christmas on social media users.
Ivana Marinovic
Dec 09, 2015
Poland is thinking of allowing US missiles in its territory, but the move will likely draw rebuke from Moscow.
Precious Silva
Dec 07, 2015
Julie Bishop will have to suffer criticism for misidentifying the sunken island Anebok as Eneko.
Susmita Pathak Mishra
Dec 07, 2015
Australia passed new laws to strip convicted terrorists and militants off of their citizenship.
Precious Silva
Dec 07, 2015
Details have emerged about Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the suspects from Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, while local authorities have released the names of the 14 victims of the attack.
David Constable
Dec 04, 2015
Cameroon armed forces killed over 100 Boko Haram extremists, freeing more than 900 of the terror group’s hostages.
Jeremy Frost
Dec 03, 2015
The DNA tests of the samples found in the van are being carried out by investigators overlooking the case of Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman.
Debleena Sarkar
Dec 01, 2015
According to an Israeli minister, Russia’s open communication system with Israel helped avoid any “incident.”
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Dec 01, 2015
Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman who have been missing for over a week in Mexico were last seen at a convenience store.
Debleena Sarkar
Nov 30, 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges better intel-sharing among countries as fighting against ISIS is hard to do unilaterally.
Precious Silva
Nov 27, 2015
