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New York mayoral vote floors Democratic establishment
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary is a seismic wake-up call for a party establishment out of step with younger Americans and failing to counter Donald Trump, analysts say.
In field of would-be Trumps, Haley gains ground
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.
US abortion policies loom over Republican debate in Miami
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» MIAMI - Republican presidential candidates will meet in debate on Wednesday -- again snubbed by clear frontrunner Donald Trump -- as the party's increasingly hardline position on abortion faces scrutiny after disappointing state elections results a day earlier.
Ghana's ruling party votes for 2024 candidate
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» ACCRA - Ghana's ruling party voted on Saturday in primaries to elect its candidate for next year's presidential ballot, with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia widely favoured to win.
Trump expected in court as fraud trial resumes
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Donald Trump was expected to attend his New York civil fraud trial when it reconvenes on Tuesday, a day after the former United States president was slapped with a partial gag order in a separate criminal case.
Red airwave: America's conservative talk radio saturation
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» ASHLAND, US: With Pixie the Chihuahua curled nearby and studio walls covered in mementos, Jeff Katz leans into the radio microphone and delivers a rather less cozy message to his conservative audience: Joe Biden and Democrats are corrupt villains destroying America.
Trump makes video court appearance in hush money case
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» NEW YORK - A frustrated-looking Donald Trump appeared in a New York court via video-link Tuesday to be informed by a judge that he cannot post certain evidence in his criminal case on social media.
Republican blowback at Trump after limited election gains
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump was hoping to surf a Republican "red wave" to a fresh White House bid, but with only limited gains in Tuesday's midterm elections -- and an outstanding result for his chief intraparty rival -- the former US president seems to be left out to sea.
Nigeria's ruling party picks candidate for 2023 election
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» ABUJA - Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress or APC party on Wednesday picked former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down after two terms.
Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» LAGOS - Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.