Donald Trump won a sweeping victory Wednesday in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world.The polarizing Republican’s triumph, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern American history, was all the more remarkable given his criminal conviction, a near-miss assassination attempt, …
Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday want Donald Trump, who won the US election, to end the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated their territory.The conflict sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack has taken an appalling human toll in the Gaza Strip, displacing most of its residents, causing widespread hunger and death, and leaving …
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For the second time in eight years, a woman has won the Democratic nomination for US president, only to come up short in a campaign where gender was a central issue.Like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Kamala Harris had a shot at becoming the first woman to occupy the Oval Office but stumbled at the final …
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US allies at NATO scrambled Wednesday to put a brave face on the return of Donald Trump to the White House amid fears the unpredictable Republican could upend European security and pull the plug on Ukraine support. Trump sealed a dramatic comeback to power after sweeping to victory in the US presidential election against Democrat Kamala …
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With the return to the White House of Donald Trump, the United States and the world are set for a major new shakeup as the nationalist president turns the page on four years of nurturing allies and confronting foes.Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris will likely have the most immediate reverberations in Ukraine, where …
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Donald Trump is set to resume his sometimes fraught relationship with the military as commander-in-chief, promising to keep US troops out of wars abroad while possibly using them on the streets at home.As with many subjects, Trump has made contradictory comments about American forces, at times lauding their power while also claiming they were depleted …
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Donald Trump touted his ability to “get away with it” as a defining theme of his life story when he first ran for president in 2016 — boasting that he could shoot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue without losing a single vote.Fast-forward eight years and America’s incoming 47th president looks like Nostradamus, winning the …
Interpol said Wednesday that a six-day international police operation against human trafficking had led to more than 2,500 arrests and the rescue of over 3,000 potential victims.The operation, called “Liberterra II”, took place between September 29 and October 4 and was the largest-ever operation against human trafficking and people smuggling by the global law enforcement …
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Donald Trump claimed a “magnificent” victory over Kamala Harris in the fight for the presidency on Wednesday as results put him on the verge of one of the most stunning comebacks in US political history.The Republican former president’s address to a crowd of jubilant supporters came despite the fact that only Fox News had so …
Donald Trump claimed victory and pledged to “heal” the country Wednesday as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback.His exuberant speech came despite the fact that only Fox News had declared him the winner, with no other US networks having made the call so far.As jubilant …
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