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US ELECTION 2020

No knockouts at Biden-Trump debate, 12 days before vote

Yesterdat 02:42 US President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden trade accusations of graft and clash on the Covid-19 pandemic in final debate before election.

US ELECTION 2020

Explainer: Trump seizes on Biden-Ukraine story

22-10-2020 01:23 US President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering a twist on a familiar line of attack: Joe and Hunter Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. Here's what we know.

US ELECTION 2020

Global pressure points: US foreign policy hinges on election outcome

22-10-2020 01:15 From Iran to Cuba, from China to Israel, US involvement and influence on the international stage has evolved sharply since Donald Trump took office in 2017.

US ELECTION 2020

Pitching for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out of office

22-10-2020 01:05 “What we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come,” declares former US president as he blasts Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and fitness for the job.

Latin America

Brazil-US turbulence ahead in case of Biden victory

11-10-2020 17:27 Diplomatic relations between Brazil and the United States are likely to become more turbulent in the event of a Joe Biden victory in November.

US ELECTION 2020

Is time running out for Donald Trump?

10-10-2020 09:16 US president is desperate to get back on the road, despite coronavirus diagnosis. But his chances of winning look to be fading, with little time left to recover.

US ELECTION 2020

US election officials want online debate, but Trump says no

08-10-2020 17:29 Fate of the final US election debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden thrown into uncertainty after officials try to take them online due to president's Covid-19 diagnosis.

US 2020 Election

US vice-presidential debate takeaways: pandemic looms over a more civil fight

08-10-2020 13:13 US Vice-President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris faced off on Wednesday in the only vice presidential debate of the US 2020 Presidential Election.

US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

A debate with only lowlights

03-10-2020 09:58 The debate changed nothing, except to diminish the country’s dignity just a little bit more

AS I SEE IT

The Trump-Biden bar-room brawl

03-10-2020 08:48 If, as seems to be the case, the “debate” between Trump and Biden faithfully reflected the mood of many in the United States today, the world’s most powerful country is undergoing a mental breakdown.

by James Neilson

US ELECTION 2020

Trump's diagnosis rocks final stage of US presidential campaign

02-10-2020 16:46 Election year already defined by crisis slips further into chaos, after US president reveals he and the first lady have tested positive for coronavirus.

US Presidential debate

Unedifying spectacle: Trump, Biden stage chaotic first debate

30-09-2020 09:01 First US debate between Trump and Biden deteriorates into unedifying spectacle, with US president alternating between constant interruption of his opponent, vicious personal attacks

US presidential debate

Foreign observers shocked by 'chaos' and 'rancour' in US debate

30-09-2020 08:46 The first debate pitting Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden was not a highlight of political oratory in the eyes of many overseas.

US presidential debate

Trump to far-right extremists: 'Stand back and stand by'

30-09-2020 08:41 US President Donald Trump skips opportunity to condemn white supremacist groups during first debate, telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”

US Racial Unrest

Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets

24-09-2020 14:22 No officers were charged for the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, causing another wave of protests in the United States over racial injustice.

Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

18-09-2020 21:07 Champion of women's rights and United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died from complications of pancreatic cancer, according to the court.

September 11

Coronavirus pandemic alters 9/11 remembrance in the US

10-09-2020 17:03 19 years after the September 11 terror attacks, the United States will remember the victims while keeping coronavirus protocols in mind.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump attacks Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

28-08-2020 03:43 Trump blasts Joe Biden as a hapless career politician, claiming he will endanger Americans’ safety, as he accepts Republican Party's nomination.

GOP CONVENTION

Trump's convention gives platform to some with fringe views

26-08-2020 14:43 US president has long surrounded himself with controversial characters who hold out-of-the-mainstream views. But the decision by the party to elevate some of those figures to prime-time spots at the Republican National Convention is drawing new scrutiny.

US ELECTION 2020

Biden accepts Democratic nomination – now Trump awaits

22-08-2020 10:31 Former vice-president pledges to end 'darkness' in speech closing a very peculiar Democratic convention; Obama uses address to issue scathing criticism of Trump, saying he is a threat to US democracy.

US ELECTION 2020

Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line

20-08-2020 03:13 Ex-US president says he had initially held out hope that Trump would grow into the job of president — but he has now concluded that Trump not only hasn't, he simply can't.

US Election 2020

How Black women cleared a path for Harris to be the VP pick

19-08-2020 17:05 Kamala Harris' selection as the Democratic VP candidate is a historic event in the United States, as she will be the first Black woman and first Asian American woman named to a major party presidential ticket in the US.

US ELECTION 2020

Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump

19-08-2020 08:26 US Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday, offering the Washington veteran as a "man of courage" who would sweep away the "chaos" of four years under Donald Trump.

US POLITICS

Kamala Harris under scrutiny for tough-on-crime prosecutor past

12-08-2020 14:05 Joe Biden's running mate portrayed herself as a progressive reformer during her own presidential bid, but some have cast doubts on that claim.

PROFILE

Running-mate nod the latest in a career of firsts for Kamala Harris

12-08-2020 13:50 Harris was the first black attorney general of California, the first woman to hold the post, and the first woman of South Asian heritage to be elected to the US Senate. She is now seeking to become the first female vice-president of the United States.

US POLITICS

How Biden chose Harris: Inside his search for a running mate

12-08-2020 13:12 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in US election.

INTERVIEW

John Mearsheimer: ‘A war between the United States and China in 2021 is possible’

01-08-2020 08:58 US political scientist and international relations scholar with the University of Chicago, one of the first to sound the alarm about the rise of Beijing, warns the Sino-American rivalry could reach Latin America.

by Leandro Dario

BLOOMBERG

Brazil says it’s prepared to deal with Biden

28-07-2020 22:36 Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo says Brasilia would have no problem dealing with Joe Biden, should he defeat Donald Trump in this year's US election.

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam

15-07-2020 23:34 Unidentified hackers spark chaos after breaking into Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies in an apparent Bitcoin scam.

INTERVIEW

Stephen Walt: 'The pandemic has hurt the United States more than China'

08-07-2020 23:03 Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, says that Americans are sick of Trump. "If the rivalry between the US and China continues to intensify, South America will probably have to pick sides," he warns.

by Leandro Dario

West Bank annexation

Israeli PM Netanyahu moving ahead with annexation plans

08-06-2020 15:55 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Jewish settlers that the country will move forward with West Bank annexation plans in accordance with Trump's Mideast plan.

Killing of George Floyd

Hundreds line up for George Floyd's memorial in Houston

08-06-2020 15:00 A public viewing was held Monday in Houston for George Floyd, the man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, following two weeks of protests worldwide.

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

Obama steps out as United States confronts confluence of crises

03-06-2020 23:15 Ex-US president was already beginning to emerge from political hibernation to endorse Joe Biden’s presidential bid – but now the protests sweeping the United States has changed the situation.

AS I SEE IT

Getting down to business

23-05-2020 10:19 Something must be badly wrong with a system which offers voters a choice between Trump and Joe Biden. Surely a country inhabited by over 330 million people can do better than that?

by James Neilson

US election 2020

Biden vs Trump: US general election battle is now set

09-04-2020 19:34 Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against US President Donald Trump this Autumn, after the former vice-president's place on the general election ballot was cemented by Bernie Sanders' decision to end his campaign.

US Elections

'Bigger than any one of us' – Biden, Sanders tackle pandemic in debate

16-03-2020 14:33 Two Democratic candidates discuss climate change, VP running mates, and how they would handle the coronavirus if they were president in televised debate with no audience.

US Elections

Trump, GOP allies move quickly to attack Biden

12-03-2020 13:41 GOP partisans have started launching attacks toward the Obama's former VP, offering unsubstantiated claims of cognitive decline and corruption.

ANALYSIS: US ELECTION 2020

2020 US primary takeaways: It's Joe Biden's nomination to lose

11-03-2020 12:02 After another weak showing in Tuesday's round of primaries, Bernie Sanders' path to the democratic nomination appears all the more improbable.

US election 2020

Mainstream Democrats express relief at Biden presidential upsurge

04-03-2020 15:57 After a strong showing in South Carolina, especially among black voters, Joe Biden kept the momentum going through Super Tuesday.

US Elections

Democratic rivals rush to slow front-runner Bernie Sanders

25-02-2020 14:20 Self-described democratic socialist is coming off a landslide victory in Nevada and an upward trend in the polls, ahead of US election

TRUMP

New revelation at historic Trump impeachment hearing

13-11-2019 17:48 Trump said he “cared more about the investigations of Joe Biden” than about Ukraine in overheard phone, according to top US diplomat.

US Politics

Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry against US President Trump

25-09-2019 00:19 Amid mounting allegations of abuse of power by the US president, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of the impeachment inquiry, the first step in a process that could ultimately lead to Trump's removal from office.