Category: Foreign Affairs
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BREAKING: US Congress Confirms Biden’s election win
Certification upholds November’s presidential election results. … President-Elect will be inaugurated on January 20 …Lawmakers in Washington certify US electoral college votes after rejecting Republican senators objection …Proceeding interrupted when Trump supporters stormed Capitol Wednesday …Violent mob protested against Biden’s victory Details later… 269
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FOREIGN:Obama Reacts To Capitol Invasion, Says Trump Has Brought Shame On Americans
Following the invasion that happened in Capitol by Trump’s supporters, former US President, Mr Barrack Obama called on all Americans to rise and defend their democracy from being destroyed by President Trump. Obama made this known via his official facebook page, describing the act as dishonor and shame to America. His statement reads ; “History…
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Donald Trump: Iran issues arrest warrant
Iran has applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant of U.S. President Donald Trump in connection with the murder of Iranian top General Qasemm Soleimani a year ago. Iran’s justice spokesman Gholam Hossein Ismaili disclosed this on Iranian state television on Tuesday “In this regard, we have filed a ‘red notice’ at Interpol against…
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Alleged corruption: France ex-president Sarkozy goes on trial
Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday for attempted bribery of a judge, a potentially humiliating postscript to a career tainted by legal woes. Though he is not the first modern French head of state in the dock — his predecessor and political mentor Jacques Chirac was convicted of embezzlement — Sarkozy…
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Biden to start naming cabinet Tuesday as Trump resists
US President-elect Joe Biden will name on Tuesday the first picks to be part of his administration, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump continues to evoke unsubstantiated fraud and to insist he defeated the Democrat. That announcement underscored Biden’s preparations to assume the presidency in January despite Trump’s moves — efforts increasingly…
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Protesters burn Guatemalan Congress to demand president resign
Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burned the Congress building Saturday in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation. The flames in the legislative building could be seen from the street in Guatemala City, and a spokesman for the…
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Court dismisses Trump lawsuit in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud there, dealing a new blow to the Republican’s bid to overturn his loss in the US presidential election. The decision — announced in a scathing judgment which excoriated the Trump team’s legal strategy — paves the way for Pennsylvania to certify…
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Kabul rocket attack kills eight
At least eight people were killed Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, marking the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital. The salvo slammed into various parts of central and north Kabul — including in and around the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses…
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There’s racism in UN, Guterres insists
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried the existence of racism in the organisation. He indicated that the situation was ironic and worrisome, considering the fact that the organisation’s principles forbid all forms of discrimination. Guterres spoke at the launch of “Awareness and Action”, a campaign initiated by the world body to address racism in its…
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Chile police chief resigns after cops shoot two teenagers
Chile’s police chief resigned Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests. President Sebastian Pinera said in a statement he had accepted the resignation of Mario Rozas, saying he shared “the reasons and arguments” he had…