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Philosophers have understood how demagogues come to power in free and fair elections, only to overthrow democracy and establish tyrannical rule COMMENT | JASON STANLEY | Like others, since late Tuesday night (November 5), my phone has been blaring with text messages asking how this could have happened (as some of …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday as voters headed to the polls on Election Day, reflecting market optimism and hopes for a positive outcome in the election amid strong trading activity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 427.28 points, or 1.02 percent, to 42,221.88. The S&P …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. Election Day is a week away. Both parties are neck and neck, tirelessly drumming up support while ramping up their attacks on each other. A wave of chaos has surfaced ahead of what some political experts call “the most consequential election” in U.S. history for …

  WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  A pair of giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, arrived at Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, after an approximately 19-hour trans-Pacific trip from Sichuan Province in southwest China. A dedicated “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777F aircraft landed at the Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. …

WASHINGTON | TASS |  Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for the US presidency, believes that Washington should not end its support to other countries for the sake of resolving domestic issues. During an interview to iHeartRadio, Harris was asked why Washington is helping others despite acute domestic problems. …

LONDON, UK | TASS | Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump said the United States will go to hell if he loses the November election. “Look, we gotta win, and if we don’t win, this country’s going to hell,” he said, The Guardian reported. “You know, there’s an expression, this could …

How has the United States managed to get away with such duplicitous behaviour for so long? COMMENT | LEONARD RONALD EGESA |   Reports just in indicate that the United States is imposing sanctions on four officers of the Uganda Police Force over accusations of involvement in gross human rights abuses. …

CHICAGO | Xinhua | U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who has won enough delegate votes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, has on Thursday formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for presidential candidate. In a headline speech that focused on unity and working-class aspiration, Harris pledged to lead “for all …

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Sunday his intention to drop out of the presidential race, after a growing number of Democrats expressed concerns over his viability in the election since a disastrous debate performance late last month. “While it has been my intention to …

Trump confirms he was shot in the right ear and ‘much bleeding took place’ NEW YORK | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump is “fine” and being checked out at a local medical facility after a shooting incident during a rally, his campaign said in a statement. Trump was …