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Trade, aid, security COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | As it became clear that Donald Trump had landed the US presidency for the second time, leaders from across Africa began tweeting their congratulations. “Zimbabwe stands ready to work with you”, wrote Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, eyeing a diplomatic …

MINSK, Belarus  | TASS | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he believes that the United States is not yet ready to elect a woman president. The US is “up for electing a black man as president, but America is not yet up for electing a woman,” he said, the BelTA news agency reported. …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | Democrats are blaming President Joe Biden for the election loss of the party’s presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, Reuters reported. According to the report, the sharpest criticism asserts that the party had “lied to its supporters about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness” until a disastrous television …

LONDON, UK | TASS | Ukraine will lose more than other international players from the coming to power of Republican Donald Trump, US political scientist Francis Fukuyama said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times (FT). “Ukraine is by far the biggest loser; its military struggle against Russia was flagging even …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua | The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, with annual global temperature projected to be 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The C3S said it is now “virtually …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on election victory, according to the White House. “President Biden expressed his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition and emphasized the importance of working to bring the country together,” the …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | Multiple major U.S. media outlets projected on Wednesday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won enough Electoral College votes and will be the next president of the United States. Earlier in the day, Trump took the stage at West Palm Beach County …

  NEW YORK | TASS & XINHUA | Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has declared a political victory, calling himself the next President of the United States. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president,” he told the crowd of …

WASHINGTON | TASS | US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is leading in six out of seven swing states, where the voting outcomes are expected to determine the election’s result, according to estimates by major US media outlets, including Fox News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Axios. …

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 …