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Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Vice President Mike Pence echoed President Donald Trump’s “law and order” message in his speech accepting the Republican Party’s renomination Wednesday night amid rekindled anger over police brutality and racism in the country. “My fellow Americans, we are passing through a time of testing. …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he’s sending federal officers to Kenosha, Wisconsin to address the unrest there after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. In a pair of tweets, Trump said his team has spoken with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers “who agreed …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) on Tuesday night touted U.S. President Donald Trump’s pre-pandemic economic accomplishments, warning that key policies such as tax cuts could be reversed if a Democratic president is elected in November. Tax cuts, deregulation, “fair” trade deals and …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, laying out his vision for building the nation back better in a speech that capped off the four-day virtual Democratic National Convention. Almost right at the beginning of his speech, Biden …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Senator from California Kamala Harris, who was chosen by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate in the 2020 presidential election, delivered a speech Wednesday to formally accept her nomination as the party’s candidate for vice president. Shortly before Harris spoke, her …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The ongoing U.S. Democratic National Convention on Tuesday voted to officially nominate Joe Biden as the party’s presidential candidate. Biden, already the presumptive nominee since April when all other contenders in the once crowded Democratic field dropped their bids, briefly addressed supporters from his hometown …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. She will be the first Black woman and the first Indian-American to be on a US Vice President ticket. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked  Kamala …

San Francisco, US | XINHUA | As the United States struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protests against racism, U.S. President Donald Trump’s support among California voters is eroding even in conservative areas of the state, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Eliot Engel, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued a subpoena on Friday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In a statement, Engel said his panel is investigating Pompeo’s “apparent use of Department of State resources to advance a political smear” of …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn’t want to delay the November election hours after raising the possibility on Twitter. “Do I want to see a date change? No,” Trump said during a press conference at the White House. “I don’t want …