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Wilmington, Del  USA | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joseph R. Biden Jr. has stressed that for American democracy to work, all votes must be counted before results announced. “It is the will of the voters, no one, not anything else, that chooses the president of the United States of America,” he …

  Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Donald Trump’s frustration with the results of the US Presidential election continued to show Wednesday after he said the integrity of the electoral process was in doubt. “Our lawyers have asked for “meaningful access”, but what good does that do? The damage has …

  Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Donald Trump has warned that election meddling is going on in the US elections. In a tweet, he said, “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast …

  Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Democrat Joe Biden is expected to deliver a statement at 12:30 a.m. ET (0530GMT). Biden: “We can know the results as early as tomorrow morning … [but] it’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare who won this election. That’s the decision …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Former U.S. Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has called Senator Kamala Harris “a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.” He said this as he announced on Tuesday that he has picked Senator Kamala Harris of …

Stuttgart, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT |  The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters will shift from Germany following President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops based  there. As part of the U.S. European Command Review, the Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper  publicly announced plans to make U.S. force adjustments within the European area …

Beijing, China | XINHUA |  China on Thursday urged the United States to discard its Cold-War mentality and ideological bias, and work with China to move forward bilateral relations along the track of coordination, cooperation and stability. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the comment at a press briefing …

    Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The US government, through its Department of Defense (DOD), has donated four new Toyota Land Cruiser ambulances with a container of spare parts to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). These vehicles were donated as part of the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response …

Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iran said Tuesday it will execute a man whose conviction for spying for the US and Israel by helping target a top Iranian general has been upheld by the supreme court. Mahmoud Mousavi Majd was convicted of spying on Iran’s armed forces “especially the Quds Force and on the whereabouts …

Minneapolis, United States | AFP | Violent protests erupted across the United States late Friday over the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody, with murder charges laid against the arresting Minneapolis officer failing to quell boiling anger. Demonstrators clashed with police for a fourth straight night in …