EXPLAINER Republicans inch towards winning the House after securing Senate majority in boost to Trump’s legislative agenda. The Republicans are only four more seats away from a majority in the United States House of Representatives as they aim to secure sweeping power in Congress to strengthen Donald Trump’s hand in…
Since former United States President Donald Trump’s election victory, many observers have predicted that his administration would be far worse for Palestine and the Middle East. His pro-Israel rhetoric and threats to bomb Iran, they say, point to his foreign policy intentions. Yet a closer look at US foreign policy…
President-elect says leadership candidates must agree to allow him to bypass Senate confirmation votes for appointees. US President-elect Donald Trump has said that any Republican lawmaker vying to be a party leader in the United States Senate must allow him to appoint cabinet officials without a confirmation vote in the…
US president-elect’s call comes after the German leader had openly backed Joe Biden’s re-election. United States President-elect Donald Trump and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have agreed to work for “a return to peace in Europe” in their first call since the US election, a German government spokesman has said. “Both…
Relatives, friends and leaders say Sinclair, who died this week aged 73, and his legacy will ‘never be forgotten’. Canada is holding a national memorial for Murray Sinclair, a trailblazing Indigenous judge and senator who led the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission into abuses committed against Indigenous children at residential…
United States President Joe Biden will try to convince President-elect Donald Trump not to pull support from Ukraine when he takes office, the outgoing president’s national security adviser has said. Biden will make his pitch to Trump, who has repeatedly bashed US aid to Ukraine, when the two meet on…
Iran’s General Mohammad Bagheri calls for increased security cooperation between the two countries. Saudi Arabia’s top military official has visited Tehran for talks with Iranian officials in a rare high-level meeting since the countries restored ties last year, Iran’s state media reported, General Chief of Staff Fayyad al-Ruwaili of the…
A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating. Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British Columbia, is believed…
He’s marked China as his primary adversary, threatening heavy tariffs on its imports. The world’s two biggest economies – the United States and China – are on a collision course. Donald Trump has promised to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports once he’s back in the White House, threatening to…
Republicans are five seats short of a majority in the House of Representatives, with 19 races still uncalled. Republicans are edging closer to unified control of the United States government after winning another seat in the US House of Representatives. Incumbent Congressman Eli Crane, representing Arizona’s second district, won re-election…
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