President-elect?: US secret service ramps up Joe Biden’s protection
The United States Secret Service has ramped up the protection provided for the nation’s former vice president and the strong contender for the Washington Office, Joe Biden. Joe Biden based on the election count is leading the incumbent president, Donald Trump. As at the time of this publication, based on Associated Press, a big US […]
Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Trump’s tweets about the RNC, planned for Charlotte, come just two days after North Carolina recorded its largest daily […]
White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil
President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases. Trump had already banned certain travelers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran. He has […]
Biden says was too ‘cavalier’ about ‘ain’t black’ comment
Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday after he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black.” The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee quickly moved to address the fallout from his remark, which was interpreted by some as presuming black Americans would vote […]
Re: In Africa, Trump’s fate is worse than a laughing stock
RIGHT OF REPLY By Jesutega Onokpasa I FOUND Azu Ishiekwene’s article of the above-referenced title rather disheartening, coming from a columnist of his towering stature and quite established pedigree. To seek to mould opinions in the wider society is certainly the entitlement of any writer but it is rather self-aggrandizing for intellectuals to suppose and […]
Trump accuses WHO of being ‘pipe organ’ for China
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused the World Health Organization of being a “pipe organ” for China during the coronavirus outbreak. Trump said China “misled us,” as he referred to investigations the White House asked the US intelligence agencies to conduct into whether China and the WHO covered up what they knew about the […]
