Dozens of Labour MPs have betrayed their rural constituencies by voting against the Tories’ motion to save family farms from Sir Keir Starmer’s inheritance tax raid. MPs opposed the Conservative Party opposition day motion by 339 votes to 181, after a debate with cross-party opposition to the tax plans. Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins pleaded…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated former US president Donald Trump on his re-election, Beijing’s state media said Thursday. “Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to US president-elect Trump,” state broadcaster CCTV said in a one-line report, without specifying when the message was sent. bur-oho/je/cwl Source link
Text size China can buckle in for another four years of tariffs, tensions and tough talk under a second Donald Trump presidency, experts told AFP — though they said the billionaire’s openness to deals could play in Beijing’s favour. World leaders lined up to congratulate Trump on Wednesday as the former president neared his election…
Text size China said Wednesday it hoped for “peaceful coexistence” with the United States as Donald Trump appeared on the verge of a decisive victory over Kamala Harris in the country’s presidential election. “We will continue to approach and handle China-US relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation,” foreign…
A new poll shows a shock reversal in the state of Iowa, with Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris taking the lead among likely voters just days ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The Des Moines Register on Saturday published the results of its most recent poll, finding that Harris took a three-point lead with…
New Yorker Mark Longo said he rescued Peanut after seeing his mother killed by a car, going on to bottle feed the baby black squirrel, similar to the one pictured here Eva HAMBACH Text size In the waning hours of a bitter US presidential campaign, it has come down to this: did Donald Trump pause…
Text size US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said he supported calls for investigations into “election-related violations” in Georgia, where legislative elections were won by the ruling party, seen as close to Russia. Citing reports from international and local observers, the top US diplomat said the pre-election environment was marked by “vote buying…
The act of voting is at the heart of a healthy democracy. A growing body of research is building the case that voting also plays an important role in physical health – which affects who votes. Image for illustration purposes Mega Doctor News – Advertisement – By Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News The act…
Text size Joe Biden upended the White House race — again — but just for a millisecond, Kamala Harris sipped a cold one on late night TV, and two of her supporters unveiled politically themed nail polish. Here’s a look at the lighter side of American politics over the past week. At a surprise appearance…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted different issues while on the campaign trail Thursday.At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, the town known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and painted Trump as a threat.”He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an…