Today, 15 September, is International Day of Democracy (IDD). It is the ninth commemoration since 2007 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 62/7, deciding that every 15th September should be observed as the international Day of Democracy. Last year, 2015, the IDD focusing on “Space for Civil Society”, emphasized the role of ordinary … Read more
Hillary Clinton’s campaign released an updated letter from her doctor Wednesday, following her disclosure during the previous weekend that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. Her physician, Lisa Bardack, wrote that Clinton’s pneumonia was mild, noncontagious, and bacterial, and diagnosed by a CT scan Sept. 9. She is taking the antibiotic Levaquin to treat it. … Read more
The pastor of a Michigan black church has interrupted Donald Trump as he pilloried Hillary Clinton in a speech. Rev Faith Green Timmons cut short Mr Trump as he attacked his Democratic rival’s support for global trade deals. “Mr Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we’ve done in Flint, not give … Read more
The United States and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U. S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed this week, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The deal will represent the biggest pledge of U.S. military assistance … Read more
Michael Sandford has been in a US jail since his arrest in June A British man accused of trying to shoot US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to some of the charges he faced. Michael Sandford, 20, from Dorking, Surrey, was due to stand trial over an incident at a Trump rally in … Read more
South Africa is kicking Jacob Zuma and the ANC out of office. In Germany, Angela Merkel is losing ground because the people say so and Britain has closed itself out of the European market with the “Brexit” vote. You might not agree with all the reasons for these developments by citizens, and particularly when you … Read more
US Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kept her pneumonia diagnosis from most of her staff, according to reports, choosing to tell only family and close aides. Mrs Clinton was reportedly concerned that news of the illness would be exploited by her opponents. She was diagnosed on Friday and advised to rest, but continued campaigning. … Read more
Hillary Clinton has said in a telephone interview that she is feeling “so much better”, a day after being taken ill at a 9/11 commemoration. She also told CNN that she had not disclosed a recent pneumonia diagnosis because “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal”. The US presidential … Read more
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to release details about his health after his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia. Mr. Trump said health had now become “an issue” in the election campaign. Mrs. Clinton was taken ill on Sunday at a 9/11 memorial ceremony and cancelled a campaign trip to … Read more
French soldiers in Lalain France, in 1794, reported a Rain of Toads. The 2016 presidential race makes one nostalgic for such relative normality. Underneath the media’s current Rain of Toads this election turns on the question of whether Trump or Clinton can better restore the American Dream. Good. Michael Tomasky writing recently in The New … Read more
During a recent interview with, American Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, stated in response to a question about his foreign policy agenda, “I’d rather not play my cards… I want to be unpredictable”. This sentiment is nothing new for Trump. When talking to Fox News last October about America’s debt limit he responded to Chris Wallace … Read more
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has cancelled a campaign trip to California after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Mrs Clinton was taken ill on Sunday at a 9/11 memorial ceremony and was seen stumbling as she left the event early. The candidate’s team initially said she was “overheated”, later revealing she had been diagnosed on … Read more
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been treated for pneumonia, her doctor says, after she was taken ill at a 9/11 ceremony. Dr Lisa Bardack said she was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and given antibiotics, but had become dehydrated at the New York event. The doctor’s statement said she was now re-hydrated and … Read more
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is “feeling great” hours after her early exit from a 9/11 ceremony raised health fears. Her campaign said earlier she had left the event in New York because she had “felt overheated” and had gone to her daughter’s apartment. Mrs Clinton’s Republican opponents have queried her physical … Read more
Tens of thousands of people across Mexico marched on Saturday to protest against gay marriage, challenging President Enrique Pena Nieto’s proposal to recognize same-sex marriage throughout the traditionally conservative country. The marches were called by the National Front for the Family, a coalition of civil society organizations and various religious groups, and continued throughout the … Read more
The presidential race may be tightening nationally, but Hillary Clinton still has the edge in the states she’ll need to win in November — including one previously rated as a toss-up by The Associated Press. A survey released Thursday by the University of New Hampshire and WMUR found Clinton holding a nine-point lead there, confirming … Read more
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has apologised for calling half of Donald Trump’s supporters “deplorable” people. But the Democrat launched a furious attack on her Republican opponent and promised to keep fighting “bigotry and racist rhetoric”. Mr Trump had responded by saying the comment was “insulting” to “millions of amazing, hard working people”. Opinion polls … Read more
Barack Obama has chided Donald Trump as “wacky” and “uninformed” after the Republican candidate said Russia’s President Putin was a better leader. Speaking in Laos, Mr Obama said that every time Mr Trump spoke it became clearer that the Republican contender was not qualified to be president. In a televised forum on Wednesday, Mr Trump … Read more
One of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s closest advisers and confidants, Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, resigned Wednesday in a move seen as linked to the unpopular decision to invite Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit Mexico. Pena Nieto has taken responsibility for inviting Trump, but a former government official familiar with the workings of the … Read more
Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”. It came on the same day the chief of the Pentagon accused Russia … Read more