The increasingly unpredictable French presidential election race unnerved European financial markets on Tuesday, tipping the euro towards its biggest fall this year and driving investors away from French government bonds. The premium investors demand for buying French 10-year government bonds FR10YT=TWEB over German 10-year bonds DE10YT=TWEB rose to 78 basis points, the highest level since … Read more
The dangerous scheme to deny Trump the presidency Though Trump is the elected president, Clinton’s lead with popular votes are swelling by the count It began with an online petition launched in the hours immediately following Donald Trump’s shocking victory in the general election. Yes, Hillary Clinton lost the Electoral College, the argument ran, but … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has called for national unity in an address to mark the Thanksgiving holiday. In the wake of what he called a “long and bruising” election campaign, he said emotions in the country were raw. The time had come, he said, “to begin to heal our divisions” but added that “tensions just … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has called for national unity in an address to mark the Thanksgiving holiday. In the wake of what he called a “long and bruising” election campaign he said emotions in the country were raw. The time had come, he said, “to begin to heal our divisions” but added that “tensions just … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the UN, praising his former critic as “a proven dealmaker”. She is the first non-white female cabinet-level official appointed to the incoming Trump administration. Mrs Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was a vocal critic of Mr Trump on … Read more
Though Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem to agree on a number of issues, there is one they apparently don’t see eye to eye on. While Trump argues that Hillary Clinton is too weak to be president of the United States, the Russian President appears to be genuinely afraid of Clinton. Evidence is growing that … Read more
Donald Trump issued an apology statement early Saturday morning after video published by the Washington Post showed the Republican presidential nominee having a vulgar discussion about a number of women. “I’ve never said I’m a perfect person nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret and the words … Read more
USA Today has become the latest newspaper to break with tradition by telling readers that Donald Trump is unfit to be President. Throughout its history, America’s only national daily paper has remained neutral, endorsing or criticising individual policies without ever recommending a candidate. And though the newspaper stops short of supporting Hillary Clinton, it has … Read more
—Gordon Offin-Amaniampong examines the political jigsaw: Or what the writer calls the ‘Trump Three-Tier-Trap.” I get this question a lot. The latest was yesterday: “I hear people saying that experts predict Trump win. How likely is it, your opinion?” A political observer based in Accra, Ghana Mr. Kwamina Dadzie posed the question. What do they … Read more
Does tonight’s first US 2016 presidential debate have the mojo to be dubbed as such? The hype has been profound. And it would perhaps come close to blows in terms of its intensity. But until the dust is settled no one knows whose nose would be bleeding at the first US 2016 presidential debate between … Read more
US Republican ex-President George HW Bush will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November, US news website Politico reports. Mr Bush allegedly made the pledge to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, niece to US ex-President John F Kennedy. The former president’s office has not confirmed the report, with a spokesman saying he was checking. Mr Bush, who … Read more