International

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will become executive chairman, a move he said would give him "time and energy" to…

Myanmar's military has taken control of the country after detaining a number of leading politicians and claiming there were "huge discrepancies" in November's election. A state of emergency has been declared, according to military-owned…

Former US president Donald Trump announced Sunday he had picked two lawyers to head his defense team days before his historic second impeachment trial, as Republicans braced for a battle over the future of their party. Trump's Senate…

US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter "due to risk of further incitement of violence", the company says. Twitter said the decision was made "after close review of recent Tweets from the…

President Yoweri Museveni has sent his congratulatory message to Joe Biden, the US president-elect. Democrat Joe Biden won the White House defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world…

A stream of world leaders have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Saturday on their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, with many striking a jubilant tone on social media.…

If Donald Trump refuses to concede the US election to Joe Biden if Biden wins and instead hunkers down in the White House past Inauguration Day, the country would be in a new and dark chapter of its history. But just how likely is this to…

According to the IMF’s World Economic Output 2020 released recently, China has now overtaken the US to become the world’s largest economy. Yes, you read that right. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), using the more reliable and now…

South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison raised a staggering $57 million in the third quarter of this year, shattering the previous record for a Senate candidate as he seeks to unseat GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham. The haul only increases…

President Trump said early Friday morning that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more…