MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will wait to formally recognize a winner in the U.S. presidential election until vote tallies are finalized, she said on Wednesday, after preliminary vote results overnight gave Donald Trump a victory. Sheinbaum, who took office last month, told reporters at her regular morning press conference that she will...
WASHINGTON (AP): Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in a deeply divided United States. In so doing, the Republican president-elect exposed a fundamental weakness within the Democratic base and beat back concerns about his moral failings, becoming the first US president with a felony conviction. The Republican former president won over frustrated voters with bold promises...
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON (Reuters): In a meeting with one of America's most powerful unions in September at its Washington headquarters, Vice President Kamala Harris said she'd...
KUALA LUMPUR: The outcome of the US Presidential Election will not alter the country's commitment and policies towards the Indo-Pacific region, according to US Ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan. Kagan highlighted that the US and Malaysia have maintained 65 years of diplomatic relations, which will remain strong regardless of the party leading the White House. ALSO...
SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at The Grand Halls on Tuesday (Nov 5), following up on matters concerning Malaysia and China since their last meeting in Putrajaya on June 19, 2024. During the meeting, Anwar said Malaysia is "extremely thankful” that China has been...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Election Day voting was underway across much of the US on Tuesday (Nov 5) morning after tens of millions of Americans had already cast their ballots. Those early votes included record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner. The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped...
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy congratulated Moldova's Maia Sandu on her presidential election victory and reaffirmed Kyiv's commitment to jointly work on a common goal towards European Union membership. Sandu, the pro-Western incumbent who has accelerated Moldova's push to leave Moscow's orbit, claimed victory in Sunday's closely-fought runoff, defeating Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP): US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their Nov 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day. Under...
BEIJING (AP) : Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, part of China’s effort to be a global leader in space exploration. A parachute slowed their capsule's nighttime descent to a remote landing area in China's Inner Mongolia region. The crew emerged after touching down at...
MANILA (Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 0832 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.06 degrees north latitude and 126.30 degrees east longitude. It did not trigger a tsunami alert, according to...
