Democrat Kamala Harris widens lead over Trump by 5 points as Republicans scramble to narrow gap
In a separate poll, Ipsos found Harris leading Trump 42 per cent to 40 per cent in the seven states where the election was closest in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. That result did not break down results for individual states.
Forced into hasty retreat by Harris’ meteoric rise, Trump now faces a threat bigger than Biden
Internally, nine sources revealed that they see Harris as a far tougher opponent than Biden, who had been struggling for months in the face of doubts about his mental acuity and weakening poll numbers. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to a lower than expected 233,000,
Kenya police lob teargas at pockets of protesters in Nairobi calling for president’s resignation
At least three journalists were wounded when police fired teargas canisters close to them, the International Press Association of East Africa, which represents hundreds of journalists in the region, said on X.
Why subsidies are fuelling protests around the world fragile African economies taking a hit
Across Africa – and a string of other emerging market nations – debt-laden governments trying to shed costly fuel subsidies are running headlong into angry populations reeling from years of increasing living costs.
Vance and other Trump allies brandish race card in false claims about Harris’ racial identity
Vice President Kamala Harris has frequently talked about being Black in addition to being Indian American during her political career. She was the first African American to serve as California attorney general and became the first Indian American to serve as a US senator and the second Black woman, after Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois.
Britain in grip of anti-racism protests targeting Muslims and migrants after far-right riots
The reports prompted the deployment of thousands of police officers, and crowds of protesters massed in towns and cities including London, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool and Hastings, holding banners saying “Fight racism”, “Stop the far right” and “Will trade racists for refugees”.
Harris support among Black voters surges as ex-president Trump’s numbers rise amng Whites
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is drawing more support from Black voters than President Joe Biden did when he was in the race this year, while Republican Donald Trump’s support among white voters has risen somewhat in recent months, according to an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling. The analysis, which examined...
Picking running mate: Inside 16 days between Kamala Harris’ launch and choice of Tim Walz
As factions squabbled over Kelly and Shapiro, Walz may have benefitted from having a fan in former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A San Francisco Democrat like Harris, Pelosi has maintained that she had no preference and does not tell presidential nominees who to pick as running mates. But one former Pelosi aide described the former speaker and Walz as “super tight,” and Pelosi has recently demonstrated her status as a leading party elder via her private conversations with Biden about bowing out.
Jittery Congo Presidents Tshisekedi questions predecessor Joseph Kabila’s links with US-sanctioned rebels
President Tshisekedi’s accusation follows the US announcement of sanctions against the AFC last month. Washington accused the alliance of seeking to overthrow Congo’s government and fueling conflict in the east of the country. It said the main member of the alliance, the renowned rebel group M23, is already under US sanctions.
After Africa’s future was stolen via decades of state corruption the youth in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria are now reclaiming it by force
There is widespread perception among the youths of Uganda that the rulers are curtailing their development for their own benefit. Some argue that they are being exported to slave markets in the Middle East so that they do not contribute to a future population of Uganda through reproduction. They say their labour is enriching those in power and those active in the export of youth to the Middle East slave market.
