Harris, Trump to clash in debate on Tuesday
It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person.
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Putin says Russia ready for talks with Ukraine
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready for talks with Ukraine, after having previously rebuffed the idea of negotiations while Kyiv鈥檚 offensive into the Kursk region was on-going...
Xi hosts two dozen African leaders at China鈥檚 biggest summit in years
Chinese president Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city鈥檚 biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education...
Putin says Ukraine border incursion will not stop Russian advance
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his army was rapidly advancing in east Ukraine, citing this as proof that Kyiv鈥檚 cross-border incursion into the Kursk region was failing...
Harris says US ready to turn page on Trump
Kamala Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November鈥檚 presidential election.
South Korean president for pension fund reform
South聽Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Thursday to reform the country鈥檚 multi-billion dollar pension scheme, as a looming demographic crisis threatens to upend the payment system鈥檚 stability...
President urges all to stand by flood victims
President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged the people of Bangladesh to stand by the flood-affected as he addressed the Janmashtami reception programme for the Hindu community, marking Janmashtami, the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Monday....
Legal notice seeks list of 1991-2024 presidential pardons
A legal notice has been sent to publish and provide a list of the number of persons whose sentences have been remitted, suspended or commuted by the president from January 1991 to July 2024...
Dealmakers ponder what鈥檚 next after tough Biden antitrust years
President Joe Biden鈥檚 sceptical approach to corporate mergers has been a hallmark of his administration鈥檚 business policy 鈥� a stance generally expected to ease if Donald Trump returns to the White House...
Harris vows 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� for America as she accepts nomination
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday before a rapturous crowd, pledging a 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� and warning that...
China鈥檚 鈥榞rowing authoritarianism鈥� won鈥檛 stop with Taiwan: Lai
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te warned on Wednesday that China鈥檚 鈥榞rowing authoritarianism will not stop with鈥� the island and urged democratic countries to unite to curb its expansion...
Biden says 鈥業 gave my best鈥� as he passes torch to Harris
An emotional US president Joe Biden passed the torch to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris with a hug on Monday, saying he gave everything for his country in a bittersweet...
Sri Lanka: best team to face future
WITH little more than a month before presidential elections are due, the speculations about elections not being held have come to a halt which is a testament to the democratic spirit in the country. The election commission has invited Commonwealth and EU election monitors to observe the elections. Political parties and parliamentarians alike are...
Putin orders army to 鈥榙islodge鈥� Ukraine troops
President Vladimir Putin ordered his army on Monday to 鈥榙islodge鈥� Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory as authorities said over 120,000 people had been evacuated away from the fighting...
A Democratic ray of hope
BY WITHDRAWING his candidacy from the presidential election, president Biden has played a 鈥榩resident鈥檚 gambit,鈥� and he played it with extreme precision. He opened the platform for vice president Kamala Harris to step in and challenge the Republican candidate, Donald Trump...
President takes SC鈥檚 opinion before forming interim govt
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday formed the interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus after taking opinions from the Supreme Court...
Maduro blocks X in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended access to the social media site X on Thursday, as he faced renewed pressure from a trio of friendly Latin American nations to release data proving his claimed reelection was valid...
Biden, Harris warn of Trump threat to democracy
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is 鈥榥ot confident鈥� Donald Trump would concede peacefully if he loses the US election, as the Republican鈥檚 rival Kamala Harris warned a Trump victory would usher in a lawless administration set on curtailing Americans鈥� freedoms...
How to build a more peaceful world
ALTHOUGH the current US presidential campaign has focused almost entirely on domestic issues, Americans live on a planet engulfed in horrific wars, an escalating arms race, and repeated threats of nuclear annihilation. Amid this dangerous reality, shouldn鈥檛 we give some thought to how to build a more peaceful future?...
Venezuela army vows loyalty to Maduro
Venezuela鈥檚 military on Tuesday criticized an appeal by the opposition for the support of the armed forces amid the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro, saying it was 鈥榙esperate and seditious.鈥�...
Desperate people cannot be pushed too much by either government or IMF
SRI Lanka has so far been spared the riots and political instability that has rocked other countries facing debt repayment crises. Kenya and now Bangladesh have seen large scale rioting and popular uprisings that are directly the consequence of economic problems that have sharpened the pain felt by the masses of people...
Bangladesh parliament dissolved
Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin has dissolved the parliament following a high-stakes meeting with key stakeholders, including the chiefs of the three armed forces, leaders of various political parties, civil society representatives and leaders of Student Movements Against Discrimination on Tuesday.
President for protecting life, property
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday asked聽 the political parties to normalise the law and order situation in the country and stop looting and...
Jimmy Carter sets sights on voting for Harris
Former US president Jimmy Carter turns 100 in two months, but with the US election falling just after his birthday, he has told family he has a secondary motivation for becoming a centenarian: voting for Kamala Harris...
Kamala secures nomination, scraps Trump鈥檚 debate date
US vice-president Kamala Harris鈥檚 campaign on Saturday dismissed Donald Trump鈥檚 announcement that he was willing to debate her on the conservative Fox News network, after he declined to participate in a previously scheduled debate on ABC...
France spent almost 1 mn euros on Modi, King Charles banquets
French President Emmanuel Macron's office spent nearly one million euros on two lavish banquets for Britain's King Charles III and Indian leader Narendra Modi, the country's top auditors said as they urged the Elysee Palace to tighten its belt.
Chinese leaders pledge further support for flagging economy
President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders stressed the need for further reform to support economic activity and the country鈥檚 ailing property sector, state media reported Tuesday, following a key meeting centred on boosting growth...
Trump, Harris hone attack lines
Donald Trump labeled vice president Kamala Harris a 鈥榗razy liberal,鈥� while she vowed to prevail over his 鈥榳ild lies鈥� as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day...
Trump accuses Harris of anti-Semitism in Florida
US presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely accused election rival Kamala Harris of being an anti-Semite, in a speech meant to rally religious supporters on Friday that quickly went off the rails.
Biden 2nd US president to quit re-election race
The president of the United States of America, Joe Biden, quit the re-election race and endorsed the country鈥檚 vice-president Kamala Harris as democrat presidential candidate on Sunday ahead of the election scheduled to be held in November...