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It should’ve been the most boring half hour of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: a procedurally necessary roll call of 57 states and territories to confirm the foregone conclusion that Joe Biden would be the party’s nominee for President. Yet amid speeches from the candidate and his wife, Jill Biden;…
(CNN)Joe Biden takes the stage on Thursday for the most important speech of his 50 years in politics, hoping to convince frustrated voters that he would be a more caring, competent and thoughtful president than Donald Trump. As he officially accepts the nomination of his party during the last night…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the biggest speech of his nearly 50 years in public life, Joe Biden will spell out his vision for the presidency on Thursday when he accepts the Democratic nomination to challenge Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. Biden’s speech on the fourth and last…
BAMAKO (Reuters) – One of Mali’s most influential power brokers, Mahmoud Dicko, will withdraw from politics, his spokesman said, after a meeting on Wednesday with leaders of a military coup who have promised to oversee elections within a “reasonable” time. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned and dissolved parliament on Tuesday…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT.O) of “playing politics” by forbidding workers from wearing hats supporting him, and said he would swap out the Goodyear tires on his limousine if there were an alternative. Trump told reporters he thought it…
DAKAR (Reuters) – A key figure in Mali’s opposition protest movement, preacher Mahmoud Dicko, plans to step back from politics after a meeting with soldiers who ousted Mali’s president in a coup the day before, his spokesman Amadou Maiga said on Wednesday. “He wants to withdraw (from politics),” Maiga said…
DAKAR, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A key figure in Mali’s opposition protest movement, preacher Mahmoud Dicko, plans to step back from politics after a meeting with soldiers who ousted Mali’s president in a coup the day before, his spokesman Amadou Maiga said on Wednesday. “He wants to withdraw (from politics),”…
(Repeats to additional subscribers, no change to content of story) By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Today’s $72 trillion question for investors: To buy or not to buy into the global equities rally? Notwithstanding inflated share prices, politics and the pandemic, the answer from many…
