US Senate confirms Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan
Dec 21, 2021 08:17 am UTC| Politics
For months since the nominations made by US President Joe Biden, dozens of ambassadorial positions remain unfilled due to a blanket hold by Republicans. Over the weekend, the upper chamber voted to confirm former Chicago...
Dec 21, 2021 07:52 am UTC| Politics
There have been questions surrounding the connection between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 elections. A former FBI official has warned that former President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr may be...
Joe Biden orders immediate action to deter potential Russian invasion of Ukraine
Dec 21, 2021 07:37 am UTC| Politics
The US is on alert regarding the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. President Joe Biden has reportedly ordered his national security team to take immediate action in deterring any potential attempts by Russia to...
Dec 21, 2021 05:35 am UTC| Politics
The Biden administrations chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted the claim made by Vice President Kamala Harris on whether the administration anticipated variants of the coronavirus. While Dr. Fauci said that...
Joe Biden urged by pro-migrant groups to end Trump border policies
Dec 20, 2021 10:36 am UTC| Politics
One of the moves that US President Joe Biden sought to make shortly after getting sworn in as the new president back in January was to reverse his immediate predecessor Donald Trumps hardline policies at the border. Dozens...
Kamala Harris defends Joe Biden, pushes back at question of who the real POTUS is
Dec 20, 2021 10:08 am UTC| Politics
While the Democratic Party holds the majority control of the US Senate, the evenly divided chamber finds itself in a deadlock due to two centrist senators. During an interview with Charlamagne tha God, Vice President...
Does the US have the right to sail warships through the South China Sea? And can China stop them?
Dec 20, 2021 09:59 am UTC| Politics
Images of what appeared to be US warships emerged from China last month, but they were not anywhere near an ocean. In fact, they were thousands of kilometres away, in a desert in western China. Military experts said the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects