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Obama says US ready for a Harris presidency

Shawdesh Desk: Former US president Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago on Tuesday that ‘the torch has been passed’ to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready

Trump back on stage as Harris basks in poll surge

Shawdesh Desk: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding dueling campaign stops in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania this weekend, as new polling shows the US vice president making

Harris aims to bring the joy at Democratic convention

Shawdesh Desk: Kamala Harris will be crowned by jubilant Democrats in Chicago this week as the party’s standard-bearer against Donald Trump after one of the most head-spinning turnarounds in US

Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked

Shawdesh Desk: Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents. The campaign

Harris picks Minnesota governor Walz as running mate

Shawdesh desk: Kamala Harris said Tuesday she was ‘proud’ to tap Tim Walz as her running mate, opting for the Minnesota governor with blue-collar credentials as the partner most likely

Trump revives birtherism as Harris gains in polls

Shawdesh Desk: Donald Trump is facing a fierce backlash for questioning the race of US election rival Kamala Harris, but to those acquainted with the Republican’s long history of inflammatory

US for peaceful resolution of Bangladesh situation

Shawdesh desk; Reiterating their unwavering support for the freedom of peaceful assembly, the United States has called for a peaceful resolution to the current situation in Bangladesh. ‘So as it

Venezuela’s Maduro declared winner, opposition reject result

Shawdesh desk: Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday but the opposition and regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. Maduro won re-election with