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US Vice President Mike Pence listens as US Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Morry Gash/Pool/AFP)

No mention of Africa when it comes to US foreign policy

During pre-election debates in the United States, very little has been said on how they view one of the world’s largest markets — which, in turn, is determined to come into its own

Belfast Maine. United States of America

Coronavirus dispatches from smalltown America: Part 2

‘It’s hard to imagine Jesus livestreaming the Sermon on the Mount’

United States President Donald Trump.  (Qassem Soleimani)

Trump, producer-president, makes July 4th his own show

July 4 is a unique holiday in that it is hyper-patriotic but free from usual Republican-Democratic fighting, but not this year

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Editorial: United States puts the global order at risk

‘The decision by the US to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela can only be viewed with suspicion’

The opposition protest aims to support Guaido’s bid to set up a transitional government ahead of new elections. (Reuters)

Tensions rising in Venezuela ahead of rival protests

In calling on government supporters to take part in a counter-rally, Maduro’s right-hand man Diosdado Cabello suggested the regime would hold fast

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been investigating the September 2017 killings of 10 Rohingya Muslims in conflict-scarred Rakhine state. (Reuters)

Myanmar Reuters journalists appeal seven-year sentence

Their conviction in September sparked widespread global condemnation

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice President Mike Pence while meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi at the White House in Washington, US, December 11 2018. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump, Pelosi, Schumer openly spar over border wall

US president repeats threat to shut down the government if Democrats don’t agree to fund wall on southern border

The anti-establishment fervor unleashed by Trump’s spectacular 2016 election win has proven hard to control.

Trump opposes Senate candidate who’s ‘Trumpier than Trump’

Proclaiming himself "Trumpier than Trump", Don Blankenship has mounted a highly controversial campaign

President Donald Trump has delivered on hardly any of his major campaign promises

Trump denies asking FBI to drop Flynn probe

The US president also insisted he and his campaign had not colluded with Moscow in the 2016 election.

Arsene Wenger. (AFP)

Battle of the running mates: Who are Tim Kaine and Mike Pence?

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are experienced politicians but little known to many American voters.