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Meghan Markle has ‘no chance’ of being US president after shock claim | Royal | News
Meghan Markle “doesn’t have a chance” of becoming US president, it has been claimed after she received a shock White House endorsement from none other than Joe Biden’s sister and political strategist.
The former actress has long been rumored to have US political aspirations, and that speculation took a bizarre turn when a major political activist backed her to run for the White House.
But president Joe Biden’s sister Valerie Biden Owens, who is also his political strategist, has endorsed
Cornel West: The Christian Socialist Running for President
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis targets former President Donald Trump for ‘not following through’ on promises
RYE, N.H. – A seemingly more aggressive Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be stepping up his criticism of 2024 rival Donald Trump for what he charges was the former president’s failure to deliver on campaign promises during his four years in the White House.
But DeSantis, who’s seen Trump’s double-digit lead over him expand in the two months since the conservative governor from Florida launched his GOP presidential nomination campaign, says he won’t match Trump insult for insult by taking
The Resignation of Stanford’s President Shows the Importance of Student Journalism
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July 28, 2023
An interview with the Daily reporter Theo Baker, who helped expose manipulation of scientific data in research papers by Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
A view of the campus of Stanford University.
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Putin looks to cash in on Niger coup as US pledges full support to deposed President | World | News
The United States has pledged its “unflagging support” to the ousted Nigerian President, saying it will work to ensure the full restoration of the constitutional order in the country.
Mohamed Bazoum was detained by soldiers from his Presidential Guard on Wednesday, before being replaced by General Abdourahmane Tchiani as head of state in a military coup.
The 63-year-old’s overthrow represents a huge blow to Niger’s democratic aspirations and opens the door for Russia to gain further influence in Africa.
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Trump Vows To Run For President From Prison If He’s Convicted
Former President Donald Trump vowed on Friday that he would run for president from the inside of a prison cell if he is convicted in the criminal cases that he faces.
Trump made the remarks during an appearance on a pro-Trump radio show with John Fredricks when he was asked if a conviction would stop his third presidential campaign.
“Not at all. There’s nothing in the Constitution to say that it could,” Trump said. “Even the radical Left crazies are
Mexican president offers $385M for American company’s Caribbean property in ongoing dispute
- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a $385 million offer to Alabama-based Vulcan Materials in an effort to settle a contentious disagreement over the company’s former gravel extraction pits on the Yucatan peninsula’s Caribbean coast.
- The president’s administration had closed down the pits, prompting a legal battle with Vulcan.
- If the offer is rejected, López Obrador hinted at the possibility of seizing the property before he leaves office in September 2024.
Mexico’s president said Thursday that he has
‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Review: A Pop Star Turns Politician
The pop-culture personage turned politician is not so novel a figure as it used to be. But the Ugandan pop singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who goes by the stage name Bobi Wine, has earned, by way of his courage and resilience, the special consideration this documentary affords him.
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” opens by laying out the situation in Wine’s East African country: its leader, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, having seized power in 1986 (several years after the military strongman
Niger’s Detained President Vows to Save Democracy From Coup
Hours after soldiers seized power in the West African nation of Niger, the country’s ousted president sounded a defiant note on Thursday morning, vowing to protect his “hard-won” democratic gains, even as he was being held by his own guards.
The president, Mohamed Bazoum, appeared to be still in detention at the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, where his guards turned on him early Wednesday, prompting a crisis in the vast, largely desert nation twice the size of France.
Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown president – EURACTIV.com
Soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s government following an apparent coup in the West African nation on Wednesday (26 July) when members of the Presidential Guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum.
Members of the elite guard sealed off access to the president’s residence and offices in the capital Niamey, and after talks broke down, “refused to release” him, a presidential source said.
The soldiers said “all institutions” in the country would be suspended, borders were closed and a curfew imposed “until