The European Union and Cuba signed a first-ever agreement on closer ties on Monday, and vowed that the arrival in office of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would not impact on their future relations. “This is a historic day, we’ve turned a page. Today we’re starting to write together a new chapter,” said EU foreign policy […]
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name the chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp as the country’s top diplomat, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday, an appointment that would put in place an official with close ties to the Russian government. News of Rex Tillerson’s possible appointment comes as U.S. intelligence […]
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President-elect Donald Trump turned back to cabinet-building Friday after a victory rally in the Rust Belt, where allies of the billionaire were pushing to stop a vote recount in three states that were key to his victory. Three separate moves — by lawyers for Trump, his supporters, and a top law enforcement official — aim […]
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Nigerian Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential election. ‘I will destroy my American green card, if Trump wins’ Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US […]
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Donald Trump’s election jolted liberal America, but perhaps nowhere more than in his native New York, where city-dwellers are processing their woe with everything from yoga to body art to demonstrations. Many residents of the cosmopolitan cultural mosaic — where 79 percent of voters backed Democrat Hillary Clinton — are horrified by the Republican’s harsh […]
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The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump’s team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration. Trump, who vowed during the campaign to “drain the swamp” of special interests corrupting Washington, has set $1 million donation limits for corporations and […]
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A few hundred people have protested in Paris against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, expressing their concern about whether he will respect human rights, women and minorities. Protesters, including many Americans living in France, took to the streets Saturday in the Eiffel Tower neighborhood behind a large banner “Paris against Trump.” Youssef Al-Moughrabi, born in California […]
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President-elect Donald Trump will face an immigration system that is maxed out when he takes office in January as a high number of Central Americans and Haitians continue to come to the U.S. through the Mexican border. Resources to process the immigrants, detain them and to try their immigration cases in court are extremely strained. […]
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Across Africa, the approaching presidency of Donald Trump has provoked deep uncertainty over how the United States will pursue policies ranging from counter-terrorism and trade, to aid and climate change. Many African countries had high hopes that Barack Obama would bring transformative benefits to the continent and were left disappointed as he winds down his […]
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An economist and an analyst on Wednesday said the election victory of Donald Trump as U.S. president-elect would not affect the Naira. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in telephone interviews that Nigeria should focus more on policies that would revive the economy. Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, former Managing Director of Citizens Bank, said “the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other world leaders in congratulating the United States President-elect Donald Trump on his victory in the country’s election. At the same time, the Nigerian leader offered his hand of fellowship to the new US helmsman who will succeed Barack Obama in January. President Buhari also congratulated American citizens on the […]
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Hillary Clinton told supporters Wednesday that they owed Donald Trump “an open mind and a chance to lead.” Addressing stricken staff and voters at a New York City hotel, Clinton urged acceptance of Trump’s stunning win after a campaign that appeared poised until Election Day to make her the first woman elected U.S. president. Clinton […]
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