Biden appeals for unity after Trump assassination attempt

The US President Joe Biden is calling on the country to “unite as one nation”. US President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, and said he was ordering an independent security review of the lead-up to the attack. Mr Biden was speaking from the White House after receiving a briefing on the investigation in the Situation Room. […]

July 15, 2024 5

Donald Trump shot and injured in an assassination attempt

World

Trump assassination attempt – what we know so far

Former US president Donald Trump has been shot and injured in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump has said a bullet “pierced” part of his ear when he was shot at a campaign rally in the US. Images showed the bloodied former president defiantly pumping his fist in the air after the assassination attempt. Here is what we know so far: – What happened? Mr Trump was addressing a […]

July 15, 2024 5

World

Biden ‘declines’ to step aside and tells Democrats to focus on beating Trump

US President Joe Biden is standing firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy for a second term, calling for an “end” to the intra-party drama that has torn apart the Democrats. Mr Biden wrote in the two-page letter on Monday that “the question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it’s time for it to end”. He stressed that the party has “one […]

July 8, 2024 5

World

Donald Trump found guilty in hush money trial

Former US president Donald Trump has been convicted of all 34 counts in his New York hush money trial. Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to an adult film actress who said the two had sex. […]

May 31, 2024 9

Donald Trump