
US President-elect Joe Biden said that voters had given him a "convincing" victory after he was projected to have defeated Donald Trump. "Folks, the people of this nation have spoken. They've delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory," an ebullient Biden told a victory rally in his home state of Delaware.
US Democrat Joe Biden captured the US presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump's tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden's promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation.
Winning the battleground state of Pennsylvania's 20 Electoral College votes gave the former vice president more than the 270 he needed to triumph, prompting all major TV networks to declare him victor came after four days of nail-biting suspense following Tuesday's election.
"I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect (Kamala) Harris. In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted," Biden said on Twitter. "With the campaign over, it's time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It's time for America to unite. And to heal."
Trump, who has made repeated claims of electoral fraud without providing evidence, immediately accused Biden of "rushing to falsely pose as the winner."
Donald Trump Jr, 48, is set to tie the knot for the second time this weekend, marrying Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas, US media reported.
Trump said the move was based on his relationship with Poland's president Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist ally whom he said he was "proud to endorse" in elections that Nawrocki won last year.
Citing his exceptionally high approval ratings in the country, US President Donald Trump said, "So maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel, run for prime minister. I had a poll this morning. I'm 99%."
China will factor in the real possibility that in the mid-term elections in November, Trump may lose the House of Representatives and may become a lame-duck president. How far should it invest in an agreement with Trump is the question.
In the plea agreement, Wang admitted to promoting propaganda favourable to China "at the direction and control" of Chinese government officials from late 2020 through 2022, when she was elected to a four-year term on the Arcadia city council.
The Trump administration's relations with the Holy See have sharply deteriorated since the election of the first US pope, Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025.
Talking about states like West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu, he said the results show clear choices made by voters and big shifts in political support in some places.
From London to New York and Islamabad to Dhaka, publications also gave prominent space to Tamil superstar Joseph Vijay's surprise victory in Tamil Nadu.
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Vijay's TVK looks set for a surprise electoral show in Tamil Nadu, leading in more than 100 seats after several rounds of counting of votes.
The election is particularly significant as it comes after the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) which saw large-scale voter deletions across constituencies.
Trump will travel to Florida on Friday, a stronghold under mounting political pressure and intense scrutiny of his security.
Iraq's newly elected president nominated businessman Ali al-Zaidi as the country's prime minister-designate on Monday, after the country's leaders yielded to US pressure not to support the bid of...
Trump, who survived an assassination attempt at an election rally in 2024, added that "I lead a pretty normal life, considering, you know, it's a dangerous life."
Julia Varvaro joined DHS last year and had also been publicly supportive of Donald Trump during the 2024 election campaigning.
The vote in Deir al-Balah is part of Palestinian Authority municipal elections that Palestinians have cast as a display of national unity against a US plan for Gaza

