Politics

The deputy leader of South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Thursday he was resigning to join the party led by former president Jacob Zuma, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Floyd Shivambu’s departure is a blow to the Marxist EFF, headed by Julius Malema. The EFF saw its share …

It’s been a cruel summer for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A series of scandals that implicated the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mr Kishida’s closest allies within it and even his family had put his job on the line. That this happened as living costs shot up and discontent …

Former US president Donald Trump has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote him a beautiful note after the Republican presidential nominee suffered a gunshot wound to his ear during an assassination attempt. Trump said this at an election rally on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, exactly a week after …

Renowned American election forecaster Allan Lichtman, known as the Nostradamus of US presidential elections, has made a preliminary prediction for the 2024 presidential election, which will be held on November 5. Lichtman, who has accurately predicted nine of the past 10 elections since 1984, currently favours Vice-President Kamala Harris over …

“Trump saw this as a betrayal,” Eyal Lurie-Pardes of the Middle East Institute, told Al Jazeera. “Trump has been very supportive of Israel but critical of Netanyahu, attacking him for [October 7] happening under his watch and as being weaker than ever. “Trump doesn’t like to pick a losing partner,” …

US presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely accused election rival Kamala Harris of being an anti-Semite who plans to allow the murder of newborn babies, in a speech meant to rally religious supporters Friday that quickly went off the rails.   The vice president, who is married to a Jewish man, …

IN THE DAYS since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, several Republicans close to Donald Trump, including at least two MAGA lawmakers, have reached out to the former president to offer him a sober warning: Do not laugh off Kamala Harris. According to two people with knowledge of …

  Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday with what some members of the media hailed as a speech that left them with “chills,” “blown away” and arguing over who jumped out of their seat higher. Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate on Sunday after …

Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has filed articles of Condemnation of Vice President Kamala Harris over her handling of the southern border and for her insistence that Joe Biden was fit for the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris has faced GOP attacks from all sides since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Republicans have …

Hillary Clinton’s historic 2016 campaign highlighted the persistent barriers women face in politics. Despite winning the popular vote, she lost the presidency to Donald Trump. This moment built on the efforts of trailblazers like Victoria Woodhull and Shirley Chisholm, showing the evolving path for women in leadership roles. Hillary Clinton …