Central and South America
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Trump sworn in as US president, promises ‘golden age’
Trump is just the second president in US history to return to power after being voted out, after Grover Cleveland in 1893.
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TikTok shuts down US access as Trump seeks app’s reinstatement
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.
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TikTok calls report of possible sale to Musk’s X ‘pure fiction’
Bloomberg News had earlier reported that Chinese officials were considering selling the company’s US operations to Musk’s social media platform X.
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World Leaders Pledge To Work With Trump as He Wins US Election
World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump on Wednesday as he triumphed in a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris.
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Kamala Harris secures Democratic presidential nomination
US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris, 59, was the sole candidate…
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Blinken says Venezuela’s opposition candidate ‘won the most votes’
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Thursday there was “overwhelming evidence” that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won Venezuela’s contested presidential election. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most…
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Two Dead in Venezuela as Anti-Maduro Protest escalates
Venezuelans gathered Tuesday in a peaceful show of opposition support as their leader urged the military not to “repress the people” a day after four died in protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed presidential victory.…
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World leaders pay tribute to Biden as he ends reelection bid
Biden notified the public of his decision in a letter, a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House








