The race for the White House has been dominated over the past seven days by the fallout from the bombshell news that President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19, while Democratic challenger J
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will clash on Tuesday evening in the first of three presidential debates, a potential turning point in a race that polls suggest the Democratic challenger has consistently
Shinzo Abe is departing as Japan's prime minister due to poor health, with no successor in place and a country left facing a series of crises.Ten days before the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Donald Trump. /VCG After a relatively slick and drama-free Democratic National Convention, the Republicans will begin their attempt at a mid-pandemic showpiece, during which Donald Trump will
After weeks of feverish speculation and intensive lobbying, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will name his running mate over the next seven days.The 77-year-old has missed two se
Paris-born socialite, daughter of a controversial British media tycoon who drowned in mysterious circumstances and, potentially, the key to the secrets of a convicted American sex offender and his we
John Bolton, then national security adviser, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Washington, August 16, 2018. /AP Donald Trump is a man who kn
President Donald Trump holds his first mass campaign rally since March on Saturday in Tulsa, after a week in which confirmed COVID-19 cases rose, protests over racial injustice continued, revelations
New polling suggests that in a deeply-divided United States, most Americans are united in their view of the killing of George Floyd but split over the protests his death sparked and dissatisfied with
Emmanuel Macron marked three years as French president on Thursday as his country began to break out of a strict coronavirus lockdown and look to the future.The Macron first term will likely be defin
If a week is a long time in politics, six months is a lifetime.But, half a year from the November 3 U.S. presidential and congressional elections, polling indicates a clear trend — subject to numerou
A man wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of COVID-19 casts his vote for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2020. Countries ac
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2020. /AP The U.S. presidential election is months away, but the political strains of votin
The UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been met with a mix of curiosity and anger from experts at home and overseas, with accusations of passivity in Chinese media as recently as last Sunday, b
Joe Biden won the crucial Michigan primary on Tuesday, as well as Mississippi, Idaho and Missouri, with results in North Dakota and Washington yet to be called.The victories for the former vice presi
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden talks before a Democratic presidential primary debate, Charleston, South Carolina, February 25, 2020. /AP Joe Biden comprehensively beat Bernie Sanders in four pri
Joe Biden first ran for U.S. president 32 years ago. A plagiarism scandal ended his 1988 campaign before voting began.The then Delaware senator tried again 20 years later. He didn't make it past the