BEDMINSTER, NJ (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump, who has used minor nicknames to describe his opponents throughout his political career, booked a name change for his Democratic rival in the November 3 election, Joe Biden. US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the City of New York Police Volunteer …
Read More »Investors in Belarus face ‘dictatorship dilemma’, Putin may hold the key
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors face a classic ‘dictatorial dilemma’ in Belarus – hold on to securities that take advantage of the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and close their bonds – but whichever way they go, for largely dependent on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian …
Read More »Protests swell in Belarus, Lukashenko blames foreigners
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay home so as not to be “cannon fodder” for what he said were revolutionaries with foreign support after large crowds took to the streets on the seventh consecutive day to demand that he departed. Lukashenko, whose Sunday …
Read More »Belarus’s opposition leader calls for new protests as Lukashenko’s pressure grows
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for more protests and an election campaign, raising pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as he faces the biggest challenge in his 26 years. In a video posted on YouTube of self-imposed exile in Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya asked supporters to request …
Read More »Trump fired anti-immigrant message even as coronavirus dominates the campaign
WASHINGTON / NEW YORK (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is moving forward with his immigration agenda, even though voters say they are more concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation it has caused. PHILO PHOTO: US President Donald Trump blows as he tours a section of the …
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