Democrats turn to Obama for midterm miracle
- 27-Oct-2022
Less than two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, with Democrats on verge of losing their razor-thin majority in Congress, the party is asking former President Barack Obama to perform some late-game heroics – or at least help limit their losses. Obama, who left office in 2017 after serving two terms, travels to Georgia on […]
‘Obama feared assassination’
- 13-Jul-2021
US director Oliver Stone returned to one of his favourite themes as he presented his latest movie at Cannes on Tuesday, claiming that president John F Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA because he stood up to the American military. Stone, whose new documentary on the killing was premiering at the Cannes film festival, also […]
#USElection2020: Joe Biden breaks Obama’s popular vote record
- 05-Nov-2020
Biden has received 69,544,968 votes across the country
Obama blasts Trump’s tweets, track record in 2020 campaign trail debut
- 22-Oct-2020
Speaking at a drive-in rally in Philadelphia on behalf of Biden, his former vice president, and Democratic running mate Kamala Harris, Obama offered his fiercest critique yet of his successor
Obama tweets support for Canadian PM Trudeau in reelection campaign
- 17-Oct-2019
The Canadian leader faces a much tougher fight this time, and polls strongly suggest he will lose his majority in parliament after the Oct 21 election.
Brand in damage control mode after basketball star’s shoe shreds
- 22-Feb-2019
Nike was in damage control mode after basketball star Zion Williamson suffered a knee injury when his shoe shredded during a marquee game attended among others by Barack Obama and Spike Lee.
Fake news could multiply with ‘deepfake’ videos
- 28-Jan-2019
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, don't adjust your television set-- you may just be witnessing the future of "fake news"
Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book
- 10-Nov-2018
WASHINGTON: Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can “never forgive” Donald Trump for questioning her husband’s American citizenship, saying the president and other “birthers” put her family at risk, in her hotly anticipated new memoir. Obama also says she was surprised that so many American women voted for the “misogynist” Trump over Hillary […]
Trump accused of inciting violence after pipe bomb alerts
- 25-Oct-2018
Critics of Donald Trump accused him of inciting violence after pipe bombs were sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and other figures that are loathed by the president's supporters.
Obama visits Kenyan home to launch youth centre
- 16-Jul-2018
WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama recounted fond memories of his family home in Kenya on a visit Monday to launch a state-of-the-art youth centre run by his half-sister. Obama is on his first trip to Kenya since he was president in 2015, when he was unable to visit his ancestral home as his jet […]