Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign said on Saturday it would help with efforts to secure recounts in several states, even as the White House defended the declared results as “the will of the American people”. The campaign’s general counsel, Marc Elias, said in an online post that while it had found...
US President-elect Donald Trump has called the Green Party's request for a recount as a "scam" and accused Jill Stein of trying to "fill her coffers". He also described the move by Hillary Clinton's Democrat campaign to take part in a recount of Wisconsin votes as "ridiculous". Marc Elias,...
François Fillon, the former French prime minister promising to introduce “electric shock” economic reform, has rounded off his campaign for the right’s presidential nomination by lashing out at what he called the small-minded liberal Paris elite who warned he was a dangerous social reactionary. The...
Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television has announced, ending an era for the country and Latin America. Brother Raúl Castro announces on Cuban state television that controversial revolutionary leader has died at age of 90 The revolutionary icon, one of the world’s best-known and most...
Earth is warming due to the release of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Scientists are working hard to measure how fast the planet is warming, how much warming has occurred over the past few decades, and how this is affecting coastal areas, ecosystems, and fisheries. By understanding these factors, scientists can better project...
Jill Stein, the green party’s candidate in the US presidential election, is due to formally file a motion for a recount in Wisconsin on Friday as her funding effort for counting the votes again in three states passed $4.9m. As more money flooded in for her effort – which aims to fund recounts in Michigan,...
It was Thanksgiving in the US yesterday, which can only mean one thing. Our American counterparts are known for taking it way too far, with injuries, and even fatalities, reported every year. But this year we’re giving them a run for their money – if these photos are anything to go by, anyway. The baying mob...
Arctic scientists have warned that the increasingly rapid melting of the ice cap risks triggering 19 “tipping points” in the region that could have catastrophic consequences around the globe. The Arctic Resilience Report found that the effects of Arctic warming could be felt as far away as the Indian Ocean, in a...
Workers in Britain face the longest squeeze on their pay for 70 years as Brexit knocks wage growth and stokes inflation, a leading thinktank has said. Picking over Philip Hammond’s first autumn statement, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that by 2021, real wages in the UK – pay adjusted for inflation –...
François Fillon, the socially conservative former French prime minister promising a pro-business “electric shock” for France, was seen as the winner of a TV debate against his more moderate rival, Alain Juppé, ahead of Sunday’s vote to nominate the French right’s presidential candidate. The...
Outrage over an attack on a woman who was dragged through the streets of a north German town behind a car with a rope tied around her neck has prompted hundreds of people to attend a vigil for her. The 28-year-old woman is in a coma in a critical condition in hospital in Hamelin following the incident on Sunday evening. Her...
If Kazakh politicians get their wish, the capital city will be renamed to honour the country’s first and only president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The suggestion to rename Astana was buried in a declaration unanimously passed by both chambers of parliament on Wednesday. On the surface, the declaration was to mark the...