TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The front-runner in Taiwan’s presidential race has picked the long-term de facto ambassador to the United States as his vice presidential candidate. Vice President William Lai announced Monday on his Facebook page the nomination of Hsiao Bi-ki — who was born in Japan to a Taiwanese father and an American mother … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls. “After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today,” Pence said … Read more
Indonesia’s top court has ruled against lowering the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates as the country gears up for election in 2024 ByEDNA TARIGAN Associated Press and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press October 16, 2023, 4:52 AM Judges preside over the hearing on a petition seeking to lower the minimum age of presidential … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine in Zimbabwe was expected to rise to 13, the vice president said, according to state media. State-run newspaper The Sunday Mail quoted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as saying “we believe we have lost about 13” in the mine disaster, which … Read more
On This Day: Sept. 24, 2008 The Happening Sarah Palin became an overnight political rock star when Republican presidential candidate John McCain introduced her as his running mate in the 2008 election cycle that eventually ushered President Barack Obama into the White House. His victory seemed less than assured when Palin introduced herself to the … Read more
Taiwan’s vice chairman has left on a visit to Paraguay to bolster relations together with his authorities’s final diplomatic companion in South America at a time when China is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy ByTAIJING WU Related Press Taiwanese Vice President William Lai waves to the media as he departs for … Read more
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has introduced that the U.S. is investing greater than $100 million within the Caribbean area to crack down on weapons trafficking, assist alleviate Haiti’s humanitarian disaster and assist local weather change initiatives ByDÁNICA COTO Related Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Thursday that the … Read more
Dr. Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, nominated to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, speaks throughout a Senate Banking, Housing and City Affairs Committee affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson shall … Read more