LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump would be wiser to acknowledge losing the U.S. presidential election and quit, Czech President Milos Zeman, an early Trump supporter, said on Thursday. Zeman, one of the few European politicians who backed Trump before his 2016 election victory but who made no such endorsement this year, told news website www.parlamentnilisty.cz…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arguing that the results of the presidential election are defective, Donald Trump’s campaign has asked a judge in Pennsylvania to declare him the winner in the state and allow the Republican-led state legislature to decide which way it will allocate its 20 electoral college votes. Joe Biden is projected to have won…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump’s fervent campaigning to undermine mail-in voting may have ultimately cost him victory in the crucial swing state of Georgia, its Republican secretary of state has said. While the state is undergoing a recount, Joe Biden leads Georgia by around 13,000 votes, meaning he is poised to become the first Democrat…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christopher Krebs, undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, speaks during a news conference on election cybersecurity Oct. 19, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia. The Department of Homeland Security’s cyber chief, who presided over an elaborate election security effort guarding against foreign interference and fraud, was ousted by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned less than a week into his new administration, after a night of protests calling for his removal and a subsequent police crackdown left at least two dead and dozens wounded. The latest political shake-up comes as Peru battles the coronavirus pandemic and what is expected…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump on Sunday doubled down on his refusal to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden, even after suffering resounding court defeats over his election challenges and amid a growing popular-vote margin for the Democrat. As Trump continued to falsely accuse Democrats of fraud, an influential Michigan Republican said Sunday that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A well-known Christian preacher has skipped bail in South Africa and fled the country. Shepherd Bushiri, who had previously said he wanted to clear his name, has now returned to his home country, Malawi, with his wife Mary. Earlier this month they were released on bail after being charged with fraud and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The largest militia group in the US will refuse to recognise President-elect Joe Biden as the nation’s duly elected leader when he is sworn in on 20 January 2021. The Oath Keepers, an armed right-wing organisation that boasts tens of thousands of members with law enforcement and military backgrounds, was one of…