Wilmington, Del USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph R. Biden Jr. has stressed that for American democracy to work, all votes must be counted before results announced. “It is the will of the voters, no one, not anything else, that chooses the president of the United States of America,” he …
Read More »Arsenal 4 Molde 1
✳ M. Ellingsen (22) ✳ K. Haugen (45 +1 og) ✳ S. Sinyan (62 og) ✳ Pepe (69) ✳ Willock (88) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal survived an early scare in their Europa League match on Thursday, before rallying to a 4-1 victory over Norwegian side Molde. Molde took the lead through Martin …
Read More »Museveni attends Magufuli swearing in
Dar Es Salaam | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is in Tanzania for the swearing in of newly re-elected Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli. Also at the ceremony is Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Magufuli won a second term last week, with a landslide victory of 84% of the vote, …
Read More »DONALD TRUMP: The damage has already been done!
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Donald Trump’s frustration with the results of the US Presidential election continued to show Wednesday after he said the integrity of the electoral process was in doubt. “Our lawyers have asked for “meaningful access”, but what good does that do? The damage has …
Read More »Joe Biden to make speech shortly
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Joe Biden has started his address, as results indicate he is close to hitting the target of 270 electoral votes needed to win the US Presidential election. He made his speech after projections showed he had won Michigan, getting to 248 votes to 214 …
Read More »Stanbic launches contactless Visa cards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly upgraded Stanbic Bank Uganda contactless Visa card that was launched in Kampala today, will make it easier, safer, and faster for customers to transact, and completely remove the need to withdraw or handle cash. The new card will have the latest technological applications that …
Read More »BREAKING: Trump rages as Biden takes lead
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | With projections showing that Joe Biden has hit the 270 electoral votes needed to win the US election, President Donald Trump reacted angrily to the development on twitter. “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat …
Read More »TRUMP: All voting should stop, we are going to court
Update – Biden: 238 – Trump: 213 Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump has called for voting to stop, ironically hours after it ended and counting in the US elections is underway. The race is so far too close to call, with Biden holding a narrow lead …
Read More »TRUMP: They are trying to steal the election!
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump has warned that election meddling is going on in the US elections. In a tweet, he said, “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast …
Read More »Joe Biden to make speech shortly
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Democrat Joe Biden is expected to deliver a statement at 12:30 a.m. ET (0530GMT). Biden: “We can know the results as early as tomorrow morning … [but] it’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare who won this election. That’s the decision …
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