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Washington, US | Xinhua | 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the next debate should not be held if his Republican opponent, U.S. President Donald Trump, still has COVID-19. “Well, uh, I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters after …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump still plans to participate in the next presidential debate with 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Miami, Florida later this month, a campaign spokesman said on Monday. “It is the president’s intention to debate,” Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh told …

Detroit, United States | AFP | Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden went on the offensive Wednesday against his main 2020 opponents but was rapidly assailed on the debate stage over key issues like health care, race, immigration and criminal justice. Tensions rose rapidly between the former vice president and Senator Kamala Harris, the …

Paris, France | AFP | Facing the biggest test of his presidency, President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday launched a series of public forums inviting voters to express their concerns and hopes after two months of anti-government protests. Here’s how the government plans to carry out its “Great National Debate”, aimed …

Paris, France | AFP | Emmanuel Macron swept away France’s traditional parties in 2017 with a grassroots campaign that promised more participative democracy. He is hoping the same tactics will now defuse the biggest crisis of his presidency. The centrist leader is gearing up what he has termed the “great …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Kingdom House of Commons is set to debate the infamous Arua fracas in which a number of legislators were arrested and allegedly tortured in the hands of the state. The debate scheduled for January 8, 2019, will be drawn from a motion sponsored …

THIS WEEK: Muntu defends seat as FDC holds presidential debate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party on Nov.19 converged at Nsambya Youth Sharing hall in Kampala to listen to four contestants for the post of party president – incumbent Mugisha Muntu, …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Angela Merkel appeared to be powering ahead Monday to a fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial televised debate three weeks before elections. Sunday’s prime-time TV clash had been billed as Schulz’s last chance …

VIDEO: NRM CEC members dismiss age limit debate Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Some members of the ruling NRM party’s Central Executive Committee have scoffed at lawmakers and other individuals pushing for the removal of the 75-year age limit for presidential candidates in the constitution The CEC members who addressed …

VIDEO: MPs should keep away from age limit debate, says Kadaga Kampala, Uganda | NTV Uganda | Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned legislators not to be distracted from their duties by the debate on the lifting of the presidential age limit. Kadaga says that since no formal bill has …