WTO: I was surprised Trump opposed my candidacy, Okonjo-Iweala says 1
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WTO: I was surprised Trump opposed my candidacy, Okonjo-Iweala says

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, says she was surprised that President Donald Trump’s administration could stand in her way of leading the World Trade Organisation (WTO). At a press briefing monitored by DailyTrust, the new Director-General of WTO said she did not see it coming. She said she felt she had a good understanding

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Twitter confirms Trump's ban will remain forever even if he runs again in 2024 2
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Twitter confirms Trump’s ban will remain forever even if he runs again in 2024

Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter ban will remain forever, even if he runs for president again in 2024, a top company official said on Wednesday February 10. During an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Twitter’s chief financial officer, Ned Segal, was asked if the platform would restore Trump’s account if he ran again and

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BREAKING: Trump finally accepts defeat, promises “orderly” transition 6
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BREAKING: Trump finally accepts defeat, promises “orderly” transition

The outgoing president of the DUnited States, Donald Trump has finally conceded to President-elect Joe Biden after protracted bickering on purported electoral fraud. Mr. Trump’s concession comes moments after the country’s parliament affirmed Biden’s Electoral College victory, American news network CNN is reporting. The outgoing U.S. leader, who lost his reelection bid in the hotly

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Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, freeze Trump’s accounts after Capitol protest 7
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Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, freeze Trump’s accounts after Capitol protest

Social media giants, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have frozen the accounts of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, following violent protests that erupted at the Capitol building while Congress leaders sat to certify the November 3 election win of Democrat candidate, Joe Biden. Reacting swiftly to the protests on Wednesday, the

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Trump suffers another blow as US Congress overrides his veto on defence bill 8
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Trump suffers another blow as US Congress overrides his veto on defence bill

The outgoing President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has suffered another blow as the US Congress sanctioned a $740 billion defence bill which he (Trump) had objected to. On Friday, the Senate voted 81 to 13 to reach the two-thirds majority required to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act

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I will leave White House if Biden's victory is confirmed - Donald Trump 9
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I will leave White House if Biden’s victory is confirmed – Donald Trump

Donald Trump has said that he will leave the White House when the electoral college votes for Democratic president-elect Joe Biden in the closest the outgoing president has come to conceding defeat. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral college votes – many more than the 270 required – to Trump’s 232. Biden also

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Double setback for Trump in bid to overturn US election results 10
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Double setback for Trump in bid to overturn US election results

The United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday suffered a double setback in his bid to overturn election results after officials in the battleground state of Georgia certified Democratic Party’s candidate, Joe Biden’s win and top Republican legislators in Michigan said they had no information that would warrant reversing the outcome of the vote in

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Trump should concede defeat, this is not a game –Michelle Obama 12
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Trump should concede defeat, this is not a game –Michelle Obama

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Monday urged “all Americans, especially our nation’s leaders, regardless of party” to “do your part to encourage a smooth transition of power” and said that playing along with “groundless conspiracy theories” is putting our “health and security in danger.” Michelle Obama, adviced President Donald Trump to concede defeat to

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Trump campaign loses libel suit against CNN 14
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Trump campaign loses libel suit against CNN

Donald Trump’s libel lawsuit against CNN was dismissed by a federal judge on Thursday, ending the president’s legal battle over an op-ed published in 2019. U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown ruled on Thursday that the campaign had failed to demonstrate “actual malice,” and that therefore the suit should be thrown out. The campaign filed

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Trump campaign advisor Lewandowski tests positive for coronavirus 15
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Trump campaign advisor Lewandowski tests positive for coronavirus

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday but is feeling well, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lewandowski, 47, confirmed in a text to CNBC on Thursday that he tested positive for Covid-19 a day earlier. Asked if he was experiencing symptoms

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