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As of Sunday morning, Joe Biden, the oldest candidate to run for president in US history, was still planning to rejoin the campaign trail. Campaign staff were calling delegates urging them to declare their support for the president on social media. But by 1.45 pm local time, he had changed his mind and reportedly told his senior staff from his Rehoboth beach house in Delaware that he was dropping out. According to the New York Times, Mr Biden called two of his most senior aides, Steve Ricchetti and Mike Donilon, to his home in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday afternoon, where…

President Joe Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the vice-president, as his replacement for the United States 2024 presidential election. On Sunday, Biden withdrew from the presidential race, saying his decision not to seek reelection is in the best interest of his party and country. In another post on X, Biden said he has offered his full support to Harris as a nominee of the Democratic Party in the forthcoming election. “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden said.…

Joe Biden has pulled out of the 2024 presidential race. In a development that sends the contest into unchartered territory, the US president announced that he will no longer be seeking a second term. Instead, another Democrat will now need to be chosen to face off against Republican nominee Donald Trump in November in a race that has already been marked by tension, division and an assassination attempt. In a statement addressed to "my fellow Americans", he said it had been the "greatest honour of my life to serve as your president". "While it has been my intention to seek…

President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday’s presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power. Kagame’s opponents — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — were collectively getting under 1% of the vote in provisional results accounting for 79% of all ballots cast. The result mirrored the outcome in 2017, when Kagame took nearly 99% of the vote. Final results are expected by July 27, although they…

Donald Trump was giving a speech in Pennsylvania when he appeared to fall to the ground - at which point he was surrounded by armed security staff. Gunshots have reportedly been fired at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, with the former president rushed off-stage by security staff. Trump appeared to fall to the ground as he was giving a speech. He was quickly surrounded by armed security and stayed down for around a minute. He then rose to his feet and pumped his fist in the air, before being escorted off stage and into a vehicle. He was then driven…

US President Joe Biden, who is up against rival, Donald Trump in November election, sought out safe ground Sunday, courting Black voters at a church as he hit the campaign trail to salvage his reelection bid and silence growing calls to quit. “We’re all imperfect beings,” the 81-year-old told a welcoming congregation in Philadelphia, where he received a jolt of rejuvenation from worshippers who chanted “four more years.” Biden has dug in despite an uprising among some Democratic lawmakers, analysts and voters concerned he lacks the mental acuity and physical fitness to serve a second term — worries brought to…