Tag: US elections

COMMENTARY: By Patrick Gathara Anger and fear have greeted the return to power of former US strongman Donald Trump, a corrupt far-white extremist coup plotter...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: As we continue to look...

COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan Surveying the wreckage of the US elections, here are some observations that have emerged: Campaigns based on hope do not always...

RNZ Pacific The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, 78, returned to the...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid. I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the...

Asia Pacific Report As Americans voted for their next president, Israel has continued its attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Republican presidential...

By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections...

PMN Pacific Mornings With Election Day for one of the most consequential United States presidential races in recent history underway, Pasifika communities on both sides...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Kimberlyn King-Hind, from the CNMI Republican Party, won the race for the CNMI's lone...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with...

Writers resign from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in protest over the blocking of their editorials by the billionaire owners. Video: Democracy...

By RNZ Pacific The governors of Pacific US territories the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have denounced the violent protests in US Congress. In...

ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential...

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland US President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement is “fresh air” news for Pacific Islands countries, say...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An American columnist and high tech expert has apologised to the people of New Zealand over the “scary” experience of authoritarian...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is important for New Zealand to have tight connections with the US on big global issues...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is reported to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden...

'I ain't buying it' - Trump voters protest US election call Donald Trump was the real winner of The Apprentice US election -...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Joe Biden is almost certain to be the next president of the United States, ushering in a welcome return to engagement...

OPINION: By Crosbie Walsh As Aotearoa New Zealand waited for the election special votes results there was no talk of violence in the streets or...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two former New Zealand prime ministers have called for an end to polarisation and the need for "healing" as the US...

ANALYSIS: By Sarah John, Flinders University Facing the gradual erosion of early leads in several battleground states — and increasingly likely defeat in the presidential...