Tag: US presidential election
New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press...
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti, City St George's, University of London and Waqas Ejaz, University of Oxford
Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But...
Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump
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...
Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’...
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...
US votes as Gaza burns – Trump ‘declares victory’ in tight...
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...
US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...
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...
US presidential election holds high stakes for Pacific relations
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...
Republican Kimberlyn King-Hinds wins delegate race in CNMI
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...
Harris will not be a president for marginalised people – in...
COMMENTARY: By Donald Earl Collins
She made it clear in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, again at her televised debate...
How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations
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...
US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after...
Writers resign from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in protest over the blocking of their editorials by the billionaire owners. Video: Democracy...
Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its...