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“I think it’d be very hard to deal if they do violence, I mean, if it’s another Tiananmen Square,” United States President Donald Trump told reporters in New Jersey on Sunday. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg/Getty)
DONALD TRUMP

Trump faces hostility on visits to massacre sites

The US president did not receive warm welcomes from the areas of Ohio and Texas where shootings have taken place

  • Sebastian Smith
3 min read
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis. (AFP)
DONALD TRUMP

All eyes on Ohio special election as test of Trump

Pollsters rate the Ohio race between Republican state senator Troy Balderson and Democratic lawyer Danny O’Connor as a toss-up

  • Michael Mathes
3 min read
The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
BEYONCE

Condoms handed out at Trump rally, Clinton enlists megastars ahead of US election

Reproductive healthcare organisation Planned Parenthood distributed condoms at a Trump rally, while Clinton brought out Jay-Z and Beyonce at hers.

  • Matuma Letsoalo Author
3 min read
An elderly Ohio resident casts his ballot in an election in which age was a decider.
BARACK OBAMA

US elections: Vote reveals nation’s deep divisions

African Americans, Hispanics and women supported Barack Obama’s re-election, an uneasy fact for Republicans. Charles Molele reports.

  • Charles Molele
4 min read
BARACK OBAMA

Election pendulum swings back to Obama in Ohio

Sarah Palin may be making all the headlines but in Canton, Ohio, it has always been about the economy.

  • Paul Harris
7 min read
OHIO

Couple accused of selling teenager for packet of cocaine

FBI agents have thwarted an alleged plan by an Ohio couple to sell a 15-year-old girl in exchange for a packet of cocaine. Police say Pamela Tilley and Gregory Lowery drove about…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read