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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump following his election victory.

Former president Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, noting the importance of a peaceful transfer of power.

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday fired his rebellious Finance Minister Christian Lindner, spelling doom for the three-party coalition though Scholz could stay on in a minority government.

President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House in January joined by his family, who played an outsized role in his first administration and on the campaign trail this year.

President Joe Biden called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory Wednesday and invited his Republican successor to hold a meeting in the "near future," the White House said.

Donald Trump spoke with Kamala Harris by telephone Wednesday and agreed with his White House rival on the need to unify the nation after their contentious campaign, the president-elect's team said.

Eminent Indian Americans on Wednesday welcomed the re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States and assured to work with him on several issues, including that of the US-India relationship.

US Vice President Kamala Harris called Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him for winning the 2024 presidential election, one of her senior aides said, following a bitter and contentious race.

Voters approved most of the referendums expanding the right to abortion in US states while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected such measures, giving anti-abortion advocates victories since the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right.

The glass ceiling for women in politics just got even more daunting, as the prospect of a female US president has been shattered once again by Donald Trump.