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November 8, 2024 11:08 AM

Biden plans final Mideast peace push but will leaders ignore him?

The Biden administration will make a final push for elusive deals to end the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, but Donald Trump's election may leave Washington without enough leverage to bend Israel and other regional players to its will before he becomes pr...

November 7, 2024 12:26 PM

Trump’s return to power fueled by Hispanic, working-class voter support

Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees -- and winning more votes in nearly all of the country as he reclaimed the presidency. Follo...

November 6, 2024 12:33 PM

Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House

Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio on Tuesday, ensuring Donald Trump's party will control at least one chamber of Congress next year. Republicans also posted early gains as they battled to retain cont...

November 6, 2024 4:21 PM

US likely to remain cautious about global commitments, EAM Jaishankar says

India’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the U.S. election is unlikely to change the country’s trend towards caution about foreign commitments and Republican Donald Trump will likely be more articulate in that regard. Speaking at an event...

November 6, 2024 11:32 AM

Florida ballot measure to guarantee abortion rights falls short

A proposal to amend Florida's state constitution to guarantee abortion rights fell short of the 60% vote threshold needed to pass, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, making it the first such measure to fail since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the c...

November 5, 2024 10:28 PM

US campaign ends as it began, with voters focused on immigration, abortion

After months of campaigning, Tuesday's presidential election may have come down to the two signature issues that defined Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump from the start: abortion rights and immigration. In more than 65 interviews i...

November 5, 2024 8:25 PM

Don’t be fooled by early US vote counts: they might be misleading

Early vote returns in U.S. battleground states may not be a good indicator of whether Democratic candidate Kamala Harris or Republican rival Donald Trump will win, experts say, thanks to vote counting rules and quirks in several key states. In the 2...

November 5, 2024 6:43 PM

Harris or Trump will inherit a mixed legacy in 2024 US election

Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in a mood of discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-thirds of voters believe the country has been heading in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden. While the United States econom...

November 5, 2024 10:45 AM

Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in India to pray for her election victory

Residents of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India were preparing to hold prayers on election day on Tuesday in a Hindu temple more than 8,000 miles (13,000 km) from Washington. Harris' maternal gr...

November 5, 2024 10:30 AM

Australia, India say US election result won’t impact Quad group

Australia and India's foreign ministers said on Tuesday they were confident the Quad group of the U.S., India, Australia and Japan would continue to cooperate in the Indo-Pacific region regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Au...

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