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October 30, 2024 10:44 AM

Investors take cover in Asia ahead of US election

Investors are selling yen and taking shelter in cash, India, pockets of China's markets and Singapore dollars ahead of a U.S. election that could shake out global money and trade flows. Asia's financial markets stand on the front line of what could ...

October 30, 2024 3:21 PM

U.S. elections: Kamala Harris warns of dangers of another Trump presidency in speech at Jan. 6 site

Democrat Kamala Harris warned tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington at her biggest rally that her Republican opponent Donald Trump was seeking unchecked power as their tightening race for the presidency entered its final week. Harri...

October 29, 2024 4:41 PM

Democrat Sarah McBride set to be first openly transgender member of US Congress

Democrat Sarah McBride is expected to make history next week as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. She is no stranger to making history: In 2016 she became the first openly transgender person to address a major U.S. po...

October 28, 2024 10:39 PM

US states push to end voting ban on Americans with felony records

As the U.S. braces for a fiercely competitive election, Checo Yancy has helped register 20,000 fellow formerly incarcerated individuals to vote, just a fraction of the people in his home state of Louisiana who have had their civil right restored. "I...

October 28, 2024 1:00 PM

Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of the former president. Trump, a New York celebrity for decades, hoped to...

October 26, 2024 8:44 AM

Harris focuses on abortion in Texas, as Trump heads to Michigan

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took a detour from barnstorming the battleground states that will decide November's election with Friday stops in Texas, a conservative state that was the first to implement a near-total abortion ban. Texas hasn't back...

October 25, 2024 11:34 AM

US elections: Trump takes narrow lead over Harris in latest poll

With just 12 days until the U.S. presidential election on November 5, a new national survey by The Wall Street Journal shows former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a tight race, according to Politico. Trump leads Harris by ...

October 24, 2024 9:48 AM

Nearly 25 million votes already cast as Harris, Trump hit battleground states

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday her administration would be different from that of President Joe Biden's, as Republican Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia, another battleground state. Har...

October 23, 2024 10:33 AM

U.S. reaffirms commitment to strong and positive relations with India, Brazil, South Africa

The United States has reiterated its commitment to maintaining a strong and positive relationship with India, Brazil, and South Africa. In a media briefing on Tuesday, US Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel emphasized the US’s ongoing collab...

October 22, 2024 4:04 PM

With two weeks to Election Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump intensify campaign efforts

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, delivered radically different messages on the U.S. campaign trail on Monday as they sought to win over undecided voters in the two weeks before Election Day. ...

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