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November 8, 2024 3:15 PM

Kamala Harris’ loss is another setback for US women in politics

For the second time in U.S. history, a major party nominated a woman for president and for the second time she lost. Democrat Kamala Harris' election loss to Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday followed Hillary Clinton's loss to him in 2016. Reasons ...

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 6, 2024 11:07 AM

Bitcoin leaps to record high as traders lean towards Trump victory

Bitcoin surged to a record high in Asian trade as investors leaned towards Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election. The world's biggest cryptocurrency rose 7% to $75,060, topping March's peak, with the prospect of Trump's return to the W...

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...

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 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...

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