Asian stocks eked out gains following mixed results from Wall Street tech companies and as traders prepare for next week’s US election and Federal Reserve rate decision. Shares gained in Japan, but slipped in Australia and South Korea. US contracts advanced in Asia after the S&P 500 closed up 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite rose … Read more
ROYAL OAK, Mich.: Inside a small community theater in suburban Detroit, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked at a recent forum to talk about her life for the benefit of voters who are still getting to know her. It was the type of question typically asked of a new candidate. But here was Harris getting … Read more
The 2024 presidential election will surely have far-reaching consequences in many areas — and artificial intelligence is no exception. EY’s latest technology pulse poll, published in October, revealed that 74% of 503 tech leaders expect the election to impact AI regulation and global competitiveness. Although tech leaders said they plan to significantly increase AI investments … Read more
In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris‘ White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a “n- supporter” as he fled. In northern Michigan, an assailant enraged by his hatred of Donald Trump used an all-terrain vehicle to run over … Read more
Donald Trump, former US President and Republican party nominee, has put illegal immigrants at the centre of his poll campaign, accusing his rival Republican nominee Kamala Harris of letting in hordes of illegal aliens who are taking over America. In the last weeks of his campaign, Trump is increasingly speaking about illegal immigration, an issue … Read more
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if he does not win the Nov. 5 election, he will cry fraud and not accept the results – just as he did four years ago when he lost to Democratic President Joe Biden. “If I lose – I’ll tell you what, it’s possible. Because they cheat. … Read more
With just one month left in a deadlocked US presidential election, Donald Trump headed to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Sunday, as rival Kamala Harris kicked off a week-long media interview blitz. Polls have the Republican and Democrat candidates neck and neck, fueling a high-cost, high-intensity scramble for each and every wavering voter in … Read more
Washington: When veteran US diplomat Kurt Campbell travelled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local press about the … Read more
It is one of those unwelcome surprises that is almost guaranteed to anger people when they retire: income from Social Security benefits is subject to federal taxes – and in some cases, to state taxes as well. So it is not a shock to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dangling elimination of the tax … Read more
NEW YORK: Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination “on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth.” America, Barack Obama thundered, “is ready for a better story.” JD Vance insisted that the Biden administration “is not the end of our story,” and Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans … Read more