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Not sure whether US polls will be peaceful: Biden
President Joe Biden Friday said he was not confident the US election in November would be peaceful, citing incendiary comments by Republican contender Donald Trump, who still rejects his 2020 defeat.
Trump ‘not fit to lead’ the US
Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said former president Donald Trump is not fit to lead the US, urging voters to put country over party as they campaigned together on Thursday.
US, India to cooperate on critical minerals
The United States and India are set to work together on supply chains for critical minerals that are key to clean energy technologies, the US Commerce Department said Thursday in a statement.
More than AI misinformation, US voters worry about lying politicians
As a bitterly contested US election campaign enters its final stretch, misinformation researchers have raised the alarm over threats posed by AI and foreign influence -- but voters appear more concerned about falsehoods from a more familiar source: politicians.
Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to overturn 2020 polls
Donald Trump launched a “private criminal effort” to subvert the 2020 US election and should not be shielded by presidential immunity, Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing unsealed on Wednesday.
Trump's dark route in search of election victory
Trump's version of America is under siege from an "invasion" across its southern border. Girls are "raped and sodomized and murdered" by foreign hordes "poisoning the blood" of the nation. People's pets are on the menu at migrant barbecues.
US elections / VP rivals defend Trump, Harris in polite debate
US vice presidential contenders J D Vance and Tim Walz faced off in a surprisingly civil debate on Tuesday evening, despite tense moments on the hot topics of migration, abortion and the threat of war in the Middle East.
Jaishankar, Blinken discuss 'Indian-subcontinent' issues in Washington
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on Tuesday and held discussions on a number of issues, including the "recent developments in the Indian sub-continent"
NYT endorses Harris as ‘only patriotic choice’ for president
The New York Times editorial board on Monday endorsed Kamala Harris, calling the Democrat “the only patriotic choice for president” in the race against Trump.
With 130 dead from Hurricane Helene, Biden defends US government response
The death toll from a devastating storm that battered the southeastern United States climbed to at least 130 on Monday, as the disaster became a hot topic in an already bitter election campaign, with the White House angrily refuting claims it had been slow to respond
At least hundred killed, scores missing as hurricane Helene lashes US
Western North Carolina residents faced a "post-apocalyptic" landscape on Monday in the wake of hurricane Helene, with hundreds of people still missing and residents struggling amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services
Harris, Trump 2024 campaigns interrupted by Hurricane Helene
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene interrupted the campaigns of presidential rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Monday after Harris cut short a campaign trip to fly back to Washington and Trump visited a storm-hit city in the battleground state of Georgia
US Presidential Polls: Trump rails against immigrants
Donald Trump railed against immigrants in the country illegally in an often-graphic speech in Pennsylvania on Sunday evening, his fourth campaign stop in a month in what has become the presidential campaign’s most hotly contested state.
Biden approves $567m in defense support for Taiwan
US President Joe Biden on Sunday approved $567 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, the latest move by the United States to boost the island’s military in the face of rising tensions with China.
US presidential polls: Trump rails against immigrants
Donald Trump railed against immigrants in the country illegally in an often-graphic speech in Pennsylvania on Sunday evening, his fourth campaign stop in a month in what has become the presidential campaign’s most hotly contested state.
World’s first 3D-printed hotel takes shape in Texas
It looks like any other 3D printer - except it’s the size of a crane and is, layer by layer, building a hotel in the Texan desert.
Hurricane Helene death toll rises to 43 in US
Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the US Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 3.5 million homes and businesses without power.
At least 33 dead in US from Hurricane Helene
At least 33 people are dead, US officials said Friday, after Hurricane Helene hit Florida and several other southeastern states, leaving a trail of destruction with several areas still under flood alerts