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World
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USA
Trump admin targets ‘birth tourism’ after SC ruling
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USA
Couple scale Empire State Building for apparent proposal
3 July 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
US DOJ directs prosecutors to prioritize 'birth tourism' probes following court ruling
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USA
CIA boss compares cutting-edge AI to nuclear weapons
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USA
Trump says Republicans to hold rare party convention in September
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USA
US SC upholds birthright citizenship
1 July 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Born in the USA: Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship blocked
30 June 2026, 20:52 PM
USA
Swing states and the US presidential election
Even after highly controversial and sometimes unconstitutional and, speaking generally, unpalatable statements by the Republican nominee Donald Trump, and continuous internal and world-wide condemnation for quite some time, there is still almost a consensus amongst the poll analysts that the US Presidential Election 2016 will be a contest to the end, with both sides spending considerable time and money in almost all the 11 swing states.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM
US runs freedom of navigation operation
A US navy warship carried out freedom of navigation operation yesterday near islands claimed by China and two other Asian
21 October 2016, 18:38 PM
Final US Presidential Debate
If Americans entered the debate concerned about what happens the day after this brutally fought election, Trump did little to assuage their fears.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
'Such a nasty woman'
Some of the sharpest exchanges came when Trump accused Clinton and her campaign team of drumming up allegations that he has groped several women.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Clinton wins final US presidential debate: CNN
CNN snap poll of debate watchers found Hillary Clinton won with 52 percent, Donald Trump with 39 percent in the final US presidential debate, Reuters reports quoting a US network.
20 October 2016, 04:42 AM
Trump, Clinton and their debate claims
Donald Trump paints an inaccurately dark portrait of manufacturing in America while Hillary Clinton stretches credulity in boasting that her spending plans won't add to the country's debt. As well, both struggled in the presidential final debate to explain comments from their past.
20 October 2016, 04:23 AM
Trump refuses to say whether he will accept US election result
Republican Donald Trump says he might reject the outcome of the November 8 US presidential election if he loses, an unprecedented challenge to a cornerstone of American democracy.
20 October 2016, 00:38 AM
Stop whining
President Barack Obama issued a scathing rebuke Tuesday to Donald Trump on the eve of the final election debate, blasting him for "whining" about "rigged" elections.
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Japanese cafe flips burgers in contest inspired by US election
A Tokyo burger joint gets its customers in on the US election action by asking them to choose the better burger from two representing US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.
17 October 2016, 06:19 AM
US detects failed N Korea missile launch
The US military yesterday said it had detected an unsuccessful launch by North Korea of a powerful medium-range
16 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Trump's hope fading fast
He has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. He has boasted of not paying federal taxes, threatened to jail his opponent and claimed the system is rigged. And yet nothing seemed to stick
16 October 2016, 18:00 PM
What we know
Nearly a dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment -- accusations denied by the real estate mogul who was caught in a newly-surfaced 2005 video boasting that stardom allowed him to grope women with impunity.
15 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Hacked emails published by Wikileaks raise possibility of Hillary Clinton Foundation ethics breach
Hacked emails published by Wikileaks this week appear to show Qatar pledging to donate $1 million to Hillary Clinton's family's charitable foundation, despite her promise to curb new donations by foreign governments while US secretary of state.
15 October 2016, 04:45 AM
Nobel Prize another step towards Bob's immortality
Joan Baez, one of the closest collaborators and former partner of Bob Dylan, on Thursday hailed his Nobel Prize for Literature as a step
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM
US further eases Cuba restrictions
The United States yesterday announced new measures to further ease trade, travel and financial restrictions on Cuba. The changes will
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Trump denies sex assaults as 'outright lies'
Donald Trump savaged US media Thursday for reporting "outright lies" that he groped and forcibly kissed women, as First Lady Michelle
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Washington Post backs Clinton for president
The Washington Post yesterday became the latest US newspaper to emphatically endorse Hillary Clinton for the White
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM
TB epidemic larger than thought: WHO
The tuberculosis epidemic is larger than previously thought, infecting 10.4 million people last year, while research into
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM
UN appoints Guterres as new chief
The UN General Assembly yesterday appointed Antonio Guterres as the new secretary-general of the United Nations,
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Bob Dylan Ten key dates
Here are 10 key dates in the life of US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who yesterday won the Nobel Literature Prize.
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM