US ready for woman president: Harris

Kamala Harris said Tuesday that America is “absolutely” ready to elect its first woman president but downplayed her historic bid, saying she simply wants to turn the page for a nation “exhausted” by Donald Trump.
23 October 2024, 18:40 PM

Harris says US ready for woman president

Kamala Harris said Tuesday that America is "absolutely" ready to elect its first woman president but downplayed her historic bid, saying she simply wants to turn the page for a nation "exhausted" by Donald Trump
23 October 2024, 04:13 AM

Harris and Trump push for every vote

One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris sits down for a national TV interview.
22 October 2024, 18:32 PM

Shooting in Washington leaves 5 dead; 15-year-old boy in custody

Washington state authorities said on Monday that five people were killed in a shooting at a home near Seattle and that a 15-year-old boy is in custody for the killings
22 October 2024, 03:08 AM

Blinken back in ME to push for Gaza truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads back to the Middle East yesterday on a new push for an elusive Gaza ceasefire two weeks before US elections, seeing a new opportunity from Israel’s killing of Hamas’s leader.
21 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump hands out french fries, Harris visits Georgia churches

With the US presidential election just over two weeks away, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited another kind of American temple: a McDonald's.
21 October 2024, 05:39 AM

Harris, Trump duel over endurance

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump invited star power to the campaign trail Saturday, as they took shots at each other’s endurance and urged early voting in battleground states key to the ever-tightening US presidential race.
20 October 2024, 18:40 PM

Harris, Trump deploy star power in must-win states

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will roll out starkly contrasting celebrity back-ups this weekend in Pennsylvania and Michigan -among the most prized battleground states set to decide the tightest of US presidential races.
19 October 2024, 18:10 PM

Machinists’ strike: Boeing offers 35% pay hike over four years

Striking machinists at Boeing BA.N will vote Wednesday on a new contract proposal that includes a 35% pay hike over four years that could end a costly five-week-old strike, the company and union said yesterday.
19 October 2024, 18:00 PM

US budget deficit widens to $1.8tn, third highest on record

The United States on Friday reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023’s level on greater spending, including for interest on the public debt.
19 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris, Trump descend on Michigan

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump headed to dueling rallies in Michigan yesterday as the White House rivals made closing pitches in pivotal battleground states where the election is underway and millions of Americans have already voted.
18 October 2024, 18:43 PM

Sikh murder plot: US charges ex-Indian intel official

The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist and Indian critic in New York City, with the FBI warning against such a retaliation aimed at a US resident.
18 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Fiery Harris vows break from Biden

A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden’s presidency Wednesday in an interview with right-wing Fox News aimed at reaching Republican voters wary of Donald Trump.
17 October 2024, 19:38 PM

Former US president Jimmy Carter, 100, votes for Harris

Fifteen days after turning 100, former US president Jimmy Carter cast his vote in the US election on Wednesday, fulfilling an earlier declared wish to live long enough to back Kamala Harris in the poll.
17 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris mocks Trump after rally turns into dance session

Kamala Harris went after her US presidential election rival Donald Trump’s mental state and fitness for office Tuesday after the 78-year-old Republican’s televised town hall veered into a surreal, impromptu music session.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Musk donates almost $75 million to Trump's presidential cause

Billionaire Elon Musk has donated almost $75 million to the political action committee he created to support Donald Trump's US presidential campaign, according to filings made late Tuesday, illustrating the Tesla founder's growing commitment to the Republican's cause
16 October 2024, 13:18 PM

Nasa launches probe to Europa in search for life

Nasa yesterday launched a spacecraft from Florida on a mission to examine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice.
14 October 2024, 19:00 PM

Works on global inequality: Trio win Nobel Prize in Economics

Three US-based academics yesterday won the 2024 Nobel economics prize for research that explored the aftermath of colonisation to understand why global inequality persists today, especially in countries dogged by corruption and dictatorship.
14 October 2024, 18:56 PM

Trump pledges 10,000 extra border agents

Donald Trump pledged on Sunday evening to hire an extra 10,000 border patrol agents if he is reelected as president, as he intensifies his attacks on Kamala Harris on the issue of immigration.
14 October 2024, 18:42 PM

US deploying anti-missile system, troops to Israel

The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM