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Asian stocks shaky ahead of US presidential debate; oil at 3 year lows

That has left investors skittish in Asian hours, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 0.08% lower. Japan's Nikkei fell 1% in early trading

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of eating pets in prez debate

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. There is no evidence that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio community are doing that, officials say. But during the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump specifically mentioned Springfield, Ohio, the town at the center of the claims, saying that immigrants were taking over the city. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there, he said. Harris called Trump extreme and laughed after his comment. Debate moderators pointed out that city officials have said the claims are not true. Trump's comments echoed claims made by his campaign, including his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, and other Republicans. The claims attracted attention this week when Vance posted on soc

US elections: Harris, Trump attack each other in debate's opening moments

A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to get under the former president's skin with a series of sharp attacks, prompting a visibly angry Trump to deliver a stream of falsehood-filled retorts

Harris-Trump get ready for landmark debate after tumultuous campaign summer

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern in Philadelphia, will offer Americans their most detailed look at a campaign that's dramatically changed since the last debate in June. In rapid fashion, President Joe Biden bowed out of the race after his disastrous performance, Trump survived an assassination attempt and bothsides chose their running mates. Harris is intent on demonstrating that she can press the Democratic case against Trump better than Biden did. Trump, in turn, is trying to paint the vice president as an out-of-touch liberal while trying to win over voters skeptical he should return to the White House. Trump, 78, has struggled to adapt to Harris, 59, who is the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice presiden

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Donald Trump faces age scrutiny ahead of key debate against Kamala Harris

With Joe Biden out of the presidential race, Donald Trump is now in the spotlight and, if elected, would be the oldest president in US history

US Congress honours 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a ceremony Tuesday to posthumously present Congress' highest honour the Congressional Gold Medal to 13 US service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirl around the event. Both Democrats and Republicans supported the legislation to honour the 13 US troops, who were killed along with more than 170 Afghans in a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate near Kabul's Airport in August 2021. President Joe Biden signed the legislation in December 2021. The top Republican and Democratic leaders for both the House and Senate are expected to speak at Tuesday's ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. The event is taking place against the backdrop of a bitter back and forth over who is to blame for the rushed and deadly evacuation from Kabul. Johnson scheduled the ceremony just hours before the first debate between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. House Republicans

Harris-Trump debate becomes 2024 US election's latest landmark event

Kamala Harris is intent on demonstrating that she can press the Democratic case against Trump better than Biden did

Trump's rhetoric turns ominous as voting nears in presidential race

With early voting fast approaching, the rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who cheats in the election in the same way he believes they did in 2020, when he falsely claimed he won and attacked those who stood by their accurate vote tallies. He also told a gathering of police officers last Friday that they should watch for the voter fraud, an apparent attempt to enlist law enforcement that would be legally dubious. Trump has contended, without providing evidence, that he lost the 2020 election only because of cheating by Democrats, election officials and other, unspecified forces. On Saturday, Trump promised that this year those who cheat will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" should he win in November. He said he was referencing everyone from election officials to attorneys, political staffers and donors. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at .

Fixing child care would not be expensive: Trump as he proposes tax hikes

Asked recently how he would bring down the high cost of child care, former President Donald Trump said doing so would be relatively not very expensive at least, not compared with revenue from tax hikes he would impose on foreign goods. Economists are skeptical tariffs would raise enough to cover Trump's tax cuts as well as a large-scale child care program, and Democrats said higher tariffs would raise costs for families by increasing the prices of consumer goods. A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not respond to questions on his plans for child care. On one point, some child care experts agree with Trump: Fixing the child care system would not be very expensive compared with some other government expenditures. But as past proposals have shown, the price tags associated with a federally funded child care system make it difficult politically to achieve. I do think his comments are somewhat accurate that fixes to child care, making child care more accessible and more affordabl

Donald Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as less dangerous drug

Donald Trump has signalled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, putting his position in line with that of his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. The commonality reflects a major shift toward broad public support for legalisation in recent years and marks the first time that both major-party presidential candidates support broad cannabis reform, according to the US Cannabis Council. The Republican presidential nominee posted on his social media platform late Sunday that he would continue to focus on research to unlock the medical uses of marijuana to a Schedule 3 drug", and also said he would be voting yes on a proposal to allow the sale of marijuana to adults for any reason in Florida. Coming shortly before the two will meet for a pivotal debate, Trump's post sets up the possibility that he could criticise Harris for her past cannabis prosecutions when she was district attorney in San Francisco. Because drug ...

Presidential debate to put Kamala's skills to a test as she faces Trump

From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates. She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her disapproval while her opponent is speaking, counting on viewers to see her reaction on a split screen. And she has a go-to tactic to pivot debates back in her favour: saying she's glad to answer a question as she gathers her thoughts to explain an evolving position or defend a past one. Tuesday's presidential debate will put the vice president's skills to a test unlike any she's faced. Harris faces former President Donald Trump, who will participate in his seventh general election debate since 2016, for an event that will be seen by tens of millions of viewers just as early voting in November's election starts around the country. People who have competed against Harris and prepared her rivals sa

Trump appeals to voters in GOP stronghold Wisconsin ahead of debate

With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump leaned into his familiar grievances about everything from his indictments and efforts to keep him off the ballot as he campaigned in one of the most deeply Republican swaths of battleground Wisconsin. "The Harris-Biden DOJ is trying to throw me in jail they want me in jail for the crime of exposing their corruption," Trump claimed at an outdoor rally at Central Wisconsin Airport, where he spoke behind a wall of bullet-proof glass following his July assassination attempt. There's no evidence that either Biden or Harris have had any influence over decisions by the Justice Department or local jurisdictions to indict Trump. The former president was speaking a day after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, returning attention to his many indictments and criminal conviction. After his appearance, he delivered

US elections: Trump pledges 100% tariff for countries that shun dollar

Options have included export controls, currency manipulation charges and tariffs, people familiar with the matter have previously told Bloomberg News

Musk's pro-Trump America PAC ramps up advertising: 'We must stop Kamala'

"We must STOP Kamala while we can," reads an America PAC ad on Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook, where Musk's PAC has deployed the vast majority of its digital ad spend

Donald Trump wins delay in hush money sentencing until after election

Trump's sentencing will now occur on Nov. 26, three weeks after Election Day, instead of Sept. 18

Hindu group endorses Donald Trump over Harris in US presidential elections

Hindus for America First, a newly created grassroots organisation, has announced it will endorse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and launch a campaign against Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. Announcing the decision on Thursday, Hindus for America First chairman and founder Utsav Sanduja claimed that Harris would be "very destabilising for Indo-US relations". "The concern is that if Kamala becomes the president of the United States, then she might put in some liberal wolves on the bench who may actually reverse the Supreme Court on this (and) that impacting the Asian-American voters," he said. The Biden-Harris administration has not kept the border secure. Harris is the second in command after President Joe Biden and did nothing to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the US, he said. "As a consequence of all these illegal immigrants, we've seen record crime, record drug ..

Highlights: Congress releases 1st list of 31 candidates, fields Vinesh Phogat from Julana

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Trump assails women who accused him of misconduct before debate with Harris

Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual assault, Donald Trump stepped Friday in front of television cameras and brought up a string of past allegations of other acts of sexual misconduct, potentially reminding voters of incidents that were little-known or forgotten. The former president has made hitting back at opponents and accusers a centrepiece of his political identity, but his performance at his namesake Manhattan office tower was startling even by Trump's own combative standards. At times he seemed to relish using graphic language and characterisations of the case, which could expose the former president to further legal challenges. His remarks came just four days before Trump will debate Vice President Kamala Harris, with early voting about to begin in some parts of the country and Election Day just two months away. Trump is staying in the public eye while Harris prepares for the debate in private with her advisers in ...

Judge delays Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after Nov election

A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defence request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump's sentencing until November 26, several weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election. It had been scheduled for September 18, about seven weeks before Election Day. Trump's lawyers pushed for the delay on multiple fronts, petitioning the judge and asking a federal court to intervene. They argued that punishing the former president and current Republican nominee in the thick of his campaign to retake the White House would amount to election interference. Trump's lawyers argued that delaying his sentencing until after the election would also allow him time to weigh next steps after