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Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rose amid US election voting

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's US elections. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Seoul swung between gains and losses. Markets are betting on control of the US Congress being split between Republicans and Democrats, which could mean low taxes and light regulation that investors like stay in place. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.9 per cent higher. It is moving toward its biggest weekly gain since April. I find it remarkable how relaxed these markets are under the circumstances, said Craig Erlam of Oanda in a report. Hopefully, the faith investors have shown is rewarded, because the last thing we need is an extremely messy conclusion to what has already been a hostile and divisive election. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 per cent to 3,302.02 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.1 per cent to 24,367.35. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.3 per

Donald Trump's 'stop count' vs Joe Biden's 'patience': US election results

US Presidential election results: Accusing the Democrats of "stealing the election", US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) claimed that as per the "legal" vote count, he "easily wins". The US President mentioned that there was no "big blue wave" (Democrats) as pollsters had predicted, instead, there was a "big red wave" (Republicans). US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stated that there was no doubt that when the vote count of the US Presidential polls was finished, he and Senator Kamala Harris would be declared the winners.

In America president doesn't choose his or her voters: NY AG slams Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James slammed President Donald Trump for raising doubts around the integrity of the 2020 election, saying in America it's the people who choose their president

TV networks cut away from Trump as he made baseless claim of election fraud

ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him

Wall Street rallies as investors eye split US Congress after elections

US stocks jumped as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate profits

US election results LIVE: Results slow in Pennsylvania; Trump yet ahead

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Among key states with most electoral votes, Trump is leading in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida. Joe Biden is ahead in Arizona, Nevada, California, NYC

Biden inches closer to victory: Where things stand in remaining states

Wisconsin is prepared for a recount and Michigan is among several states subject to legal battles

Packed court, unrepresentative senate: Is America Becoming a Failed State?

G.O.P. obstruction did a lot of damage even during the Obama years

Explainer: What effect could Trump's lawsuits have on the US election?

Two days later, an uneasy United States is still waiting to hear who will be its next president

US elections: Trump campaign loses lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia

US courts have dismissed Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to electoral malpractice

US polls: Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted for Trump

US voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see Trump's response to the pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support

Democracy messy, requires patience: Biden on delayed US election results

Democracy is sometimes messy and requires a little patience, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said as the counting of votes for the US election is taking longer than usual

US elections: Republicans break with Trump over push to halt vote count

Some Republicans are breaking with Trump's attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and other states, leaving him without key voices of support

Biden on the cusp of winning, holds edge in key votes left to be counted

There is every indication that Biden remains on track to pull ahead when all of the votes are in and counted, whenever that may be

Biden edges closer to win as Trump launches lawsuits and rages about fraud

Biden, the former U.S. vice president, was continuing to cut into Trump's leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia while retaining slim margins in Nevada and Arizona.

Wall Street rallies on likelihood of divided US Congress, Fed stands pat

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.75 per cent to 28,334.47, while the S&P 500 gained 1.91 per cent

Biden closes in on victory in US polls; Trump demands 'stop the count'

Trump raged on Twitter about the increasing votes for Biden, and stoked unrest among his most ardent supporters with the unfounded allegation

US at inflexion point: Trump or Biden, who's better for South Asia?

While both Indian and US experts say India will continue to be an influential strategic partner of the US, no matter what the colour of the new regime, there are concerns around three areas

Protests across US, several arrested as race for White House tightens

Early on Thursday, Joseph R Biden Jr was only a handful of electoral votes from winning the election, and Trump's campaign was mounting an aggressive legal effort to challenge the tally