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Joe Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for vice president's resounding loss

The biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden, said Andrew Yang, who ran against Biden in 2020 for the Democratic nomination and endorsed Harris' unsuccessful run

US Fed set to cut interest rates again as post-election uncertainty grows

The Fed has long guarded its status as an independent institution able to make difficult decisions about borrowing rates, free from political interference

Trump win to test limit of presidential power; Harris vows to fight

Trump's campaign said Biden called Trump to congratulate him and invite him to a meeting at the White House at an unspecified time

Donald Trump's second term: Who's likely to fill top administration roles?

As Trump readies for his second term, loyalists and key allies are in line for top administration roles, with contenders emerging for treasury, defence, and national security posts

Here's what Trump's victory means for Ukraine, Middle East, and China

On the war in Ukraine, Trump is likely to try to force Kyiv and Moscow into at least a ceasefire along the current front lines

Indians highlight Usha Vance's south Asian roots after Harris loses polls

Usha Chilukuri Vance is the wife of JD Vance, running mate of Donald Trump, who won a second term in Tuesday's US presidential election

Trump's win in US elections wreaks havoc on global rate-cut expectations

The election tremors were felt in Europe, too - particularly in the east, which fears reduced US support for Ukraine as it tries to fend of Russian forces

DBS posts record quarterly profit, sees 2025 dip from tax changes

The bank also announced that its board had established a new share buyback programme of S$3 billion

US elections: What Trump's win means for Israel-Hamas, Russia-Ukraine wars?

Donald Trump's return to the presidency introduces a shift in US foreign policy, favouring Israel's military objectives and proposing negotiation-focused approaches to the Ukraine conflict

Qualcomm chip sales to Chinese smartphone makers fuel strong results

Qualcomm's derived 46% of its revenue in its most recent fiscal year from customers with headquarters in China

Xi congratulates Trump; says China, US must find ways to manage differences

Xi, in his congratulatory message to Trump, called for the two countries to strengthen dialogue and communication, properly manage differences and expand mutually beneficial cooperation

Bumble posts quarterly sales drop amid slow payoff from dating app overhaul

Bumble said total paying users across its apps increased to 4.3 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, from 3.8 million a year earlier

2024 to be world's hottest ever since records began: EU scientists

The world has not breached that target - which refers to an average global temperature of 1.5C over decades - but C3S now expects the world to exceed the Paris goal around 2030

Donald Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy's pillars in US

The candidate they chose had campaigned through a lens of darkness, calling the country garbage and his opponent stupid, a communist and the b-word

TikTok's Canadian biz to be dissolved after govt order but app not blocked

Canada previously banned TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the video sharing app

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to last year

Brazil's deforestation monitoring system tracks Aug 1 to July 30, so Wednesday's report doesn't capture the destruction from the past few months, as drought opened the way to a surge in forest fires

US tech giants brace for AI revamp, antitrust pullback in Trump 2.0

On artificial intelligence, Trump has vowed to rip up an executive order from President Joe Biden aimed at putting safety guardrails on the emerging technology

Biden administration sets stage for 2nd oil, gas auction in Alaska refuge

The new environmental document was published the day after Trump defeated Biden's vice president, Kamala Harris, in the presidential election

Here's why Harris' defeat keeps 248-year barrier for American women intact

The result means that 248 years into its history as an independent nation, the US has only elected male heads of state, upholding a barrier that has been demolished from Mexico to Italy

Why China's economy would be more vulnerable to Trump tariffs this time

Producer price inflation was 4.6 per cent in July 2018 when Trump's first tariffs came into effect. In September 2024 this stood at minus 2.8 per cent