Washington: A series of domestic and international crises a month before the US presidential election have shaken up an already fiery campaign, as the rival camps scramble to contain or exploit them to their advantage. Soaring tensions in the Middle East; a deadly hurricane on US soil; and a historic strike by American dockworkers: Vice … Read more
Tim Walz and JD Vance will face off on the debate stage Tuesday evening in a matchup that both their parties are hoping will demonstrate their vice-presidential candidate’s ability to connect with voters in battleground states that will play a critical role in deciding the U.S. election in November. The debate, hosted by CBS News … Read more
Washington: US vice presidential contenders J.D. Vance and Tim Walz face off in what could be an unusually important undercard debate Tuesday as they compete for the decisive votes of the American heartland. The debate between Democrat Walz, the Minnesota governor chosen by Kamala Harris, and Republican Vance, the Ohio senator who is Donald Trump’s … Read more
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance, US politicians whose histories and rhetoric have amassed more headlines than many past vice presidential candidates, are set to go head-to-head in their only debate before the US election. Walz, 60, a liberal governor and former high school teacher, and Vance, 40, a bestselling author and conservative firebrand … Read more
Washington: When veteran US diplomat Kurt Campbell travelled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local press about the … Read more
If Netflix is looking for a new TV series, this US election contest would make a compelling storyline. The news cycle has spun into a maddening frenzy most days. The stories are at times incomprehensible. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today And then there’s the characters. This season, Donald Trump is selling … Read more
“If you look at the consensus forecast for the fourth quarter and then this first and second quarter of next year, they bounce back up to 10%,” says Mark Matthews, Julius Baer.In the second half of this year, apart from US election, what else could be at play? What do you think could be the … Read more
Former US president Donald Trump has made his first public appearance since Sunday’s second apparent assassination attempt against him, speaking to a crowd chanting “God bless Trump!” and “Fight, Fight, Fight” as US Secret Service agents surrounded the stage to protect him. The Republican presidential nominee, at an event in Flint, Michigan, described running for … Read more
Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, may have been lying in wait for nearly 12 hours along the tree line at Trump’s golf club, authorities said in a criminal complaint on Monday. Routh, 58, was charged with possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and … Read more
Pope Francis said that American voters face the choice between “the lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, taking aim at both Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump, and emphasizing that he believes both are running for president on anti-life policies. “Both are against life, be it the one who kicks … Read more
