Trump completes swing state sweep by taking Arizona
Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week鈥檚 US presidential election, US TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican鈥檚 sweep of all seven swing states.
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Defeat to Trump prompts Democratic soul-searching
Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris鈥檚 drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, as shock gives way to anger and...
Trump win a chance for US to reassess wrong policies: Iran
Iran on Thursday called Donald Trump鈥檚 victory in the US presidential election an opportunity for the United States to reassess past 鈥榳rong policies鈥�.
New Russian disinformation targets swing states
Russia-linked disinformation operations have falsely claimed officials in battleground states plan to fraudulently sway the outcome of the extraordinarily close US presidential election...
Final US campaign blitz for Harris, Trump
Bitter rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump embark on a final frenzied campaign blitz Monday with both hitting must-win Pennsylvania on the last day of the tightest and most volatile...
US stocks rebound on Amazon results ahead of Fed, election finale
Wall Street stocks rebounded Friday from mixed tech earnings and investor jitters less than a week before a neck-and-neck US presidential election...
China sees little relief as US goes to polls
While the outcome of next month鈥檚 US presidential election remains on a knife-edge, analysts say that for many in China the consequence is the same whoever emerges victorious: more...
Undecided voters have a dilemma in US election
Less than a month out from the knife-edge US presidential election, no group of voters is attracting more attention from the campaigns than the tiny sliver of the electorate that is still undecided.
Zelensky touts 鈥榲ictory plan鈥� against Russia in Macron talks
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday held talks with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris, as part of a European tour aimed at securing more Western support before the presidential election in the United States...
Tunisia votes with Saied set for re-election
Voting began in Tunisia鈥檚 presidential election on Sunday with no real opposition to incumbent Kais Saied, who is widely tipped to win as his most prominent critics are behind bars.
US dockworkers launch mass strike month before election
Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the world鈥檚 largest聽economy聽just ahead of the November presidential election...
Commitment to national interest
PUBLIC support for the government after the presidential election is on the rise. The first actions of the government have been appreciated by the general public. These include the exposure of former presidential advisers and their vehicles, the investigation ordered into the visa and passport controversies not to mention the peaceful conduct of the...
US ports brace for potential dockworkers strike
Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November鈥檚 closely contested presidential election...
Fulfilment of Aragalaya in Lanka presidential election
THE extraordinary events that took place during 2022 have reached their denouement at the recently concluded presidential election. The Aragalaya protests that lasted for over three months in the middle of 2022 that were spearheaded by youth and became a mighty protest movement by tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and all parts of...
Wickremasinghe for tomorrow鈥檚 Sri Lanka
AS THE final lap of the presidential election campaign comes to its close at midnight on September 18, there is no certainty about the outcome. The only certainty is that it will be one of three candidates 鈥� incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa or NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The other 35 candidates...
Harris, Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes debate into the final sprint to November as they seek to persuade undecided voters and shake up a presidential election locked in a dead heat...
Harris rattles Trump in fiery televised debate
Kamala Harris put Donald Trump on the defensive in a fiery televised debate on Tuesday, as they battled for a breakthrough in an agonisingly close US presidential election.
Harris says US ready to turn page on Trump
Kamala Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November鈥檚 presidential election.
Harris vows 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� for America as she accepts nomination
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday before a rapturous crowd, pledging a 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� and warning that...
Sri Lanka: best team to face future
WITH little more than a month before presidential elections are due, the speculations about elections not being held have come to a halt which is a testament to the democratic spirit in the country. The election commission has invited Commonwealth and EU election monitors to observe the elections. Political parties and parliamentarians alike are...
A Democratic ray of hope
BY WITHDRAWING his candidacy from the presidential election, president Biden has played a 鈥榩resident鈥檚 gambit,鈥� and he played it with extreme precision. He opened the platform for vice president Kamala Harris to step in and challenge the Republican candidate, Donald Trump...
Common Lanka candidate excites popular imagination
THE question mark that hangs over the presidential election due in October this year is not going away. The answer to it keeps getting put off. The latest is the government鈥檚 proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate ambiguity in the term of the president from six to five years. The Supreme Court has thrice...
Lankan president鈥檚 election dilemmas
THE deadline for presidential elections is fast approaching and the Election Commissioner will be empowered to declare the date of the election on July 17, just over a week from now. The election rallies are becoming larger and feistier. The two main opposition parties are showing their growing strength in the numbers attending their...
Polls open for Iran鈥檚 runoff presidential election
Polls opened on Friday for Iran鈥檚 runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash....
Kind govt reaction needed to Lanka economic distress
WITH less than a month before presidential elections are called, president Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted the success of his presidency as rescuing Sri Lanka from its international bankruptcy status that prevents it from doing business with the rest of the world. The signing of the agreement on international debt restructuring for...
Prospects of fascism in US
WITH the advent of a leader like Donald Trump, we have been watching for the last few decades that the United States is slowly becoming a fascist state. There is a quotation circulating since the last century and it goes like this: 鈥榃hen Fascism Comes to America, It Will Be Wrapped in the Flag.鈥� Although it is more important than who said it, another...
Iran election shows declining voter support amid calls for change
The first round of Iran鈥檚 presidential election revealed shrinking support for both reformists and conservatives even though some voters are pushing for change by...
Reformist to聽face ultra conservative in Iran presidency runoff
The sole reformist in Iran鈥檚 presidential election, Masoud Pezeshkian, will face the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in a runoff, authorities said on Saturday, following a...
Biden seeks to repair debate damage with fiery speech
A fired-up Joe Biden came out swinging Friday as he tried to make up for a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, insisting he was the right man to win November鈥檚 US presidential election...
Reformist hopes for breakthrough as Iran votes
Iranians cast their ballots on Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist鈥檚 bid to break through against a divided conservative field.