Tag: Vote
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Stocks drop on surge in virus cases, elusive US stimulus
London, Oct 26 (AFP/APP):Stock markets retreated Monday with traders increasingly pessimistic that US lawmakers will pass a new stimulus package before next week’s election, while spiking virus cases fanned worries about the economic impact of new containment measures. Despite months of arduous talks in Washington, there appears to be little chance Republicans and Democrats will…
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Historic Win for Opposition’s Ramkalawan in Seychelles Vote
There has been a historic win for the opposition’s Rankalawan in the Seychelles vote.
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From protest to ballot box, Chile votes in referendum for change
Santiago, Oct 25 (AFP/APP):A year to the day after more than one million people thronged downtown Santiago in the biggest march of Chile’s social uprising, Chileans vote Sunday on whether to change the country’s dictatorship-era constitution. Voters are expected to turn out in numbers, spurred on by slogans that scream from the graffiti-scrawled walls of…
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Biden, Obama slam Trump Covid response, president stays optimistic
Circleville, United States, Oct 25 (AFP/APP):An energized Joe Biden and Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of a massive screw-up in his handling of the coronavirus, but the US president remained ebullient despite trailing in polls with 10 days to go until the election. Trump was plowing through three campaign rallies in one day,…
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Trump casts early ballot in Florida in presidential election
West Palm Beach, United States, Oct 24 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump cast an early ballot Saturday in the US election as he geared for another grueling day of campaigning. Trump voted at a library serving as a polling center in Florida, where he has a home and to which he switched his residency from his native…
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Trump-Biden final debate: Covid, wind and Hitler
Nashville, Oct 23 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden’s final debate on Thursday was a starkly more civil affair than their messy first showdown. But that did not prevent the pair from clashing on everything from immigration to racism and even Adolf Hitler. Here is a look some of the key moments of debate:…
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No knockouts at Biden, Trump debate 12 days before vote
Nashville, Oct 23 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden traded accusations of graft and clashed on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday but without landing a knockout blow 12 days before the election in a final debate that many saw as Trump’s last big chance to change the narrative. Perhaps the most startling aspect of the…
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Senate committee approves Trump court nominee as Democrats boycott
Washington, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):The Senate Judiciary Committee pushed through US President Donald Trump’s conservative pick for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, Thursday as Democrats boycotted the vote saying it was too close to the November 3 election. The unanimous vote, with all Democrats absent, sets the stage for full Senate approval at the beginning…
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Trump calls for investigation of Biden, heads to key battleground
Washington, Oct 20 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump called Tuesday on the US attorney general to investigate his “criminal” Democratic opponent Joe Biden, as he headed to a rally in the key state of Pennsylvania two weeks before election day. “Things are changing fast,” Trump told the Fox & Friends program Tuesday, claiming that his own polling…
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Trump to leave US if he loses Nov. 3 presidential election?
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (APP):US President Donald Trump has said at a public meeting that he may have to “leave the country” if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins next month’s election. “Could you imagine if I lose?” Trump told supporters gathered at an airport in Macon, Georgia. “I’m not going to feel so good.…