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Massive protests break out across US against Trump election
10 Nov 2016
Unprecedented protests broke out from coast to coast and in middle America as people refused to accept that ‘racist, misogynist’ Republican Donald Trump would be their next president
Global stock markets, dollar plunge after Trump victory
09 Nov 2016
Asian and European stock markets tumbled, while the dollar fell sharply against the ‘safe haven’ Japanese yen, as initial confidence that market favourite Hillary Clinton would win vanished in a Trump wave
US car-sharing and ride-hailing companies offer election day specials to help people vote
09 Nov 2016
Trump triumphs. Hillary concedes defeat
09 Nov 2016
Donald Trump, who trumped the favoured Democrat rival Hillary Clinton to win the election, will be sworn in as the 45th US president
India slams UN's failure to ban Pak terrorist Masood Azhar
08 Nov 2016
The UN Security Council, which has blacklisted the Jaish has failed to place Azhar, 48, on a list of individuals and groups linked to the al Qaeda or Islamic State
Clinton has 90% chance of being next US president: poll
08 Nov 2016
The final Reuters/Ipsos poll, hours before today’s presidential election, gives Democrat Hillary Clinton about a 90-per cent chance of defeating Republican Donald Trump – whose chances of an upset rest on four ‘swing’ states
China’s $45-bn economic corridor seen as Pakistan’s debt trap
07 Nov 2016
The $45-billion spending and its accompanying costs will push Pakistan into a major debt trap and make Pakistanis refugees in their own land, says studies by the IMF and two western think-tanks
FBI finally gives Hillary Clinton clean chit in emails case
07 Nov 2016
The FBI has determined that the Democratic presidential candidate should face no criminal charges for her email practices, putting a lid on the controversy that has dogged the Clinton campaign almost from the start
US on alert as IS calls for ‘slaughter’ on Election Day
07 Nov 2016
The Islamic State terror group has called for "slaughter" of American voters on Election Day (8 November) and urged Muslims not to participate in the democratic process, according to a US-based terrorist monitoring group
Clinton still favourite, but Trump closing gap in key states
04 Nov 2016
The outlook is not all gloom for Clinton, who has made the race close in Arizona, a longtime Republican stronghold, while also regaining the lead in Pennsylvania and leading in Nevada, reveals the Reuters / Ipsos States of the Nation daily poll
Brexit can’t proceed sans UK parliament nod, rules HC
03 Nov 2016
In a setback for Prime Minister Theresa May, the British high court has ruled that the government cannot trigger Article 50 to leave the EU through an executive decision, and parliament’s approval is necessary
US Fed sticks to easy money policy
03 Nov 2016
At its meeting on Wednesday, the US Fed decided to keep interest rate at 0.25 to 0.50 per cent and give the long-promised rate hike yet another go-by
UN lights up for Diwali for the first time
31 Oct 2016
Summer Time ends in UK, clocks go back amid chorus of grumbles
31 Oct 2016
The date the clocks go back changes each year on the last Sunday in October on the Gregorian calendar, and then are brought forward on the last Sunday in March
Clinton’s lead over Trump shrinking, poll may go down to wire
31 Oct 2016
Hillary Clinton’s victory in the 8 November election is far from certain, with her lead over Trump down to a mere one point, according to a poll
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