Bitcoin was close to $73,000 in Asian trade today, approaching a record high with investors keeping a cautious eye on the US presidential election. The leading digital currency was trading around $72,470 at 0800 GMT, after climbing as high as $73,563.63 in late US trade, just shy of its all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March, […]
•Donald Trump (L) and Stephen Bannon Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early after spending nearly four months behind bars and just a week ahead of the US election. Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut where he was serving time for a contempt […]
•Trump and Harris About 240 million people can vote in this year’s US election. Still, only a relatively small number of them, seven swing states, are likely to decide who becomes the next president, reports AFP. Under the US Constitution, it is established that each of the 50 states would hold its vote for president […]
•Trump and Harris The US election takes a detour from the swing state circuit to reliably Republican Texas on Friday as Kamala Harris rallies with pop superstar Beyonce and Donald Trump sits down with the country’s biggest podcaster. Texas is an unorthodox stop just days before November 5 Election Day, especially for Harris who is […]...
•Donald Trump and Kamala Harris The Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, led the US vice president and candidate of the Democratic party, Kamala Harris, by a slim margin among Arab Americans, according to a new poll conducted by Arab News/YouGov and released yesterday. This move raises the possibility that the war in Gaza is erodin...
•Trump’s California rally A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella, California, Police said. The 49-year-old suspect, Vem Miller, was driving a black SUV when he was stopped at a security checkpoint by deputies, who located the two firearms and [&...
•Trump and Harris The highly anticipated first debate between the United States Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, and her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump, has come and gone, but not without providing insight into what both presidential hopefuls have in stock for the American people. The debate took place at 2 am today, Wednesday, 11 Se...
•Kamala Harris and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he will support Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after Washington accused Moscow of seeking to influence the vote. Putin often comments on political and social issues in the United States, often with sarcasm, report...
Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said today. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially ...

