WILMINGTON, United States, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton raced to add last minute campaign stops Saturday, scrambling for votes in the final three days of a White House race that has the world on edge. Clinton’s camp mocked Trump’s scatter-shot 10-states-in-three-days approach to the electoral map, claiming that the Republican property […]
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Three days out, Trump and Clinton add emergency campaign stops
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China nixes meeting with Slovak PM: Bratislava
BRATISLAVA, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – China cancelled a top-level bilateral meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday, the government in Bratislava said, in a move seen as a snub after the EU country’s president met the Dalai Lama. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met 16 counterparts from across central and eastern Europe in […]
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Clinton means continuity for US economy, Trump the unknown
WASHINGTON, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – On taxes, public spending and protectionism the two candidates for the White House are diametrically opposed: Hillary Clinton represents continuity while Donald Trump seduces or frightens with his radical proposals. But while many economists are alarmed by the threat Trump poses to American prosperity, there is no shortage of small […]
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Trump rushed off stage at rally
RENO, United States, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – White House hopeful Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers Saturday during a campaign appearance in Reno, Nevada. The 70-year-old Republican tycoon reappeared several minutes later to cheers from his fans, declaring: “Nobody said it was going to be easy for us, I want to thank […]
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Two police officers in Iowa killed in ‘ambush’: authorities
WASHINGTON, Nov 2, (APP/AFP) – Two police officers in the US state of Iowa were shot dead on Wednesday in an “ambush” as they sat in their cars, authorities said. “It doesn’t look like there was any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is that shot them as they sat in their cars,” […]
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Qatar population tops 2.6 million
DOHA, Nov 2, (APP/AFP) – Qatar’s population has passed the 2.6 million mark as the emirate draws in thousands of workers to build the infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup, official figures showed Wednesday. The tiny Gulf state has seen a more than four-fold increase in its population since 2000 as oil and gas […]