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Japan PM Set To Form Minority Government

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a parliament vote expected to keep him in the job, but with a fragile grip on power
Ishiba, 67, took office in early October and called a snap election which he hoped would shore up his mandate as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make a final blitz of the US swing states

Final US Campaign Blitz For Harris And Trump

Republican Trump has promised a "landslide" as he seeks a sensational return to the White House, while Democrat Harris said the "momentum" was on the side of her bid to be America's first woman president.
AFP news Nov 04, 2024
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are barnstorming the US swing states as Election Day looms, holding dueling rallies Friday in Milwaukee

Harris, Trump Converge On Milwaukee As US Election Looms

Republican Trump will return to the venue where he was crowned his party's presidential nominee over the summer, his ear bandaged in bright white gauze after he was wounded in an attempted assassination just days earlier, while Democrat Harris will lean on the star power of rapper Cardi B to outshine her rival.
AFP news Nov 01, 2024
The bait-and-switch disinformation tactic appears to target actors across the political spectrum.

Deceptive 'Bait-and-switch' Facebook Groups Snare US Voters: Study

The Washington-based American Sunlight Project analyzed over 300 groups on the Meta-owned platform that masquerade as pro-Harris pages while misleading the Democratic contender's supporters with abusive, hateful posts or capitalize on her popularity to promote merchandise.
AFP news Nov 01, 2024
Some economists warn that a weaker headline hiring figure in the wake of devastating Hurricane Helene could affect how people view economic conditions

US Election Race Awaits Employment Data

The Labor Department's report on hiring and unemployment will be closely scrutinized by the teams of both candidates -- Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump -- but the numbers will be distorted by fallout from devastating hurricanes and a major strike.
AFP news Nov 01, 2024
Businesses and economists worry Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will offer tax cuts and higher spending, and go slow on reforms needed to improve competitiveness

Worries For Japan Economy After Election Shock

Post-war Japan has long been a byword for political stability with the conservative, market-friendly Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power for all but four of the last 69 years.
AFP news Oct 30, 2024
Harris will travel to North Carolina and then to Pennsylvania, two major battleground states

Trump, Harris In Frantic Campaign Push As US Election Nears

Harris will travel to North Carolina and then to Pennsylvania, focusing again on two of seven battleground states that could determine who wins the closest, oddest and most consequential election in modern US history.
AFP news Oct 30, 2024
Georgian opposition supporters rally in Tbilisi against the results of parliamentary elections that the opposition says was rigged to show a win for the ruling Georgian Dream party

Georgia To Partially Recount Disputed Votes

Pro-Western opposition parties have refused to recognize the results of Saturday's vote, which they claim was falsified in favor of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Tens of thousands joined a protest rally in Tbilisi on Monday.
AFP news Oct 29, 2024
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, has said he will not quit despite his ruling coalition losing its majority in elections

Bruised Japan PM Scrambles For Support

Official results showed that Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito suffered their worst election result since 2009 in the vote on Sunday.
AFP news Oct 29, 2024
Beyonce's backing for Harris comes on the heels of an endorsement from Taylor Swift and campaign appearances from a galaxy of artists, from Lizzo, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen to Eminem, Megan Thee Stallion and Usher

Beyonce V Joe Rogan: Stars Power Up US Election

Solidly Republican Texas makes an unorthodox stop just days before November 5, especially for Harris who could be working to revive her momentum in the battleground states set to decide the vote.
AFP news Oct 25, 2024
Shigeru Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party could fall short of a majority at Sunday's election, polls show

New Japan PM Sweats For Majority In Snap Election

Ishiba took office and called an election less than a month ago after a tough contest within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed for all but four of the last 69 years.
AFP news Oct 24, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris will field voters' questions in must-win Pennsylvania

Harris To Face Voters' Queries In Crucial Pennsylvania

Kamala Harris faces voters' questions at a live forum Wednesday in must-win Pennsylvania as the vice president and her rival Donald Trump battle for undecided voters in the closing stretch of an extremely close White House race.
AFP news Oct 23, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk, in his push to reelect Republican Donald Trump, has offered to give $1 million to a random registered voter in one of seven key states every day until election day if they sign a petition to enter the drawing

Is Musk's Million-dollar US Voter Lottery Legal?

While Democratic candidate Kamala Harris's campaign has not commented on the contest, Josh Shapiro, the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, said on NBC's Meet the Press: "I think it's something that law enforcement should take a look at."
AFP news Oct 22, 2024
Americans will have a historic choice on November 5: either electing Kamala Harris as the nation's first woman president, or making Donald Trump the first convicted felon to reach the White House

Harris And Trump Push For Every Vote With Just 14 Days To Go

Both campaigns are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into a final push for any wavering, undecided voters who could tilt the balance in their favor, with polls consistently showing their candidates in a dead heat ahead of Election Day.
AFP news Oct 22, 2024
Disinformation peddlers commonly use terms such as 'breaking news'

Beware: US Election Disinformation Masked As 'Breaking News'

"Breaking" news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods.
AFP news Oct 21, 2024
Elon Musk, pictured (right) with Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, has donated $75 million to Trump's reelection effort

Musk Stumps For Trump In Key US Swing State

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has emerged as a major voice in US politics but is accused of turning the social media platform Twitter, now known as X, into a megaphone for right-wing conspiracy theories since acquiring it in 2022.
AFP news Oct 18, 2024
Trump and Harris are both campaigning in the key swing state of Pennsylvania

Harris Slams Trump Over Military Threat To 'Enemy From Within'

Early voting is underway in most of America, with polling suggesting an agonizingly tight race nationally and a margin-of-error tussle in Pennsylvania and the other hotly-contested swing states likely to determine the outcome.
AFP news Oct 15, 2024
The LDP has governed Japan almost uninterrupted for decades, albeit with frequent leader changes

Japan Election Campaigns Kick Off For Oct 27 Vote

Loudspeaker trucks began circulating and candidates handed out fliers ahead of the vote. Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.
AFP news Oct 15, 2024
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks to a morning service at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia as he campaigns for fellow Democrat Kamala Harris

Harris, Trump Seek Advantage In Knife-edge Election Battle

Harris was in North Carolina, a state hard-hit by a hurricane two weeks ago that devastated several communities and left more than 235 people dead across the US Southeast, as she seeks to counter Trump's claims that federal agencies have done little to help storm victims.
AFP news Oct 14, 2024
During this razor-close US presidential campaign between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, political satire has morphed into misinformation across social media sites

'Stolen Satire' Feeds US Election Misinformation

Ahead of the National Football League regular season, social media users falsely claimed the Minnesota Vikings had denounced Tim Walz, the state's governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate, questioning his leadership.
AFP news Oct 14, 2024

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