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Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump are having a very tough and competitive race across the seven battleground states, revealed a Washington Post or Scholar School Poll. According to Reuters, Kamala Harris is having 51 per cent support in Georgia compared to Donald Trump’s 47 per cent whereas Donald Trump is having a slight edge in Arizona with 49 per cent support compared to Kamala Harris’s 46 per cent support. Reuters noted that both the poll findings fall within a poll’s margin of error of near about +-4.5 per cent points which was based on a pretty recent survey of approximately 5,016 registered voters. Also Read: Donald Trump ahead of Kamala Harris in these three swing states which he is looking to flip

security adviser and the deputy minister of foreign affairs reportedly provided “sensitive intelligence about India to The Washington Post days before the RCMP publicly alleged that Indian government agents have been linked to homicides, extortions and other violent criminal activities in Canada,” leading Canadian daily Global and Mail alleged in its new report. “Two sources say Nathalie Drouin, a former deputy minister at Justice and now Mr. Trudeau’s top national security and intelligence adviser, and David Morrison, deputy minister at Global Affairs, gave a briefing on India’s interference operations in Canada to The Washington Post in the week before Thanksgiving. The intelligence was not to be reported until RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme held a news conference on Thanksgiving Day,” The Globe and Mail reported quoting two sources. A spokesperson for Ms. Drouin and Mr. Morris denied any classified information was shared, according to Globe and Mail.

In its biannual World Economic Outlook, the Washington-based organisation revised its UK growth forecast for 2024 to 1.1%, up from the 0.7% predicted in July. However, its projection for 1.5% growth in 2025 remained unchanged.  This change in the UK's economic outlook was the second largest uptick in projections since July among advanced economies, with only Spain receiving a larger predicted increase of 0.5%.  IMF urges Reeves to temper debt levels to avoid triggering 'adverse market reaction' Ahead of her first major fiscal event next week, Reeves embraced the IMF's predictions: ...

The global war against inflation has largely been won — and at surprisingly little cost to economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has declared

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks...

New York magazine says the publication and star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi have decided jointly to “part ways."

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A federal rule banning fake online reviews is now in effect

Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class

U.S. Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans' bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries like China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits on certain business transactions. The proposal, which was previewed in March, implements an executive order issued earlier this year by President Joe Biden which aims to keep foreign adversaries from using accessible American financial and genomic data and health data for cyber attacks, espionage and blackmail. In addition to China, Russia and Iran, the rule would also apply to Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.

Piyush Goyal, declared that the H1B visa issue is now «a thing of the past» during a meeting at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi. He emphasized that the topic would no longer be a point of discussion in international dialogues, marking a shift in focus towards other areas of economic and strategic partnerships. Minister Goyal's recent visit to the United States included a two-day stay in New York, where he met with CEOs of major companies to discuss reforms initiated by the Modi government aimed at boosting foreign investments in India, particularly in the pharmaceutical and diamond sectors.

Robert Roberson‘s capital punishment sentence was based on junk science and a misdiagnosis of “shaken baby syndrome,” the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked his execution.The move to halt Roberson’s execution is temporary, but came less than two hours before the 57-year-old death row inmate was scheduled to die by lethal injection.According to the Washington Post, Roberson could have been the first American to receive the death penalty for a conviction related to shaken baby syndrome, a brain injury caused by forcefully shaking an infant or toddler. The condition can cause permanent brain damage or death.Roberson was put on death row when he was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter after he brought her to a hospital in Palestine, Texas, in 2002.

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According to NBC News, an investigation that was part of a broader inquiry into Donald Trump’s financial benefits during his Presidency highlighted the overcharging of Donald Trump’s Washington Hotel. NBC News noted that the report from House Democrats allegedly claims that various ambassadors and individuals seeking jobs and pardons also paid a hefty amount to stay at the Trump International Hotel.

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises

The Federal Aviation Administration is opening a new review of safety at Boeing

The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end

Global finance leaders are facing a major uncertainty as they meet in Washington next week: Who will win the U.S. presidential election and shape the policies of the world’s biggest economy

An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said