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Gold prices climbed to a record high on Thursday and were headed for their best month in seven on safe-haven demand ahead of the U.S. presidential election, while investors awaited U.S. inflation report for clues on the interest rate path. Spot gold was steady at $2,786.89 per ounce, as of 0254 GMT, after hitting a record high of $2,790.15 earlier in the session. Prices have firmed 6% for the month so far.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the 39th ASEAN Roundtable, hosted by a research institute in Singapore on October 28th, the room was split. With Asia riven by an assertive China and a protectionist America, some attendees called for hard-headed thinking about trade-offs.

US elections, Bitcoin prices have climbed over the $71,000 mark for the first time since June. The digital currency increased by more than 2%, reaching $71,310 while other cryptocurrencies, such as Ether and Dogecoin, also saw gains of about 4%. Bitcoin is often linked to Donald Trump’s campaign because he has been vocal about supporting digital assets and even vowed to make the US the crypto capital of the planet while Kamala Harris has called for a regulatory framework for digital assets.

His remarks, made in response to a comedian's derogatory comment about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally, have opened a door for Trump to shift focus away from his own controversial campaign tactics. Biden criticised the comedian's description of Puerto Rico as a «floating island of garbage,» asserting that the people of Puerto Rico are «good, decent, and honourable.» However, his defence sparked a political uproar, detracting from Vice President Kamala Harris's key closing speech on Tuesday evening, CNN reported.

Tim Walz has been standing rock solid beside Kamala Harris ever since she joined the Presidential elections but it looks like he may end up losing his own home state, Minnesota, and there could be a multitude of reasons for that. Meanwhile, A Minnesota Post survey has now revealed that the fears are right, and Walz and Harris can indeed lose out on Minnesota, that could prove to be of strategic importance for Donald Trump and JD Vance.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the swing states, which would be extremely crucial in deciding which candidate will ultimately reach the White House after November.

Kamala Harris' latest strategies in the last phase of the election campaign in the United States, is arguably not going well with US voters. Apparently calling Donald Trump a 'fascist' is not cutting through with voters and Harris has now been warned to refrain from adapting such strategies as it may not look good in terms of the candidates' overall outlook.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the «Terminator» star and former Republican governor of California, endorsed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday as the only way to «turn the page» on Donald Trump's divisiveness. The former bodybuilder, 77, said that while he had issues with both major parties, Trump's rhetoric calling the United States «a trash can for the world» had made him «furious.» With just days until the November 5 election, Schwarzenegger becomes the latest of dozens of prominent former Republican officials — including former vice president Dick Cheney — to endorse the Democratic candidate for president over Trump.

Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris has divided the U.S. electorate along lines of gender, race and education, with Trump improving his standing among men — particularly Hispanic men — while Harris' support has surged among women, helping her cut away at the Republicans' longstanding edge with white voters. The following figures draw from an analysis of more than 14,000 responses by registered voters in Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted in October of this year and in the same month of 2020. The numbers have levels of precision between 2 and 6 percentage points. * Among women, Harris led Trump this month by 12 percentage points: 50% to 38%. By comparison, Biden led Trump by 5 points among women voters in October 2020. Some respondents in the polls said they were unsure how they would vote, or that they might pick a third-party candidate or not vote at all.

Donald Trump addressed supporters at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, calling for a surprising show of unity and forgiveness towards President Joe Biden. Trump’s remarks followed Biden’s recent comment describing Trump’s supporters as “garbage” during a get-out-the-vote call with Voto Latino, a statement that quickly drew criticism. Referring to Biden's words, Trump urged his supporters to “forgive” the president, framing the appeal as a demonstration of unity amid deepening partisan divides, as mentioned in a report by Fox News. At the rally, Trump compared Biden’s comments to Hillary Clinton’s infamous 2016 remark calling some of Trump’s supporters “deplorables.” Trump quipped, “Garbage, I think, is worse,” and went on to say, “But he [Biden] doesn’t know. You have to please forgive him.”

Kamala Harris signs disappearing from her Springfield, Missouri, front yard, Laura McCaskill taped a tracking device to one to see where it might end up. That led her to a blue Kia sedan in a nearby town, where a young man admitted he had stolen her sign, along with dozens of others, according to a video shot by McCaskill. «Um, yeah, so if you want them back they're right there,» he said as he stood next to a trunk filled with Harris signs. As the Nov. 5 election between Harris and Republican Donald Trump draws near, people across the U.S. are reporting a rash of yard-sign thefts — and turning to a range of remedies to stop them, from surveillance cameras and GPS trackers to low-tech solutions like glitter and hot peppers to deter would-be thieves.

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Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X

Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role

A prime-time CNN discussion that went off the rails led to a conservative writer being thrown off the air and banned from the network

The Commerce Department's advance estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product on Wednesday will be published less than a week before Americans head to the polls on Nov. 5 to choose between Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party candidate, and former President Donald Trump. Polls show the race is a toss-up. Americans, who list the economy as a top election issue, have chafed at high food and housing costs, even as the economy has defied forecasts of a recession and continues to outperform its global peers.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) traded around $73,000 Tuesday for the first time since March, gaining traction ahead of the U.S. presidential election as investors poured billions into spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

Donald Trump's Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk's X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president's social media platform, as per a report. Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10 billion after its shares more than quadrupled since late September. Meanwhile, X Holdings is valued at around $9.4 billion, based on the most recent value the investment group Fidelity assigned to its stake in the company formerly known as Twitter, AP reported. The stock of Trump Media, or TMTG, tends to move more with Trump’s re-election odds than on its own profit prospects and investors have seen his chances of retaking the presidency improving of late. On Tuesday, the stock rose more than 12 per cent to $53.30, on top of a 21.6 per cent gain Monday. The stock was moving so sharply that trading was briefly halted several times during the morning. The stock had dropped to roughly $12 late last month.

Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of Trump's relationship with Melania. Jimmy Kimmel covered Donald Trump's recent rally at Madison Square Garden on Monday after taking a week off. He focused on an awkward moment between the former president and his wife, Melania, on stage, as quoted in a report by the Daily Beast. Kimmel joked that Melania Trump's rare appearance was in accordance with section 3, Subsection 2.7 of her prenuptial agreement. Observe the interactions between these two lovers. They have positively smoldering chemistry. Melania pushed Trump into a more formal kiss on the cheek after he appeared to try to kiss her on the lips in a rally video that Kimmel played. Watching a man and his wife attempt to avoid smudging each other's Bronson cream is the most beautiful thing in the world, stated Kimmel as quoted in a report by the Daily Beast.

US Elections in November, by resigning from his own Presidential ticket as an Independent. This may not have gone well with some of the Independents in the swing state brackets, and voters may end up not choosing Trump, and choose RFK's ballot, thus giving a clear advantage to Harris in these circumstances.