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Asian markets volatile with eyes on US election
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities reversed early gains in volatile trade Wednesday as early results from the US presidential election indicated a knife-edge result, with market favourite Hillary Clinton struggling in key battleground Florida. Investors across the planet have grown increasingly confident the former secretary of state will win the vote over firebrand tycoon Donald Trump. But as the votes in Florida came in, Trump was building a healthy lead. The state is considered […]
Clinton, Trump notch early wins as US polls start closing
by Jennie MATTHEW / With Dave Clark in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump locked up their first state wins Tuesday as polling stations closed in the eastern United States, with the world waiting anxiously to see who will head to the White House. Some 200 million Americans were asked to make a historic choice — between electing the nation’s first woman president, or handing the reins of power […]
In Paris, ‘almost’ foolproof Harry’s Bar votes Hillary
by Gina DOGGETT PARIS, France (AFP) — Hillary Clinton scored a landslide victory Tuesday in a traditional Harry’s Bar “straw poll”, garnering 513 votes to 188 for Donald Trump at the legendary Paris watering hole. “Harry’s Bar never fails” to pick the winner, the owner Isabelle MacElhone told AFP before adding: “Well, hardly ever.” In fact, Harry’s has missed the mark only twice in nine decades — first when Democrat Jimmy Carter won in 1976 […]
California polling site on lockdown after shooting: reports
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two polling stations in California were placed on lockdown Tuesday following a nearby shooting that killed one person and wounded three, the authorities said. The shooting took place in early afternoon in the city of Azusa, 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, Vanessa Lozano, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, told AFP. Officers arriving at the scene found “multiple shooting victims” and came under fire, Azusa […]
Trump in last-minute appeal to voters: ‘Don’t let up
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Republican White House nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday made a last-minute appeal to voters to turn out, saying the election was “far from over,” just a few hours before the first East Coast polling stations close. Trump was looking to garner 11th hour votes in some key battleground states including Florida — without the Sunshine State, his path to the US presidency is slim at best. “Don’t let up, […]
US music stars rally voters on social media
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)Top US musicians took to social media Tuesday urging fans to vote after a presidential campaign in which celebrities overwhelmingly backed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Pop superstar Taylor Swift — who had been silent about the election — posted a picture of herself on Instagram dressed casually as she waited in a long line at a polling station. Although Swift — who performed at the 2008 Republican convention but generally stays […]
Decision time for Americans: Clinton or Trump
by Ivan Couronne, with Michael Mathes in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Millions of Americans voted Tuesday for their new leader in a historic election that will either elevate Democrat Hillary Clinton as their first woman president or hand power to maverick populist Donald Trump. As the world held its collective breath, Americans were called to choose between two radically different visions for the most powerful nation on Earth. While Clinton has a […]
Clinton casts her vote in historic US election
CHAPPAQUA, United States (AFP) – Hillary Clinton cast her ballot early Tuesday as the extraordinary US presidential race draws to a close, with the divided nation choosing whether to elect its first woman president or populist Donald Trump. Chanting “Madam President,” about 150 supporters turned out to cheer on the Democratic nominee who voted with husband Bill Clinton at an elementary school near their home in Chappaqua, New York. “I’m so happy, I’m just incredibly happy,” […]
New Hampshire hamlet gets US Election Day rolling
DIXVILLE NOTCH, United States (AFP) — The US presidential election got underway — on a small scale — as seven people in a tiny New Hampshire village cast their ballots at the stroke of midnight. Dixville Notch has had the honor of launching the voting, symbolically, since 1960. A man named Clay Smith was the first of the seven residents — five men and two women — to cast ballots as Tuesday’s long awaited Election […]
Obamas join Clinton at Philadelphia rally
by Andrew BEATTY PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday made an Election Eve show of political force at a massive rally in Philadelphia — with her president husband Bill, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle at her side. Clinton urged the roughly 40,000 people gathered near Independence Hall — where the Founding Fathers adopted both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution — to reject her “loose […]
Obama says he’s ‘betting’ voters will ‘reject fear’
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Monday made the case for Hillary Clinton at a huge rally in Philadelphia uniting the Democratic Party’s two power families, telling voters to “reject fear and choose hope” on Election Day. “I’m betting that the wisdom and decency and generosity of the American people will once again win the day and that is a bet that I have never, ever lost,” Obama said to tens of […]
