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HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton accused her Republican White House rival Donald Trump Monday of launching his political career by supporting a “racist” theory that questioned Barack Obama’s citizenship. “He tried to put the whole racist ‘birther’ lie to bed,” the Democrat said as the pair clashed in their first presidential debate, referring to Trump’s recent admission that Obama was born in the United States. “But it can’t be dismissed that easily. He […]
HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded blows on the debate stage Monday over the Democrat’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, and the Republican billionaire’s refusal to release his tax history. “I will release my tax returns against my lawyer’s wishes when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted,” Trump said when pressed on the issue during their crucial first White House debate. “I […]
HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of peddling “trumped up trickle down” economics Monday on the presidential debate stage, as the candidates clashed in fiery exchanges over how to create American jobs. “I will bring back jobs. You can’t bring back jobs,” Trump fired at Clinton, as the pair tangled over trade, taxes and government regulations in the opening half of their 90-minute debate. “I know you live in your own reality, […]
by Jennie MATTHEW with Andrew Beatty in Washington HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out swinging in a crunch US presidential debate Monday, with the Republican and Democrat aggressively pitching their case to tens of millions of viewers. Clinton hit her rival as coming from a “very fortunate” background and called on voters to judge them both on the basis of “who can shoulder the immense, awesome responsibilities of the presidency.” Trump […]
HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Democrat Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump took the stage Monday for their crucial first presidential debate, in what could be the most watched US political event in years. The two White House hopefuls, in a virtual dead heat in polls with barely six weeks before the November 8 election, cordially shook hands as they readied for a 90-minute face-off. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may be one of the most hyped events in US politics, but the hosts managed overlook one small detail. The name of the Democratic nominee, the first woman in American history to win a major party nomination for president, was misspelled on souvenir tickets handed out to students at Hofstra University. The tickets given to 350 students who won coveted […]
by Jennie Matthew with Michael Mathes in Washington HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off Monday in one of the most consequential presidential debates in modern US history, with up to 100 million viewers to tune in for the hotly-anticipated political duel. With polls tightening into a virtual dead heat, the stakes could hardly be higher: the first woman to win the White House nomination for a major US […]
by Nova SAFO WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A gunman, who police say was wearing military attire with Nazi emblems, opened fire in Houston on Monday just before daybreak, wounding nine people before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The shooter was a Houston-area lawyer, the Texas city’s police chief Martha Montalvo told a news conference. But, authorities would not identify the man by name, pending further investigation and notification of his family. […]
by Brigitte Dusseau WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The lengthy US presidential campaign is careening towards a 90-minute Monday showdown, with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump squaring off in their first televised debate as they sit nearly neck and neck in the polls. The event, which is expected to be watched — and parsed — by tens of millions of Americans, could draw a record number of viewers when it kicks off […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Tens of thousands of unionised workers at South Korea’s Hyundai Motor staged their first full strike on Monday for more than a decade after negotiations over a wage increase stalled. Nearly 50,000 workers at Hyundai Motor’s three plants across the country — including the main one in the southern city of Ulsan — walked off the job throughout Monday, said a spokesman for its labour union. The day-long stoppage is […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan evacuated thousands of tourists from outlying islands Monday and set up nearly 100 shelters across the island as it braced for its third typhoon in two weeks. The east coast is still reeling from damage caused by Super Typhoon Meranti earlier this month — the strongest storm for 21 years to hit Taiwan — followed by Typhoon Malakas. The same part of the island is in the firing line again […]
