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2024 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds during a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2024
Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women and Hispanics
Harris leads Trump 45% to 41% in the poll published Thursday.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (center) and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, disembark from their campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2024
VCs want Harris to prioritize abortion rights and pro-tech policies
Of about 800 venture capitalists who signed an open letter of support, 225 detailed their reasons for endorsing Harris and the policies they favor in a survey.
Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2024
Trump adds former Democrats RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to transition team
Trump's move risks reinforcing criticism that he is embracing figures espousing fringe or extreme views in his bid to return to power.
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2024
Special counsel investigating Trump proceeds with 2020 election case
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed an updated indictment that removes several pages of allegations following a Supreme Court ruling.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the United Nations' COP28 climate change conference in Dubai on Dec. 2. Harris and Donald Trump are poles apart when it comes to climate change.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2024
America’s coming climate election
Clearly, the positions of the two U.S. presidential candidates on the climate crisis could not be more different.
South Korean flags in Mokpo, South Korea, on Aug. 16
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2024
South Korea sees U.S. by its side regardless of who is in White House
North Korea, meanwhile, sees U.S. policy toward it as remaining hostile regardless of who is in the White House.
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan attends a plenary session during the summit on peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad near Lucerne, Switzerland, in June.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2024
With election approaching, U.S. national security chief to visit China
During three days of talks starting Tuesday in Beijing, Jake Sullivan will discuss issues ranging from Taiwan to bilateral military talks.
Donald Trump welcomes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. onstage during a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday after Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends White House bid and endorses Trump
Analysts are mixed on the effect Kennedy's exit will have on the presidential race and how much of his supporters will gravitate to Trump or Harris.
U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband, second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, wave from the stage on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2024
Harris faces challenge of translating convention joy to fall momentum
Trump is no pushover, and history is littered with presidential candidates who roused their partisans at conventions only to fall short come November.
A television station broadcasts U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Chair Jerome Powell speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2024
Powell's Fed not shy about election-year cuts and ready to defend job market
The Fed chief sent a strong signal that the central bank will start cutting interest rates in mid-September, roughly seven weeks before the Nov. 5 election.
Attendees wave the U.S. flag after Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2024
Democrats taste victory in November. But are they too confident?
In a series of speeches during the party's convention, several people issued stern warnings for anyone believing the happy talk that November's election will be easy.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrives to speak on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2024
Harris accepts historic nomination to start election sprint
Her challenge now is to harness the energy and excitement of a party reinvigorated by her rapid ascent.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president, at Nassau County State Supreme Court in Mineola, New York, on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to end his presidential campaign
Kennedy’s departure from the race would be the end of one of the more bizarre and surprisingly durable third-party presidential bids in modern American history.
A drone view shows Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, on Aug. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2024
Trump earns big from Florida golf resorts as his other businesses flag
The health of Donald Trump’s golf business is a bright spot at a precarious moment for the Trump Organization.
An influencer uses a phone at the United Center, ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2024
At DNC, influencers battle journalists for space and access
The Democratic National Convention has credentialed more than 200 "content creators" to cover the four-day event.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama waves after speaking on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday night.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2024
Obama night at the DNC: Barack and Michelle rouse crowd for Harris
Obama has thrown his considerable political capital behind Harris as she seeks to make history herself on Nov. 5 as the first woman president.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Livingston County Sheriff's Office in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2024
Trump pushes agenda in town with historic links to white extremism
Donald Trump did not speak out against hate during his 45-minute remarks in a Michigan town with historic ties to white supremacy.
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Nashville, Tennessee, in July.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2024
Kennedy reportedly considering ending campaign to join Trump
As an independent, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could siphon enough votes away in the tight race to have an impact.
U.S. President Joe Biden enters the stage after an introduction by his daughter, Ashley Biden, on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2024
Joe Biden begins a long and necessary goodbye
It took grace, maturity and generosity for Biden to bow out. A measure of resentment has also accompanied his exit.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 20, 2024
Democratic Party platform emphasizes Asia, but muted on Harris
The platform laid out a familiar list of priorities and also criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over his shaky history with regional allies.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.

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