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Washington, Nov 9: Republican Donald Trump stunned the world on Tuesday by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path. A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to defeat Clinton, whose gold-plated

New York, Nov 9: Donald Trump cast his ballot under a hail of boos on Tuesday near his home in the Democratic stronghold of New York, in a historic presidential election pitting the billionaire Republican against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Hundreds of onlookers watched as Trump, his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared arrived Tuesday morning at their polling place at a public school

New York, Nov 9: Billionaire populist Donald Trump was poised for a possible shock victory over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's historic US presidential election, as a string of swing state victories for the Republican jolted world markets and stunned her supporters. As polls closed and media called state races one-by-one, giving the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida and North Carolina to the

California, Nov 9: A gunman with an assault rifle killed a man and critically wounded two women Tuesday in a California neighborhood near two polling sites that were shut down before the attacker was found dead inside a nearby home, authorities said. One polling place was reopened hours after a gunbattle involving the gunman and Azusa police. The shooting "had nothing to do with the ballot or

Washington, Nov 9: Eric Trump may have broken New York state law by tweeting a photo of his completed ballot. The second son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted a photo of a ballot with the oval over his father's name filled in on Tuesday. The tweet said, "It is an incredible honor to vote for my father! He will do such a great job for the U.S.A!" It was later deleted from

Washington, Nov 9: Donald Trump was on the cusp of creating history as he inched closer to clinching the US presidency with a strong showing in battleground states helping him trump Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge race. Major US news networks projected Republican candidate Trump to have won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. Clinton, 69, who grabbed the

Washington, Nov 8: Millions of Americans today lined up at polling stations to elect either the country's first woman president in its 240-year history or a political outsider in the White House as the race between Hillary Clinton and his rival Donald Trump remain too close to call. Fighting for every single vote at stake, Democratic nominee Clinton and her Republican rival Trump made their last

Washington, Nov 8: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded barbs in their final pitch to voters as the curtain came down on the ugliest campaign in US history and voting began today in the knife-edge polls that will elect America's first woman president or put a political outsider in office. Fighting for every single vote at stake, Democratic nominee Clinton and her Republican rival Trump made

Kinshasa, Nov 8: An explosion killed a child and injured 32 Indian peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, the U.N. mission there said. The blast hit the peacekeepers while they were out on a morning run in the western Goma neighbourhood of Keyshero, the mission added. The cause was not immediately clear. Ismael Salumu, an imam at a nearby mosque, said

Philadelphia, Nov 8: Closing out a wildly unpredictable White House race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters. Clinton, backed by an emotional appeal from Barack Obama, urged voters to embrace a "hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America," while Trump vowed to "beat the corrupt system." The candidates rallied voters late