New York: The US dollar rose slightly against other major currencies as investors remained cautious about the upcoming results of the US mid-term elections. In late New York trading on Tuesday, the euro fell to $1.1412 from $1.1417 in the previous session, and the British pound increased to $1.3093 from[Read More…]
Tag: US Election
Facebook knows it has 270 mn fake accounts
Already under the lens for its role in Russia’s meddling into the 2016 US election, Facebook has admitted that up to 270 million accounts on the platform are either fake or duplicate. The social media giant this week released its third-quarter earning and buried in those results, it disclosed that[Read More…]
Misogyny played a role in election failure, says Hillary Clinton
Putin denies interfering in US election
Zuckerberg denies Facebook role in US elections
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday denied the idea that fake news on the social website has influenced the US presidential elections. Zuckerberg spoke at Technonomy conference in an interaction with David Kirkpatrick, who asked about Facebook’s role in the recently concluded US Presidential elections. Facebook has been under scathing[Read More…]
Meet this Indian man who helped Trump become President
The US presidential election has come to an end and Donald Trump is all set to be the 45th President. In the thick of the action in Arizona, a state which voted for the tycoon is the campaign strategist and the executive director of the Arizona Republican party, Avinash Iragavarapu.[Read More…]
What Donald Trump’s victory could mean for India
Donald Trump’s dumbfounding victory over Hillary Clinton in the US elections has sent shockwaves across the world. Many countries are now re-evaluating their stand with the US and what the shock result means to them. India too is now gearing up with plans and probabilities of Trump’s move to the[Read More…]
Of all world leaders, Putin the happiest about Trump’s victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in US elections. The Kremlin said that it hoped to work with him on improving relations between the two countries, reported AFP. Putin ‘expressed hope for mutual work on bringing US-Russia relations out of their critical condition as[Read More…]
US Elections 2016: Polls open in 9 states
Polling stations have opened as the first ballots are cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. Voters in nine states – Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Virginia – got first crack at electing the new president, with the rest[Read More…]
I will give you a blowjob if you vote for Hillary Clinton says Madonna
Pop star Madonna at Amy Schumer’s performance in New York on Tuesday night promised the crowd sexual favors in exchange for their support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “If you vote for Hillary Clinton, I will give you a blowjob. OK?” the 58-year-old singer told an audience at New York’s Madison[Read More…]