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Cyber sleuths who have studied a recent Facebook patent filing believe the tech giant may be in the process of making a cellphone. (Photo:AFP)

Internet giants detect more Russia-linked vote meddling

Russia's internet firm spent $4,700 on search and display ads during US polls: Google.

1 Nov 2017 4:20 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Trump is back like a bad penny

To the credit of the US voters, the most dangerous election deniers were not voted into office in the midterms.

21 Nov 2022 12:57 AM IST

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, (Image: DC)

Provocative analysis inspires fresh look at Sino-US power strife

The writer underplays China's aggressiveness in South and East China Seas and across Line of Actual Control (LAC)...

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Insurrection in America: How tail wagged the dog!

Over 150 years ago, the House of Representatives had voted 133 times to elect Nathaniel Banks as Speaker in 1856.

12 Jan 2023 12:02 AM IST

The saving grace is the White House remains the preeminent centre of political power with a capacity to govern. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Speaker battle leaves US bruised

The path ahead is filled with uncertainty in a highly polarised United States.

9 Jan 2023 12:57 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Trump makes dubious history

Mr Trump may have been charged on many counts but they will be known only after his arraignment takes place on Tuesday...

1 April 2023 12:14 AM IST

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on stage during a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt_Rourke)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of CLR, slavery & democracy in US: More nastiness' if...

C.L.R. James's once-bold claim that the U.S. embodied Karl Marx's vision faces scrutiny amid the resurgence of figures...

27 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler. (Photo: PTI/AP)

AA Edit | Attack on Trump reflects politics of hate in US

It appears as if the leaders of the world's oldest democracy were prepared to, figuratively at least, live by the sword.

15 July 2024 10:42 AM IST