Can Elon Musk run for US presidency? Here's all about America Party and its political goalsElon Musk has launched a new political group called the America Party following tensions with Donald Trump and the GOP. The party aims to b...
08 Jul, 2025, 03.42 AM IST
A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief's nomination fightTulsi Gabbard is facing renewed scrutiny over her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad as she awaits her confirmation as Preside...
29 Jan, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
What's gone horribly wrong with the US college admission systemApplicants have more anxiety than ever. Elite schools have more power than ever. Something had to give.
10 May, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
Biden vs Trump would be a close rematch, with RFK Jr a threat to Biden: Reuters/Ipsos pollBiden, an 81-year-old Democrat, continues to be plagued by voters' doubts about the strength of the economy, as well as concerns about the ...
13 Dec, 2023, 07.06 AM IST
Tesla's self-driving tech's 'failure' to detect kids on road sparks rowThe Guardian reported that a professional test driver found that the FSD software "failed to detect the child-sized figure at an average sp...
11 Aug, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Tech titans on guard, even as they work to make world more openSilicon Valley’s stars secretly funded a lawsuit to bring down a gossip site, the overwhelming response in the tech community has been: Mor...
28 May, 2016, 01.10 PM IST
Ask Amartya Sen why he will not engage in a debate with me: Jagdish N BhagwatiWhat I have objected to are the specific anti-poverty policies that Professor Sen has backed, in one way or another.
03 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Selection of Jim Yong Kim as World Bank president is impossible to condone but easy to explainThe World Bank president selection process suffered from inequities and non-transparent features that undermined the US' claim to the contr...
30 Apr, 2012, 06.40 AM IST
Can America afford a $10 billion election?Is election finance in US out of control? Sure, $10 bn is not much for an economy the size of US. But only a tiny minority of wealthy Ameri...
29 Jan, 2012, 12.53 PM IST
- Working class could swing fortunes in US
One of the most discussed characters in this presidential election is a man called Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher the plumber-of Toledo, Ohio. ...
01 Nov, 2008, 06.39 AM IST
- Working class could swing fortunes in US
One of the most discussed characters in this presidential election is a man called Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher-Joe the plumber-of Toledo, Oh...
01 Nov, 2008, 06.39 AM IST
- Forgotten candidates for US president may still impact race
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have captured the limelight in the race for the US presidency, but they are not the only o...
24 Oct, 2008, 10.35 AM IST
- Is Denver big enough for Sean Penn and Obama Girl?
Entertainers at all levels of political seriousness are finding their niches on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. In Pic...
28 Aug, 2008, 03.22 AM IST
- Majority of Americans believe Obama will win election: poll
A majority of Americans believe that Democratic candidate Barack Obama will win the presidential election against Republican hopeful John M...
25 Jul, 2008, 08.49 AM IST
- Obama spends nearly $43 million in February
Barack Obama's campaign spent at the rate of nearly $1.5 million (euro970,000) a day in February.
21 Mar, 2008, 09.39 AM IST
- 'March 4 loss will end Hillary's bid'
Hillary Clinton appeared to be losing turf to frontrunner Barack Obama in delegate-rich Ohio and Texas states where, her star campaigner an...
26 Feb, 2008, 03.54 AM IST
- Gallows humour apart, Mullen still drives with Chrysler
The same day investor Kirk Kerkorian offered $4.5 billion for money-losing Chrysler Corp, a car salesman in Southold, New York, dusted off ...
21 Apr, 2007, 12.08 AM IST