Barack Obama will return to the White House for a second term, saying the "best is yet to come". But does it make any difference to NZ who wins?

Matt McCarten gives his view on the American presidential election.

Ted Zorn writes that Romney and his campaign have made a concerted effort to appear more palatable to the general electorate by offering positions in apparent contradiction to those on which he campaigned in the primaries.

Obama became the first Democrat in four decades to carry Virginia, but the lives of many of its black inhabitants have certainly not improved over the past four years.

President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are neck and neck in the race for the White House.

The implication that the US is using the TPP as a bayonet to thrust at the Chinese is far from the only thing that should bother us, writes Toby Manhire.

The head of law firm Slater & Gordon says the continued raising of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's role as a union lawyer and allegations from the 1990s that her then boyfriend misused union money are a "sideshow".

The challenges for India and for those doing business here are not for the faint-hearted, but there are some real success and innovation stories, writes Mai Chen.

Like a teacher with a particularly stubborn pupil, President Barack Obama gave a masterclass in foreign policy to Mitt Romney in their third and final presidential debate.

Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of being consistently wrong on foreign affairs as the two US presidential rivals squared off in their third and final debate.

See a live stream and commentary as US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet in their last debate before the November 7 election.