As the death toll rose and waters began to recede, Romney's campaign did try to "walk back" his old FEMA comments, writes Tracey Barnett. "Good luck with that."

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.

The message seems clear, writes Tapu Misa. "Being poor isn't that bad. We feel your pain. We've struggled, too, and look how well we've done."

Teenagers, upon turning 18, do not suddenly gain more political knowledge or understanding, writes Philip Greatrex. So why not lower the voting age?

This month is the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, so we're going to hear a great deal about the weeks when the world almost died, writes Gwynne Dyer.