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The US presidential election reaches the biggest set piece event remaining - the first debate.

The first debate of the US general election is often the most treacherous - especially for the candidate who steps on stage with the presumed advantage.

Sharemarkets fell sharply on reports that at least two members of US Federal Reserve board favour raising its base interest rate when it meets this week.

Donald Trump said the bodyguards assigned to his rival Hillary Clinton should "disarm immediately" and "see what happens".

Experts have warned a last-minute attack on Hillary Clinton could completely derail her campaign moments before the US election day.

Battling back a stubborn cough while delivering her Labor Day rally speech, Clinton took jabs at her Republican opponent Donald Trump while on the trail in Cleveland, Ohio.

Clinton cancelled two days of campaigning, inserting new speculation about her health into a campaign in which Trump has called her weak and unfit.

Hillary Clinton has stumbled, verbally and physically, in the past few days.

COMMENT: Why is the US election down to being between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Alan Duff reckons it's because the US is weird and contradictory.

Donald Trump's physician declared his patient healthier than all 43 American presidents.

The FBI's year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server uncovered 14,900 emails that had not been disclosed by her attorneys.

Documents of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin party reportedly show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump's campaign chairman.

She shares her husband's aversion to introspection or doubt, whether the topic is politics, parenting or personal relationships - but who really is Melania Trump?

Under fire Trump campaign chairman and chief strategist Paul Manafort has resigned from the campaign.

Big data analytics is helping businesses and governments to make strategic, well-informed decisions.

Donald Trump proposed a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to "those who support our values."

'He is totally nuts,' says Hollywood star.

Nude photos reveal inconsistencies in Melania's story about her early days in the United States.

Award-winning NZ Herald editorial cartoonist Rod Emmerson explains the thinking and process behind his Donald Trump illustration that appears in the world section of today’s paper.

COMMENT: The support for Trump, Sanders and Brexit is a sign that something is rotten in the state of our democracy.

Donald Trump is facing mounting criticism from leaders of his own party, as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents.

A Dublin pub has just made their trip to the bathroom a 'wee bit' more entertaining for its male customers.

COMMENT: Was America listening? There's madness around. Some of it may be anger and fear but mostly it looks like fun. Mindless, reckless, foolish fun.

COMMENT: Hillary Clinton is a perfect picture of pragmatism and power. That is the contrast.

Hillary Clinton had a lengthy to-do list yesterday: Reintroduce one of the most famous people in the world. Take down Donald Trump.

Michelle Obama made clear this week that she is all-in for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton spoke directly to Trump's constituency of white, working-class voters - but delivered in a style sharply contrasting to the Republican convention.

Trump Jr says Obama plagiarised his quote, but not before he borrowed it from Obama and both president Bushes