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Investors braced for a tight U.S. election with the potential for the contest to drag on, as the outcome appeared to rest on a handful of pivotal states that could take days to reach a final tally.

Four years after Donald Trump became the first Republican in a generation to capture the trio of states, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin were again positioned to influence the direction of the presidential election. Trump kept several states, includi...

Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado and Republicans picked one up in Alabama in the battle for control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's elections. In Georgia, a Republicanheld seat was now headed to a January runoff.

Oil rose around 2% on Wednesday after industry data showed crude inventories in the United States fell sharply, but trading was choppy as the outcome of the U.S. presidential election remained unclear.

Investors' hopes for a decisive early read on the U.S. election were dampened after mixed initial voting results on Tuesday night, which also raised doubts about an easy route to a massive fiscal stimulus package.

Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville has recaptured a U.S. Senate seat for Republicans by defeating Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama. Jones had widely been considered the Senates most endangered Democrat.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla stressed on India"s commitment to promote and contribute to infrastructure, connectivity, economic projects and supply chains in the region by always prioritising the needs of the host community.

The controversy erupted on Friday after the emergence of an interview on YouTube with Fernando Simon, the public face of Spain's response to the pandemic who runs the health ministry's emergencies unit.

The battle to achieve a majority 270 electoral votes has been so close that knowing the winner could take until into Wednesday or even longer, and lead to legal battles over the vote count.

Trump sought to sow doubt over the counting of ballots beyond election day.

The Latest on Senate races in the 2020 election (all times local):

Voters across the U.S. received anonymous robocalls in the days and weeks before Election Day urging them to stay safe and stay home an ominous warning that election experts said could be an effort to scare voters into sitting out the election.

The three ISBTs which resumed services here after a gap of nearly seven months due to COVID-19 pandemic saw a small crowd of passengers and lesser number of buses on Tuesday. The Delhi government had on Monday announced resumption of the inter-state bus...

Democrats are favored to emerge from 14 hotly contested U.S. Senate races with full control of Congress in Tuesday's election, but final results from at least five of those contests may not be available for days, and in some cases, months.

Oil prices rose over 2% on Tuesday, advancing with other financial markets on U.S. Election Day although traders were bracing for volatility depending on the voting results and as surging coronavirus cases around the world fed worries about fuel demand.

Bayer is facing a double hit from a higher legal bill for claims relating to weedkiller Roundup as well as 9.25 billion euros ($10.82 billion) in impairments on agriculture businesses, much of it related to its Monsanto deal.