disenchantment with some voters, but, to be honest, I’m still undecided, ” Schroeter, 37, a

frustration.“ This poll reflects a growing disenchantment as people recognise the scale of the deception

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The government is considering to introduce insurance bonds as an alternative to bank guarantees, Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said here on Tuesday. Somanathan made the announcement during a meeting between industry captains and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on a two-day visit to the financial capital." Government is exploring on instituting insurance bonds as alternatives to bank guarantees," an official statement said. Bank guarantees are usually asked for while extending a lo

A new book from a veteran of the Trump administration has shed an unflattering new light on the mentality of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, whom the author claims viewed themselves as akin to royalty. According to former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, whose Trump-era memoir I’ll Take Your Questions Now is soon to be published, the two were so convinced of their own significance that they tried to barge into a meeting with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.In the book, obtained by the Washington

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TOKYO--Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, tracking an overnight rally on Wall Street as investors sought out bargains, including technology stocks. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney.... Consumer price inflation slipped to 0.7% from 0.8% in August. Also Thursday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore raised a benchmark interest rate, citing price pressures.... But a splintered opposition means the ruling Liberal Democratic Party may still have an advantage, despite growing publ

The French began voting on Sunday in an election that will decide whether pro-European Union, centrist President Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in what would amount to a political earthquake. Opinion polls in recent days gave Macron a solid and slightly growing lead as analysts said Le Pen — despite her efforts to soften her image and tone down some of her National Rally party's policies — remained unpalatable for many. But a surprise Le Pen v