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Speaking in a meeting with US business leaders and financial experts in New York on Wednesday, Abe said that in the late 2030s, a maglev train linking Tokyo to Nagoya in central Japan will take just 40 minutes - an hour shorter than currently required for the shinkansen bullet train. The two cities are about 260km apart, as the crow flies.
If you're looking for choice when it comes to the presidential debates, then be prepared to be spoilt rotten by YouTube. Not to be outdone by the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Google's video platform is now offering more live-streams of the main event than ever before.
When she actually makes public appearances and isn't coughing or fainting, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton loves to pretend to be some kind of political outsider who sides with the people. But she's so in bed with special interests -- and has been for decades -- that Clinton has earned for herself such campaign-destroying nicknames as the " Bride of Frankenfood ," a denotation for her strong financial and political ties to agrichemical giants like Monsanto.
While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prepare for their first one-on-one debate on Monday, aides in both their campaigns are expressing concern over how it will all go down. The Trump campaign's major concern: The candidate's limited preparation.
The first presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton will be held Monday, September 26, 2016, at Hofstra University in New York. The debate is slated to run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific time .
Rumblings=> Hillary Clinton May Cancel Debate on Monday - On Tuesday Hillary Clinton canceled her campaign fundraiser in North Carolina. - The campaign offered no explanation for the cancellation. - Hillary Clinton canceled several events after she collapsed at Ground Zero on 9-11.
Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez is lending his voice to support Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and potentially drum up Latino voters. In a video released Wednesday and paid for by the Washington-based Latino Victory Project, the man known as the "King of Ranchera" music sings about working "hand-in-hand" for a Clinton victory.
Bill Clinton delivered an emotional defense of his family's charitable foundation Wednesday, applauding contributors for having "validated hope and possibilities." The former president spoke at the close of the final meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, an arm of the broader Clinton Foundation.
Heriberto Ferrer doesn't want to vote for Donald Trump - but he says he can't rule it out, his open-mindedness forced by his low opinion of Hillary Clinton. "I don't want Trump to win.
At a campaign event Wednesday, Clinton pledged to "build an inclusive economy that welcomes people with disabilities." She was speaking at the Frontline Outreach Family and Youth Center in Orlando, Florida.
16, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump states that "President Barack Obama was born in the United States," during a news conference in Washington. The public recor... .
20, 2016. . King Felipe of Spain, top center, listens to speakers at the Leader's Refugee Summit while sitting behind U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly... .
Donald Trump needs to use Monday's debate to convince more than just his base supporters that he can be president. Since Richard Nixon's sweaty, pasty look during the televised 1960 forum against John F. Kennedy, there isn't really one debate you can point to that cost or won a candidate the election.
Journalist Carl Bernstein, one of America's leading investigative reporters and a longtime friend of Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and current Libertarian nominee for vice president under former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson Bill Weld should leave Libertarian ticket and support Clinton Poll: Clinton has slim lead in Wisconsin NH poll: Clinton leads Trump by 9 MORE Hillary Rodham Clinton Bill Weld should leave Libertarian ticket and support Clinton Clinton camp fears debate moderators will 'lower the bar' for Trump Clinton: Police shootings need 'to become intolerable' MORE This is a fascinating idea, though it should be noted that shortly after Bernstein made the statement, Weld denied he would leave the ticket and called it "wishful thinking."
If Democrats and Republicans agree on anything before the presidential election, it's that the U.S. needs more government spending. And the stocks poised to benefit most from that aren't being properly valued, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. They're companies that get more than 20 percent of sales from U.S. largesse, ranging from aerospace and defense stocks to managed-care providers and industrial manufacturers.
Whatever side of the political divide you fall on, there's a good chance you'll agree with me when I say that this has been a pretty bizarre election cycle. This week has seen Seth Meyers on Late Night and Samantha Bee on Full Frontal making their stance against Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump quite clear.
To half the country, it's a sure win for Hillary Clinton, who will expose Donald Trump's shallow store of knowledge, his intemperate habit of insult and insouciance, his division of diversity into us and them. To the other half, Trump will destroy his foe with a glance of his lance, ripping away the shroud of secrecy in which Her Majesty conceals the codes to the missing emails.
What a moment for President Barack Obama to deliver his valedictory address to the United Nations on Tuesday - defending the liberal international order at a time when it's under severe stress around the world. Obama's speech was preceded by some sickening reminders of how global security is fraying.