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By Phil Noble, Reuters Catherine, Princess of Wales Photo: AFP / Will Warr / Prince and Princess Of Wales Catherine, Princess of Wales Photo: AFP / Will Warr / Prince and Princess Of Wales Britain's Prince William says his wife Kate is doing "really well" and has been amazing in a year when she has undergone preventative chemotherapy for cancer. The British heir to the throne is currently in South Africa where he will later host the annual awards ceremony for his multi-million-dollar Earthshot Prize. He made the trip without Kate, who is still recovering from her treatment. He said she would be cheering him on from their home in Britain. "She's doing really well thanks," he told the BBC ahead of his environmental prize's awards ceremony in Cape Town. "She's been amazing this wh...

File pic Photo: 123RF The dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday as traders bet on a victory for Donald Trump as he picked up key swing states needed to take the White House, ramping up bets on fresh tax cuts, tariffs and rising inflation. While polls had shown the race on a knife edge, the Republican appeared to be faring better than his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris as results rolled in. Both candidates picked up expected wins in safe states, but indications that the business tycoon was on course for a second term boosted the so-called Trump Trade. The tycoon won Georgia and North Carolina, with others still up in the air, while US networks declared him the winner in key battleground Pennsylvania with Fox News calling the election in his favour. News ...

By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax, Reuters Donald Trump is only the second US president to recapture the White House after being earlier voted out. Photo: JIM WATSON Kamala Harris falls short in historic presidential bid Trump recaptures White House after divisive campaign Trump vows to reshape executive branch, prioritise personal loyalty Donald Trump has been elected United States president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad. Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Edison Research projected, following...