World Politics

A senior lecturer in politics at the University of Auckland said the race has been tight, exactly as polls predicted. Audio

A growing number of Republicans say they don't recognise their party under Trump and they're voting to keep their home blue. Audio

Many of threats appeared to originate from Russian email domains were directed at US polling locations in battleground states.

Analysis: If the election is as close as predicted, half of the country's population will be left deeply disappointed after an ugly campaign filled with drama and violence.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across battleground states in the final, frantic day. Audio

A state judge has allowed Elon Musk's US$1 million-a-day giveaway to swing state voters to proceed with one day to go before the tightly contested US presidential election.

Australia's largest-ever defence space contract aimed to deliver a hardened network of three to five satellites offering high-level cyber and electronic warfare protection.

Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia tell RNZ's Corin Dann that comments at a Trump rally labelling their homeland island as "garbage" have energised the community to get out and vote. Audio

More than 78 million Americans have already voted ahead of Election Day, the University of Florida's Election Lab says.

Analysis - At the heart of the election and the polls is generations of social and economic change that has left too many people behind, writes Tim Watkin.

The vote was closely watched in Brussels a week after Georgia, another ex-Soviet state seeking EU membership, re-elected a ruling party regarded in the West as increasingly pro-Russian.

Corin Dann heads to a Trump rally, while all eyes turn to a big surprise in a poll.