Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has a final chance to turn around his fortunes in the last presidential debate with Barack Obama tonight.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will unveil new economic proposals today aimed at helping middle-class Americans as he fights to make up a slump in the polls.

Trailing in the polls, John McCain today said US political pundits may have written off his presidential campaign but he will “fool them again” and “come from behind like we have every time in the past”.

America cannot afford the "kind of erratic and uncertain leadership" offered by John McCain, his Democratic rival Barack Obama said today.

Americans want “real answers” on the economic crisis and “don’t care about the back and forth between the candidates”, Barack Obama’s wife said today.

The two US presidential rivals go head-to-head in their second debate tonight after the race to the White House took a nasty turn.

Sarah Palin has defended her attack on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama after accusing him of “palling around with terrorists”.

The Asia-wide death toll from Tropical Storm Chanchu rose to 63 today, with at least 27 fisherman still missing at sea as the tempest moved offshore again after battering southern China.