The mood at US election watch parties shifted significantly as results began to show a swing towards Donald Trump in a number of key states early Wednesday.With networks calling Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia — three of seven swing states — for the Republican candidate, Kamala Harris’s path to victory appeared to be narrowing.”I am …
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Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of his defence minister, demanding the government do everything in its power to bring home hostages held in Gaza.The demonstration erupted soon after Netanyahu’s office announced the sacking of Yoav Gallant on Tuesday following public differences over the war with Hamas.The removal of Gallant — …
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is due to host dozens of European leaders in Budapest later this week as relations with fellow partners have become increasingly strained.The nationalist leader — a big fan of Donald Trump — has faced backlash for his country’s norm-defying EU presidency, which saw him jetting to Moscow right after taking …
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A former high-level Chinese government employee has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing’s spy agency said Wednesday.The individual surnamed Zhang “provided a large number of top secret and classified state secrets to foreign intelligence agencies,” the Ministry of State Security said in a post to its official WeChat account.In …
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Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, images showed Wednesday, after warm weather led to the Japanese mountain’s longest-ever stint with bare slopes.The volcano’s famous snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first observed by government meteorologists on October 5.Japan’s weather agency — which compares conditions from exactly the …
Bomb threats targeted scores of polling places in several battleground states on a tense US Election Day, with authorities pointing toward suspected Russian involvement.The 2024 US presidential campaign has been a particularly volatile one, and security was ramped up given concerns over possible civil unrest, election chicanery and violence against poll workers.Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania …
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Sold by her family as a teenager, Zarin was beaten, drugged and repeatedly gang-raped — just one of many thousands of young women trafficked in India.Her home state of West Bengal — bordering Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal — is a key trafficking hub where more than 50,000 girls are missing, the highest figure in India, …
Russian lawmakers will vote Wednesday to ratify a landmark mutual defence pact with North Korea, as the West says Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.The agreement formalises months of deepening security cooperation between the two nations who were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.North Korea has become one of the …
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Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain’s longest-ever stint with bare slopes.The national weather agency — which compares conditions in exactly the same location each year — has not yet announced a new record for the slowest formation of Mount Fuji’s famous …
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Mexico’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a bid to declare the election of judges unconstitutional, averting a potential standoff with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says the contentious reforms are irreversible.The constitutional amendment making Mexico the world’s only country to allow voters to choose judges at all levels — starting next year — has sparked opposition …
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