Kamala Harris and Donald Trump launched a final frenzied campaign blitz Monday, hitting must-win Pennsylvania on the last day of a volatile US presidential race that polls say is hurtling towards a photo finish.At his first rally of the day in North Carolina, Trump, 78, shrugged off accusations that his age and the grueling election …
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Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged “terrorism” charges, despite Ankara’s apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community. In a sweep, the mayors of the cities of Mardin and Batman as well as the Halfeti district in Sanliurfa province were all removed and replaced with government-appointed trustees, the …
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Israel formally notified the United Nations it was cutting ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, it said Monday, after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation vital to the occupied territories.The ban, which sparked global condemnation including from key Israeli backer the United States, should come into force in late January, with the UN Security …
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Quincy Jones, the impresario who dominated American music for decades and shaped the careers of stars including Michael Jackson, has died. He was 91 years old.He was surrounded by family at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air at the time of his death on Sunday, his publicist Arnold Robinson said in …
Quincy Jones, the jazzman, composer and tastemaker whose studio chops and arranging prowess connected the dots between the 20th century’s constellation of stars, has died at 91, leaving an extraordinary legacy that shaped the course of American music.From Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, jazz to hip-hop, Jones tracked the ever-fluctuating pulse of pop over his …
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It’s not just the Harris-Trump show: US voters this November 5 will cast ballots for members of Congress, tens of thousands of state and local officials, and in multiple referendums on topics including hot-button issues like abortion.Here is a look at who and what is up for a vote beyond the choice between Republican Donald …
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Swing states, electoral college votes, candidates up and down the ballot, and millions of potential voters: Here is the US election, broken down by numbers. – Two -Several independents ran — and at least one, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, stumbled into a number of eyebrow-raising headlines.But in the end, the presidential race comes down to a …
When political outsider Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, he described the victory as “beautiful.”Not everyone saw it that way — considering that Democrat Clinton had received nearly three million more votes nationally than her Republican rival. Non-Americans were particularly perplexed that the second-highest vote-getter would …
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US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history.And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day.Under the US Constitution, America’s …
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Bitter rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump embark on a final frenzied campaign blitz Monday with both hitting must-win Pennsylvania on the last day of a tight and volatile US presidential election campaign.Republican Trump has promised a “landslide” as he seeks a sensational return to the White House, while Democrat Harris said the “momentum” was …
