Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump zeroed in on the Sun Belt on Saturday as they embarked on one last weekend quest to sway every undecided voter in the battleground states. They pitched rival agendas on the economy - and more - that each insisted is what Americans want. "We
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4 kids hurt in Gaza vaccination centre: WHO
The World Health Organization said four children were among six people wounded Saturday in a strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza. The WHO only restarted the second round of vaccinations in northern Gaza on Saturday after being forced to suspend them earlier because of Israeli bombardments. WHO chief Tedros
Seven states to decide the US presidency
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
US provides $425m military aid to Ukraine
The Pentagon announced Friday it was sending an additional $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to face Russian forces augmented by more than 10,000 North Korean troops. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had said more aid was coming, and soon, during his visit to Kyiv last week. This
Khamenei vows response to attacks on Iran and allies
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Saturday to retaliate against attacks by Israel and its ally the United States targeting Tehran and groups it supports in the region. "The enemies, both the USA and the Zionist regime, should know that they will definitely receive a tooth-breaking response to what
Harris, Trump clash in heated finale
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter the final weekend of the most tense US presidential campaign of modern times witha flurry of swing-state rallies that will test their stamina -- and ability to persuade the country's last undecided voters. Harris, bidding to become the country's first woman president, will use rallies
Japan develops automated cargo transport system
Badenoch elected new leader of UK Conservative Party
"Anti-woke" candidate Kemi Badenoch on Saturday won the vote to become the UK Conservatives' new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the party's disastrous showing in July's general election. Badenoch, 44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the
Israel kills dozens in fresh airstrikes in Lebanon, Gaza
Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of Israeli aerial attacks that began Thursday, hospital officials said. The
Dissent on funding remains on final day of nature summit
The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss. Amid murmurs that the talks may drag into an extra day, summit president Susana Muhamad said Friday's programmed closing session promised to