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Harris to name running mate, launch blitz of US swing states
Kamala Harris was set to announce her running mate Tuesday before the pair head out on a five-day swing through America's hottest battleground states, just three months out from the presidential election.
The US vice president's campaign…
6,000 police at the ready to quell UK riots: govt
The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police were ready to deal with far-right rioting after another night of destructive troubles in English cities.
There has been a week of nightly riots in various cities since three…
US ELECTION Harris picks Walz as her running mate
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate yesterday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America's heartland to help win over rural, white voters,…
Biden defends ‘mental acuity’
US President Joe Biden defended both his "mental acuity" and his rhetoric about Donald Trump Monday, in a second TV interview aimed at ending calls for him to quit his re-election bid following a disastrous debate.
The 81-year-old…
6 foreign nationals found dead in Bangkok hotel room
Six foreign nationals were found dead in a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok on Tuesday, Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, with police suspecting they were poisoned.
"There were no signs of a struggle," Srettha told…
UK WAR MEMORIAL Pro-Gaza activists held after protest
UK police yesterday arrested two pro-Palestinian demonstrators after a protest at Britain's Cenotaph war memorial in central London.
A Palestinian flag was laid in front of the Cenotaph and "180,000 killed" spray-painted on the ground in…
Trump officially nominated for president, picks JD Vance for running mate
Donald Trump selected US Senator JD Vance on Monday to serve as his vice presidential running mate, as the Republican Party officially nominated the former president as its 2024 presidential nominee at the start of the party's national…
At least 71 killed in Israeli airstrikes at Gaza humanitarian camp
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 71 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, the enclave's health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif.
Hamas said in a…
Biden spoke to Trump after rally shooting: White House
US President Joe Biden has spoken to his election rival Donald Trump, a White House official said, after the Republican was injured in an apparent assassination attempt at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
"This evening, President Biden…
Donald Trump safe after shots fired at Pennsylvania rally: officials
Gunfire erupted at a Donald Trump rally on Saturday, sparking panic in the crowd and spattering the Republican presidential candidate with his blood, before he emerged and pumped his fist in the air appearing to mouth the words "Fight!…