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Villagers watch the 2024 US presidential election poll results inside a house in Vadluru, the ancestral village of Usha Vance, J.D. Vance's wife

Indian Village Proud As Trump Claims Victory

Far from Republican festivities as Donald Trump claimed US election victory, residents of a sleepy Indian village celebrated that their descendant would be the next "Second Lady", hoping to benefit from her success.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins a stunning comeback

Trump Wins White House In Stunning Comeback

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said Wednesday, defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world.
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'We are exhausted with the bombings, the destruction, the martyrs, the wounded and the devastation,' said Hani Ajur

Gazans Want New US President To End The War

Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza told AFP on Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious in the US presidential election must end the conflict in the territory, which has taken an appalling human toll.
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris (R) and Republican former president Donald Trump (L) are dead-even in the tightest and most volatile White House race of modern times

Harris Or Trump: America Decides In Knife-edge Election

American voters deliver their verdict Tuesday after an extraordinarily turbulent election that will either make Kamala Harris the first woman president in US history or deliver Donald Trump a comeback that sends shockwaves around the world.
This photograph taken and released in August, 2024 by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing (right) meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Nyapyidaw. China is a key ally of the military junta

Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Key Ally China

Myanmar's embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday -- his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 -- but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make a final blitz of the US swing states

Final US Campaign Blitz For Harris And Trump

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 the tightest and most volatile US presidential election in memory.
Some economists warn that a weaker headline hiring figure in the wake of devastating Hurricane Helene could affect how people view economic conditions

US Election Race Awaits Employment Data

The United States unveils its monthly employment figures Friday -- a final major economic snapshot at the end of a razor-edge presidential election campaign in which cost-of-living issues have dominated voter concerns.
This picture taken on October 31, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS on November 1, 2024 shows a test-fire of the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea

North Korea Says Test-fire 'Perfected' New Solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea's latest weapons test "perfected" its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday, as global criticism mounts over Pyongyang's purported deployment of troops to Russia.
The bait-and-switch disinformation tactic appears to target actors across the political spectrum.

Deceptive 'Bait-and-switch' Facebook Groups Snare US Voters: Study

Dozens of Facebook groups bill themselves as Kamala Harris fan pages but mount racist attacks, criticize her record on immigration and promote her rival Donald Trump, in what disinformation researchers call a "bait-and-switch" tactic aimed at deceiving voters in a tight US election race.

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