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Election Day in the U.S. is unfolding like no other, with nearly 100 million Americans having already cast their ballots

Nepal has reopened its peaks and trails for foreign adventurers in hopes of providing much needed income for hundreds of thousands of guides...

Voters across Puerto Rico are choosing new leaders Tuesday they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earth...

Chinese regulators have summoned Ant Group founder Jack Ma and two other senior executives to a formal meeting just days before the company'...

Six years after Iowa voters overwhelmingly elected Joni Ernst to the U.S. Senate, the Republican is in a tight contest with Democrat Theresa...

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors await U.S. election results

Australia’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.15 of a percentage point to a record low 0.10% in a bid to lift the econom...

President said he won’t – again – pay an audio contractor after string of faulty mics at rallies

A Louisiana man who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and orde...

Eighth-grader passed away from coronavirus complications less than two weeks after he last attended class

A court commissioner sets cash bail for Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin at $2 million

The first lady was reportedly ‘perplexed’ by staffers’ lax attitudes toward Covid-19 protocols

From the furlough scheme to payment holidays and business loans, additional help is out there

Over his long and extraordinary career, the award-winning journalist witnessed hundreds of horrific events in his quest to hold power to acc...

On eve of Election Day, former president attacks successor’s ‘closing argument’ against pandemic that has infected record-breaking number of...

System forecast to slow down as it makes landfall in Nicaragua

Ian Taylor writes that while many of us took up running and other exercise during lockdown, that motivation soon slipped for lots of us. As...

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A livid feud with a Democratic governor colours the president’s attitude to a state he badly needs to hold

The Tarheel State could be the canary in the mine on Election Night

Mexico’s usually ebullient and colorful Day of the Dead celebration was quieter and lonelier than usual, with many cemeteries were closed t...

President first Republican to get endorsement from paper since 1972

The tweet references a report made to the District of Columbia’s mayor discussing potential changes to government-owned assets.

Democrats have made significant electoral gains in House districts dominated by US military bases, veterans

If he loses, the president has 77 days from Election Day to the inauguration before he leaves the White House. What can he do? Alex Woodward...