Rescuers raised the death toll in Spain’s worst floods for a generation to 205 on Friday and fears grew for the dozens missing as hopes of finding survivors faded.The floods that have tossed vehicles, collapsed bridges and covered towns with mud since Tuesday are the European country’s deadliest such disaster in decades.The organisation coordinating emergency …
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Donald Trump came under fire for violent rhetoric against a prominent Kamala Harris supporter Friday as the candidates hold dueling rallies in battleground Wisconsin four days before the climax of the most volatile US presidential campaign in modern history.More than 68 million Americans have already cast early ballots ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. Opinion …
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sued the main opposition leader and Istanbul’s powerful mayor for alleged slander in a forceful legal blow against his political rivals.Filed on Friday, the two separate lawsuits targeted Ozgur Ozel, head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, also a top party official.The lawsuit …
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Botswana’s new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of power following elections that saw a historic defeat handed to the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for nearly 60 years.Human rights lawyer Duma Boko, 54, was sworn in during a closed session at the office of the chief justice three days after …
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It has been a wild US presidential election campaign, and the final week provided another selection of weird and wonderful offbeat moments.- Biden’s baby bite -President Joe Biden took a playful bite into the leg of a baby dressed as a chicken at the White House’s Halloween party.The 81-year-old pretended to sink his teeth into …
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Rescuers on Friday raised the death toll in Spain’s worst floods for a generation to 205 as the government deployed more troops in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.The floods that have tossed vehicles, collapsed bridges and covered towns with mud since Tuesday are the European country’s deadliest such disaster in decades.The organisation coordinating emergency …
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Donald Trump came under fire for violent rhetoric against a prominent Kamala Harris supporter Friday as the candidates held dueling rallies in the battleground of Wisconsin four days before the climax of the most volatile US presidential campaign in modern history.More than 66 million Americans have already cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s Election Day. …
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Botswana’s opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has won a majority in parliament and can form the next government, the electoral commission announced Friday, marking a historic defeat for the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for nearly six decades.Outgoing president Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in Wednesday’s general election and said his administration would …
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Ruben Amorim was Friday named as the new manager of Manchester United, replacing the sacked Erik ten Hag.The 39-year-old Portuguese coach, who won two Primeira Liga titles with Sporting Lisbon, has signed a deal until 2027 and will join the club on November 11.”Manchester United is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruben Amorim as …
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris hold dueling campaign rallies Friday in Wisconsin’s largest city Milwaukee, as both candidates make frantic last-ditch appeals to wavering voters with Election Day just around the corner.Republican Trump will return to the venue where he was crowned his party’s presidential nominee over the summer, his ear bandaged in bright white …
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