Republican Donald Trump led a headline-grabbing New York rally on Sunday with nonstop attacks on Kamala Harris, but Democrats sought to capitalize on crude insults from some of his allies’ opening speeches.Trump took to the stage at the iconic 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden arena to deliver a closing message in the exceedingly tight race for …
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Lithuania’s centre-left opposition won a clear victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election, preliminary results showed, after a campaign dominated by concerns about the cost of living and social inequality.The Social Democratic Party came first with 52 seats in the 141-seat parliament and is now hoping to build a coalition.The ruling conservative party finished a distant second …
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faced the prospect of minority rule Monday after his gamble of snap elections backfired with the ruling party’s worst election result in 15 years.Ishiba, 67, called Sunday’s election days after taking office on October 1, but voters angry at a slush fund scandal punished his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which …
The elite of world football will gather in Paris on Monday for the Ballon d’Or ceremony, with Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior the leading candidate for the men’s award and Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati the hot favourite to win her second-successive crown.The men’s shortlist for the 2023/24 edition of the prestigious individual award is the first …
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The Georgian opposition called for protests on Monday and the European Union demanded an investigation into “irregularities” after a disputed legislative vote that showed a win for the ruling party accused of moving towards Russia’s orbit.Pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili on Sunday accused Moscow of orchestrating election fraud, calling it a “Russian special operation”.Amid angry opposition …
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make a final push to break their bitter deadlock as they head into the last week of the most dramatic and divisive White House race in modern times.Despite a series of historic upheavals in a US election like no other, polls show the Democratic vice president and Republican former …
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Lithuania’s centre-left opposition is set win Sunday’s parliamentary election, preliminary results showed, after a campaign dominated by concerns about the cost of living and social inequality.The Social Democratic Party came first with 50 seats in the 141-seat parliament and is now hoping to build a coalition.Social Democrat leader Vilija Blinkeviciute expressed gratitude as the results …
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Carlos Sainz cruised to an emotional victory for Ferrari ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris in Sunday’s incident-filled Mexico City Grand Prix as Red Bull’s series leader Max Verstappen was handed two 10-second penalties on his way to sixth.The stewards took a dim view of Verstappen’s aggressive driving, the Red Bull driver twice forcing his title …
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Shohei Ohtani’s participation in game three of the World Series will be a matter of pain tolerance according to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who fully expects him to play.”That’s my expectation given talking to the training staff and getting the reports,” Roberts told reporters at Yankee Stadium, where the Dodgers take a 2-0 …
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Will the real Timothee Chalamet please stand up?Even the Hollywood star’s most convincing doppelgangers, gathered in New York for a look-alike contest, did a double-take when the man himself swung by their festivities Sunday.Around 20 young men, complete with chiseled jawlines and distinctive waves of walnut-colored hair, had gathered along with a massive crowd of …
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