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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Days ahead of a close presidential election, two of the most prestigious liberal American newspapers have declined to give their usual endorsements to the Democratic Party candidate, sparking furious reactions.The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post announced they had ended their decades-long practice of officially backing a presidential contender.That drew a pointed retort from the …
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Donald Trump will take to the stage Sunday at a famous New York arena before thousands of supporters in the Democratic stronghold city, seeking a blitz of attention in the final stretch of one of America’s closest ever White House races. Â Several of the opening speakers at the 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden venue drew cheers …
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and limited hostage exchange aimed at securing “a complete ceasefire” after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and would be followed by more …
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Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said gunmen tried to kill him Sunday in a hail of bullets, an attack he blamed on the current president.Morales said his driver was wounded as assailants with their faces covered shot at him while he was en route to a radio station for an interview in the city of …
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Japan’s ruling coalition has lost its majority after snap elections, Japanese media projected early Monday, in what would be a major blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Ishiba, 67, called Sunday’s election only days after taking office on October 1, aiming to bolster his position and that of his scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which …
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