Harris and Trump hold last Friday night rallies in battleground Milwaukee | US Election 2024 News

Harris and Trump hold last Friday night rallies in battleground Milwaukee | US Election 2024 News

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her rival, former President Donald Trump, have held duelling rallies only a few miles apart in the city of Milwaukee – the conclusion to a day of events that served as one of the last pushes for support before the November 5 election. Milwaukee,…

Arizona top prosecutor investigating Trump’s comments about ‘gunfire’ | US Election 2024 News

Arizona top prosecutor investigating Trump’s comments about ‘gunfire’ | US Election 2024 News

Arizona’s top prosecutor is investigating whether Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump violated state laws for suggesting that one of his most prominent critics should face “gunfire” in combat. Trump has been widely criticised for comments he made about former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney at a campaign event in Arizona on…

Supreme Court rejects bid by GOP not to count some Pennsylvania ballots | US Election 2024 News

Supreme Court rejects bid by GOP not to count some Pennsylvania ballots | US Election 2024 News

Republicans wanted some so-called provisional ballots to be rejected. The United States Supreme Court has dismissed an effort by Republicans to prevent the counting of provisional ballots in Pennsylvania – a move that would have meant thousands of votes were not tallied. Republicans in the state, which Joe Biden and…

Despite stark differences on worker rights, unions split on Trump, Harris | US Election 2024 News

Despite stark differences on worker rights, unions split on Trump, Harris | US Election 2024 News

Early voting is under way across the United States ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election. Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris have both made last-minute efforts to court union voters – a core voting bloc, especially in swing states like Michigan, where groups like the United Auto Workers…

Russia strikes Kharkiv ‘police station’ as US boosts Ukraine’s military | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia strikes Kharkiv ‘police station’ as US boosts Ukraine’s military | Russia-Ukraine war News

At least one person killed in Kharkiv as Pentagon announces $425m in additional military assistance for Ukraine. A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, hit a location used by policemen, killing at least one senior officer and wounding 30 other people, police said. Four civilians were among those…

US election: Who do world leaders prefer for president – Harris or Trump? | US Election 2024 News

US election: Who do world leaders prefer for president – Harris or Trump? | US Election 2024 News

As the United States presidential election approaches on November 5, polls show Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump locked in a tight, too-close-to-call race. But while the US election is about who the American people want to see leading them, the country’s outsized influence means…

Why is the US election on a Tuesday in November? What to know, in 500 words | US Election 2024 News

Why is the US election on a Tuesday in November? What to know, in 500 words | US Election 2024 News

EXPLAINER Americans are heading to the polls on November 5 as part of an Election Day tradition dating back to the mid-1800s. Across Latin America, it usually falls on a Sunday. In India, it can span weeks given the country’s vast territory. And in the Middle East, Saturday is frequently…

US agencies allege Russia link to video falsely claiming Georgia vote fraud | US Election 2024 News

US agencies allege Russia link to video falsely claiming Georgia vote fraud | US Election 2024 News

Russia has previously dismissed allegations it is attempting to interfere in US presidential election. Intelligence agencies in the United States have accused “Russian influence actors” for a video that falsely claimed election fraud was taking place in the battleground state of Georgia, days before the country’s knife-edge presidential vote. The…

Conservative Christians, Israel and the US vote | US Election 2024 News

Conservative Christians, Israel and the US vote | US Election 2024 News

Trump and the Republican party continue to connect with several segments of Christian voters, a diverse group of denominations that spans racial identities and political perspectives. A Pew Research poll released in September found Trump commanded 82 percent of white evangelical Protestant voters, 58 percent of white non-evangelical Protestant voters,…

Israel pounds Beirut’s southern suburbs after US truce push
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Israel pounds Beirut’s southern suburbs after US truce push

Israel pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with a series of powerful airstrikes early on Friday morning after issuing evacuation orders to residents, in the first such strikes in days targeting the dense urban area, Reuters witnesses said. The Israeli military said it was targetting Hezbollah facilities and assets, an assertion that…