Vance and Walz to face off in US vice presidential debate: What to know | US Election 2024 News

Vance and Walz to face off in US vice presidential debate: What to know | US Election 2024 News

Tim Walz and JD Vance are facing off this week in the first – and likely only – United States vice-presidential debate ahead of November’s election. Walz and Vance will take the debate stage in New York on Tuesday evening as the race gears up for the final stretch before…

Massive search and rescue operation in wake of Hurricane Helene | Floods News

Massive search and rescue operation in wake of Hurricane Helene | Floods News

Crews have airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated as tropical storm Helene turned the western part of the state into a “post-apocalyptic” landscape. A hurricane when it slammed into the Florida Gulf coast on Thursday, Helene tore a destructive path…

Elderly US citizen pleads guilty in Russia of fighting for Ukraine | Conflict News

Elderly US citizen pleads guilty in Russia of fighting for Ukraine | Conflict News

Stephen James Hubbard, 72, was allegedly fighting in Izyum before he was captured by Russian forces in April 2022. Stephen James Hubbard, a US citizen, has pleaded guilty in a Moscow court to charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. RIA said…

Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 100 in US with rescues continuing | Weather News

Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 100 in US with rescues continuing | Weather News

Severe damage in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee as Trump, Harris set to visit region. The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States has risen to at least 100, according to authorities, with rescue efforts continuing. US President Joe Biden has…

Trump escalates personal attacks on rival, calls Harris ‘mentally impaired’ | US Election 2024 News

Trump escalates personal attacks on rival, calls Harris ‘mentally impaired’ | US Election 2024 News

Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania took on similar themes to an event the day before that he himself described as a ‘dark speech’. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying…

Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah assassination: Report | Israel-Lebanon attacks News

Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah assassination: Report | Israel-Lebanon attacks News

Washington Post reports that Israeli army possibly dropped heavy US bombs in attack that razed buildings in Beirut. Israel likely used United States-made 900kg (2,000-pound) bombs in the strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and levelled residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier this week, The Washington Post reports….

What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime in the US? | US Election 2024

What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime in the US? | US Election 2024

Sign on to social media these days and you’ll soon find posts warning about the threat of immigrants to your family’s – and your pets’ – safety. Immigrants are eating the dogs, cats and geese in Springfield, Ohio, some posts have claimed. (They’re wrong.) They’re also taking over apartment complexes…

SpaceX launches mission to rescue astronauts stranded at ISS | Space News

SpaceX launches mission to rescue astronauts stranded at ISS | Space News

The Dragon spacecraft, by SpaceX, will reach the ISS on Sunday to bring back Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore. A SpaceX spacecraft has lifted off to rescue two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical issues. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov took off…