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Michelle Obama on Saturday aired her "genuine fear" that Donald Trump could retake the White House as the popular former first lady made a passionate appeal to voters in the desperately close US election.Both Trump and Kamala Harris were in Michigan searching for holdout votes ahead of the...
World
In Morocco's southeastern desert, a rare downpour has brought lakes and ponds back to life, with locals -- and tourists -- hailing it as a gift from the heavens.In Merzouga, an attractive tourist town some 600 kilometres (370 miles) southeast of the capital Rabat, the once-parched golden dunes a...
Lebanon's health ministry said at least eight people were killed and 25 others wounded Sunday in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Sidon, where an AFP correspondent said a building was targeted.The strike hit a densely-populated area in a Sidon suburb that saw an influx of families dis...
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he was "shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction" in north Gaza, where Israeli forces are carrying out attacks they say aim to prevent Hamas regrouping."The plight of Palestinian civilians trapped in North Gaza is unbearable,&q...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he hoped the West "heard" his warning about the danger of a direct war with NATO if it allowed Ukraine to use long-range weapons against Russia.Putin made the initial threat in September after Britain and the United States mulled letting Kyiv us...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel's air attack on Iran was "precise and powerful" and achieved all its goals."We promised we would respond to the Iranian attack and on Saturday we struck... The attack in Iran was precise and powerful, achieving all of it...
Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death toll from Tropical Storm Trami hit 110.Trami rammed into the Philippines on October 24, forcing over half a million people to flee their homes, while at least 42 people...
Sports,Tennis
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday for her third title of the year, beating Sofia Kenin 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the final.China's Zheng, the tournament's top seed, kept her cool to edge a tight first set despite two rain delays, before pressing home her advan...
World,Front Page
Israel announced the launch of "precise strikes"on military targets in Iran on Saturday in retaliation for Iranian missile attacks, as an AFP journalist in Tehran reported hearing several explosions."In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State...
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are battling for holdout votes on a penultimate weekend of campaigning across US swing states, with Michelle Obama joining the Democrat onstage before the Republican nominee hosts an eyebrow-raising rally in New York City.With just 10 days left in a bitterly contested ...
Business
Major European and Asian stock markets diverged Friday in a quiet end to the week's trading dominated by earnings updates.London edged down as investors awaited the first budget of Britain's new Labour government on Wednesday, expected to include tax rises on businesses.In Asia, Shanghai and...
Sports,Football
Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba were on target as Inter Miami made a winning start to the first MLS Cup playoff campaign of their Lionel Messi era with a 2-1 win over Atlanta United on Friday.Miami could book their place in the Eastern Conference semi-finals if they can win game two of the best-of-three ...
Candidates in Japan's super-tight parliamentary election will make last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday, with opinion polls suggesting the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority.Such an outcome would be the worst result for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2009 and potential...
"Drill, baby, drill" versus championing green energy: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris offer starkly opposing visions on climate, with the outcome of the US presidential race poised to shape the planet's warming trajectory.Neither candidate has outlined a comprehensive platform on climat...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his relationship with the United States after the presidential election would depend on what attitude Washington adopts, as he welcomed comments by Donald Trump on his desire to end the Ukraine conflict as "sincere".But the Kremlin leader stru...
The US election takes a detour from the swing state circuit to reliably Republican Texas on Friday as Kamala Harris rallies with pop superstar Beyonce and Donald Trump sits down with the country's biggest podcaster.Texas is an unorthodox stop just days before November 5 Election Day, especially ...
Germany will dramatically boost the number of skilled Indians it permits to work in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday as he hosted Chancellor Olaf Scholz.The German leader is on his third visit to India since last year, bringingseveral cabinet ministers for discussions betwe...
The judge next in line to lead Pakistan's Supreme Court was pushed aside by the military-backed government this week, right after it rushed through judicial reforms.Just before dawn on Monday, parliament narrowly passed constitutional amendments granting lawmakers the power to select top judges....
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More than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat languished at sea for days, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each...
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