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November 02, 2024
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Biden makes final campaign stop for Harris in Scranton, his childhood hometown

US President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One with his granddaughter Natalie Biden, as they arrive at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 2, 2024. — Reuters  SCRANTON: Barack Obama once said if there were no Scranton, Pennsylvania, there would be no Joe Biden. The sitting president, whose term ends in January, […]

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November 02, 2024
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Iran claims it is capable of building nuclear weapon as Ayatollah vows ‘tooth-breaking’ response to Israel, US

Iran claimed it is capable of building a nuclear weapon as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed a “tooth-breaking” response to the actions of both Israel and the U.S. on Saturday. A top adviser to Khamenei, Kamal Kharrazi, issued the warning about Iran’s nuclear capacity on Friday, saying that the country may be prepared to […]

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November 02, 2024
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Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza

The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gaza and criticised its lack of “accurate evidence-based journalism”. A letter sent to the broadcaster’s director general, Tim Davie, and CEO Deborah Turness on Friday said: “Basic journalistic tenets have been […]

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November 02, 2024
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CAIR poll: Kamala Harris, Jill Stein in tight race among Muslim voters

A collage of Green party candidate Jill Stein and US VP Kamala Harris’s undated pictures.  — Reuters. As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation — released its final poll on Muslim voter preferences.  According to CAIR’s latest data, there […]

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November 02, 2024
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WATCH: Acrobatic Texas fugitive front-flips over fence before epic take down

An acrobatic fugitive managed to perform a front flip over a fence before an epic take down in Texas. According to Fox News affiliate, KDFW, 29-year-old Terron Deshaun Hadnot was on the run after fleeing from an SUV that was reportedly stolen, and after an entertaining police chase, which was all caught on camera. The […]

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November 01, 2024
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U.S. deploys additional military forces to Middle East amid intensifying regional tensions: Pentagon

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News on Friday.  Austin is sending several B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft, tanker aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News.  This comes as reports Iran may […]

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November 01, 2024
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North Korean troops ready for Ukraine combat, US says

The United States said on Thursday that up to 8,000 North Korean troops had reached Russia’s border region with Ukraine ready for combat, after Pyongyang’s firing of a long-range missile ramped up tensions days before the US election. Seeking advantage in his grinding invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has brought in troops from North […]

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November 01, 2024
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Trump’s remarks about women kick up firestorm

Donald Trump found himself at the centre of a firestorm on Thursday over sexist comments he made at a campaign rally — the latest in a string of lewd and contemptuous comments about women from the former president and his surrogates. “I want to protect the women of our country… whether the women like it […]

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November 01, 2024
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'Brat' named word of the year by Collins dictionary

A jumble of letters of the English alphabet. — Unsplash/file LONDON: Brat, the word redefined by singer Charli XCX and adopted by supporters of US presidential candidate Kamala Harris, was on Friday named the Collins Word of the Year 2024. “Brat” was the name of the UK singer’s hit sixth album, and the word has […]