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by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrats and Republicans girded Wednesday for a legal showdown to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. After Trump declared overnight he was ready to go to the US Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes, his campaign announced a demand for a recount in Wisconsin and lawsuits in Michigan and Pennsylvania, […]
by Luana SARMINI-BUONACCORSI with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara BAYRAKLI, Turkey (AFP) — A three-year-old girl was pulled from rubble Tuesday, 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, offering a ray of hope for grieving families as the death toll soared past 100. But only hours after Ayda Gezgin was miraculously recovered in the hard-hit town of Bayrakli, rescuers found the body of her mother Fidan, 38, in the same room of their destroyed […]
by Inti OCON BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Hurricane Eta slowed to tropical storm speeds on Wednesday morning even as it pummeled Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighboring Honduras, while unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours. The storm had hammered impoverished indigenous communities along the coast when it made landfall a day earlier and caused heavy rains throughout much of Central America. “Quite a lot of trees have fallen and traffic has been […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States was on knife’s edge Wednesday waiting for electoral results, but the fate of one candidate was clear: Entertainer Kanye West will not win the 2020 presidential race — but still has future aspirations. The mercurial rapper, who decided to run for the nation’s highest office late in the game as an independent candidate under the Birthday Party, received approximately 60,000 votes from the 12 states where […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — At least 12 workers were killed Wednesday when part of a chemical warehouse collapsed following a powerful blast in western India, officials said. A fire official said the dead included five women and nine other people were injured in the incident at an industrial complex on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, a major city in western Gujarat state. “The death toll has increased to 12 which includes five women. Nine people are […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday neared the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House with several battleground states still in play, as incumbent President Donald Trump challenged the vote count. As it stands, there are five states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania, and key small state Nevada — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States — and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. As it stands, there are seven states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory. US […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — A defiant US President Donald Trump has declared he has won the election and said the vote counting process is a fraud. Trump is upset because several states have not completed vote counting and it may take several days because of the large number of mail-in ballots and early voting. More than 150 million ballots were cast, two thirds of them early voting or […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter on Wednesday flagged a tweet in which President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the presidential election. “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election,” Trump wrote on Twitter moments after Biden told supporters he expected to win. Twitter quickly flagged and hid the Trump tweet, saying “some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — American voters will have to wait, perhaps to the end of the week, to find out who won Tuesday’s presidential election. More than 150 million people cast ballots in the election, two-thirds of them either in advance or by mail. Incumbent Republican, President Donald Trump and Democrat rival Joe Biden seesawed back-and-forth in key swing states. A few states will accept mail-in ballots for […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A North Korean man was captured by South Korea’s military on Wednesday after crossing the inter-Korean border, Seoul said. The man was identified by Seoul only as a North Korean male, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Investigations will be conducted “in cooperation with related agencies for details”, it added, including whether the man sought to defect to the South. No unusual activity of the North’s […]
FLORIDA, United States (Eagle News) — Some citizens of Florida, considered the swing state in US elections, give their views about the importance of their vote and the options that had been made available to them to be able to cast their vote, including the mail-in voting and early voting With 29 electoral votes at stake, the Florida vote is very important in a close US presidental race such as that happening between Republican Donald […]
