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President Donald Trump’s aides, allies and advisers hope the ongoing attacks motivates supporters to go to the polls. | Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo Down in the polls and short on cash, President Donald Trump and his team are ramping up their attacks on debate organizers, journalists and social media platforms in a bid to cast […]

A French police officer stands next to a portrait of French teacher Samuel Paty on display on the facade of the Opera Comedie in Montpellier on October 21, 2020, during a national homage [Pascal Guyot/AFP] The gruesome killing of a teacher by an 18-year-old suspect of Chechen origin is testing the country’s fragile relationship with […]

President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally on Oct. 20 in Erie, Pa. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by more than 6 percentage points among likely voters in Pennsylvania, according to a new survey of the swing state that could determine the outcome of the White House race. A USA Today/Suffolk […]

The government is undertaking a series of talks with regional leaders this week (Picture: PA) The government’s new tier system has already seen regions across England thrown into strict coroanvirus measures at short notice. Infection rates and deaths linked to the virus have been rising across the UK as a whole and areas have now […]

A laboratory technician inspects syringes of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech Ltd at its factory in Beijing on Sept 24. NG HAN GUAN/AP No severe adverse effects reported in 60,000 recipients, science official says No recipient of China’s COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use has reported severe adverse effects, and no vaccine recipient who […]

The CDC estimates nearly 300,000 more people have died in the US this year, many of them as a result of COVID-19 [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters] Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States during this year’s coronavirus pandemic than would be expected during a typical year, with at least two-thirds thought to be […]

Ilwad Elman is this year’s winner of the Germany Africa Prize She may only be 30, but Ilwad Elman is already considered one of Somalia’s leading voices as the country edges tentatively towards stability. Elman’s efforts have led the German Africa Foundation to hand its marquee prize to the internationally recognised expert on conflict resolution, chosen from a […]

The man aced the German naturalization test, but refused to shake hands with the female official handing over his citizenship. Despite claims he will not shake hands with men either, his citizenship has been rejected. A German court ruled on Friday that a Muslim man who refused to shake the hand of a woman should not receive […]

This combination of file photos created on October 15, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump(L) in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2020, and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 12, 2020. (AFP Photo)  The final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to […]

A woman lights a candle on Republique square during a demonstration in support of freedom of speech on Oct. 18, 2020 in Paris.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Michel Euler France’s interior minister wants to dissolve two Islamic NGOs which he described as “enemies” of the state. It follows Friday’s beheading of teacher Samuel Paty after he had shown caricatures […]