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US election: Kamala Harris visits Georgia church, Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
20Oct By No Comments
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US election: Kamala Harris visits Georgia church, Donald Trump in Pennsylvania

By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland, Reuters US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia. Photo: CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP Democrat Kamala Harris kicked off her 60th birthday with a church visit in Georgia as part of an effort to court early voters, while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, is set to hold an event in battleground Pennsylvania and visit a local McDonald's. Harris and Trump, who are essentially tied in the race for president in the most competitive states, have sharpened their attacks in recent days, while drumming up support for early votes by mail or in person with just 16 days left until the 5 November election. Vice President Harris and former Presid...
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Elon Musk vows to give away $1m a day to someone who signs America PAC petition | US News
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Elon Musk vows to give away $1m a day to someone who signs America PAC petition | US News

Elon Musk has promised to give away $1m a day until the US election to someone who signs his online petition.The Tesla boss is backing America PAC, a political group he set up to support Donald Trump's bid for the White House. He posted on X: "Every day, from now through Nov 5, @America PAC will be giving away $1M to someone in swing states who signed our petition to support free speech & the right to bear arms!"We want to make sure that everyone in swing states hears about this and I suspect this will ensure they do."The first $1m (£767,000) has already apparently been awarded to a man named John Dreher during a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Saturday. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other tech...
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Missile strikes on Ukraine as Russian forces storm frontline town | World News
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Missile strikes on Ukraine as Russian forces storm frontline town | World News

Missile strikes on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown have injured 17 people, as Russian forces in the east are reportedly storming a town as they push to gain control of the whole of the Donbas.A police officer and a rescue worker were among those wounded in the strikes on the central city of Kryvyi Rih. Regional governor Serhiy Lysak said the attack damaged 15 apartment buildings, stores, a cafe, a church, office spaces, a bank branch and a gas pipeline.Elsewhere, around 10 drones were destroyed near the capital, Kyiv, while one civilian was killed and 11 injured when the town of Shotska came under attack from guided bombs and drones.Russia denies that it targets civilians but has regularly fired missiles and drones at towns and cities far behind the front lines. ...
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Liberals unhappy with Trudeau ‘don’t have another choice’: ex-BQ leader – National
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Liberals unhappy with Trudeau ‘don’t have another choice’: ex-BQ leader – National

Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe thinks the writing’s on the wall for the federal Liberals — which is why no one is clamouring to replace beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the next election. In an interview with Mercedes Stephenson that aired Sunday on The West Block, Duceppe said he’s heard from Liberals in Quebec who are unhappy with Trudeau’s leadership and the party’s electoral prospects. But with no one waiting in the wings to chart a new course, there’s little that can be done.“They’re not happy, but they don’t have another choice,” he said.“The problem is, nobody is ready to replace Trudeau or want to replace Trudeau because they know they will lose. So it’s not very interesting running when you know you will suffer a very severe defeat.” ...
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Liam Payne fans organise vigils in London, Liverpool and Buenos Aires | Ents & Arts News
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Liam Payne fans organise vigils in London, Liverpool and Buenos Aires | Ents & Arts News

Liam Payne fans have gathered for a vigil in his memory in London's Hyde Park.Hundreds of people stood in silence to remember Payne at the park's Peter Pan statue on Sunday.They brought pictures of the star and his former One Direction bandmates, alongside flowers, balloons, and handwritten notes. Image: Crowds gather around the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park on Sunday Image: One Direction lyrics in a frame in Hyde Park Image: Liam Payne fans lay tributes to him in London's Hyde Park Read moreWhat we know about singer's death so farGrief as details emerge of s...
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B.C. Election: What the party leaders said as votes continue to be counted
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

B.C. Election: What the party leaders said as votes continue to be counted

By Chuck Chiang The Canadian Press Posted October 20, 2024 9:50 am 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The outcome of British Columbia’s election was unclear after a close race between the NDP and the B.C. Conservatives, with the Greens poised to play a role in a potential minority government. Here’s what the party leaders said on Saturday’s election night.“We don’t know what the final count is going to be in the province, but what we do know is that there was a clear majority for the progressive values. And I take a lot of comfort from that … There is also another message in this narrowest of marg...
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Ex-MI6 boss warns UK may face more Islamist extremism due to Middle East unrest | World News
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Ex-MI6 boss warns UK may face more Islamist extremism due to Middle East unrest | World News

Islamist terrorism may get a "further boost" from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned.Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed by Israeli troops following a chance encounter this week, after years of being hunted. A former British intelligence chief said that his death along with anger around the unresolved "Palestinian question" and the violence people in Gaza see "every day" could fuel possible terror attacks beyond the Middle East.Middle East latest Image: Thousands of Jordanians protest in memory of killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Pic: AP Sir John Sawers, who led the Secret Intelligence Service in Britain for five years,...
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Bishnoi gang has stoked fear in Canada for years, says B.C. city councillor
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Bishnoi gang has stoked fear in Canada for years, says B.C. city councillor

Alleged members of an Indian gang and its leader have been sending shivers down the spines of members of the South Asian diaspora in Canada for years, says a city councillor in Richmond, B.C. Kash Heed said the Bishnoi gang, led by Lawrence Bishnoi, gained notoriety and instilled fear among Indian Canadians well before the RCMP accused the syndicate this week of orchestrating violent crimes on Canadian soil.Mounties have alleged Indian diplomats shared information about Sikh separatists in Canada with the Indian government and top Indian officials then passed information to the Bishnoi.“(Lawrence Bishnoi’s) reputation precedes him,” said Heed, also a former B.C. solicitor general and a West Vancouver police chief, in an interview.“He is an individual that is prone to violence in India. A c...
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Cuba suffers third major setback to restoring national grid – leaving millions in the dark | World News
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Cuba suffers third major setback to restoring national grid – leaving millions in the dark | World News

Authorities in Cuba have suffered a third major setback to restoring power, leaving millions in the dark.The country's national grid crashed around midday Friday after the Antonio Guiteras power plant, the island's largest, shut down, causing the biggest blackout in at least two years. Despite the best efforts of authorities, the grid collapsed again on Saturday morning. Image: People cooked soup over an open fire this weekend in Havana, amid the blackouts. Pic: AP Image: Residents line up to buy bread during the massive blackout over the weekend. Pic: AP Image: Residents were left in the dark after the ini...
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Guy Maddin’s ‘Rumours’ a weird, wacky, laugh-out-loud Canadian satire – National
20Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Guy Maddin’s ‘Rumours’ a weird, wacky, laugh-out-loud Canadian satire – National

There’s something so unique about the dry, wry Canadian sense of humour — and Guy Maddin‘s latest movie, Rumours, captures it perfectly. Set during a fictional G7 summit, Rumours sees political leaders from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan and France bumble along as they attempt to draft a statement on an unspecified global crisis. When a catastrophic force from thousands of years ago rises to threaten humanity, it also forces the seven wealthy politicians into the woods to fend for themselves.Co-directed by Maddin, Galen Johnson and Evan Johnson (who also wrote the screenplay), Rumours takes its audience on an absurd, witty and melodramatic journey.Like all of Maddin’s earlier works, the film finds a precise balance between campy comedy and dramatic com...
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