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By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant, Reuters Photo: DUSTIN FRANZ / AFP With millions of US voters already heading to the polls, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will seek support from undecided voters at a televised town hall in battleground Pennsylvania, while Republican Donald Trump swept through Georgia. Nearly 25 million voters have cast ballots, either through in-person early voting or mail-in ballots, according to tracking data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida. Several states, including the battlegrounds of North Carolina and Georgia, set records on their respective first day of early voting last week. "The votes in Georgia are at record levels," Trump told a religious-themed "ballots and believers" event in Zebulon, Georgia. "The votes in ever...

Photo: Geoff Capes Foundation/supplied Geoff Capes, British strongman, shot put record holder and renowned budgerigar breeder, has died aged 75. Capes left an indelible mark on British sport, birdkeeping and 1980s popular culture. "The family of Geoffrey Capes would like to announce his sad passing today, 23rd October. Britain's finest shot putter and twice World's Strongest Man," the family said in a statement. Born in 1949 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, Capes excelled in athletics, representing Britain in three Olympic Games from 1972 to 1980, and setting the national shot put record of 21.68 metres which has stood for 44 years. Although his best Olympic finish was fifth in 1980, he won two Commonwealth gold medals as well as a haul of European medals. Capes worked as a policeman and was a...

Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a reception at Parliament House, 21 October, 2024. Photo: Lukas Coch / ABC The Australian senator who yelled at King Charles says she did so to raise the world's attention to the "ongoing, sophisticated genocide" of the country's first people. At a royal reception in Parliament House on Monday senator Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman, shouted "you are not our King" and "this is not your land" at the British monach. Speaking to RNZ, Thorpe says she is loud and proud and calls out injustice where she sees it. "And with that so-called King sitting in all that stolen wealth, he needed to be called out for the injustices that his people, that his ancestors inf...

It is estimated that about 200,000 litres of diesel have leaked from the Manawanui. Photo: Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure Samoa The New Zealand Defence Force cannot provide a timeline for the removal of the fuel tanks from the Manawanui. The navy vessel sank after hitting a reef in Samoa in early October. Commodore Andrew Brown told Morning Report although the priority was removing the fuel tanks, the Defence Force (NZDF) cannot comment on when that will happen. The NZDF was in discussions with its insurance company, and it "would be inappropriate for me to comment on on timelines and who's paying," he said. NZDF also could not provide a timeline for the next steps in removing the Manawanui from the reef. "The team are working through the options. Recovering the vessel ...