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Britain's Prince William listens to a group of young people at the Earthshot Prize Climate Leaders Youth Programme in Cape Town. Photo: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP Britain's Prince William landed in Cape Town for a four-day trip to South Africa centred on his annual Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators. The heir to the British throne will attend a global wildlife summit and meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the trip, which is his first to South Africa since 2010. On Wednesday he will participate in the awards ceremony for the Earthshot Prize, which gives five winners 1 million pounds (NZ$2.2 million) each to pursue projects addressing climate change and other environmental issues. William launched the prize in 2020, inspired by a visit to Namibia. Its name is a ...

By Laura Walters of Issues like abortion are becoming increasingly important for women this election. Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP Analysis - "They're both wrong," the 80-year-old Arizonan says. But Kamala Harris will probably win because she's been strong on a woman's right to access abortions, she says. The mother, who doesn't want to be identified "because I'll probably be too honest", believes Harris is bad for the economy, for job creation, for businesses, and for the country's fuel security. But there's something she cares about more: a woman's right to make choices about her own body. "You can try to put your thoughts in my head, but stay the hell out of my pants." Listening-in is a young mother, with two young children underfoot. "I've always liked Trump,"...

By Andrew McGarry, ABC News Jockey Glen Boss steers Makybe Diva (R) to a record-breaking third consecutive victory in Australia's premier race, the Melbourne Cup run at the Flemington course, in Melbourne 1 November 2005. Photo: AFP / WILLIAM WEST If you want to talk to someone who knows about riding the winner of the Melbourne Cup, Kerrin McEvoy is not a bad place to start. His first ride came in 2000, when the then-20-year-old jockey from Streaky Bay in South Australia took on Australia's most famous race on Brew. It did not start off that well. "It was quite bizarre because I picked up the ride on the Saturday and I was pretty happy to pick up the ride because he (Brew) dropped from 58 kilos down to 49 and he only won on the Saturday to get a spot in the race," McEvoy says. "Anywa...

By Jack Queen, Reuters SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell with a US$1 million check. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / Michael Swensen A state judge has allowed Elon Musk's US$1 million-a-day giveaway to swing state voters to proceed in Pennsylvania with one day to go before the tightly contested US presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Musk's favoured candidate. Pennsylvania Judge Angelo Foglietta's decision came after a surprising day of testimony in Philadelphia state court in which Musk's aides acknowledged hand-picking the winners of the contest based on who would be the best spokespeople for his super PAC's agenda, despite the billionaire's assertion that they would be chosen randomly. Tesla CEO Musk has already given aw...

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN A voter drops off a ballot at the San Francisco City Hall voting centre, California, on the final day of early voting, on 4 November, 2024. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / Loren Elliot The 2024 presidential election isn't a race for student council president. And it's not just because one of the candidates is 60 years old (Kamala Harris) and the other is about two years shy of 80 (Donald Trump). It's because, as Democrats Hillary Clinton and Al Gore know, the national popular vote does not determine the winner. The only thing that matters is getting to 270 electoral votes through the Electoral College. This year, if you know the winner(s) in these five states - Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and perhaps a sixth, Arizona - you'l...