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By Eric Cheung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN A car under an uprooted tree at New Taipei City, as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared the coast in Taitung. Photo: CNA / AFP Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan as the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades made landfall along its southeast coast, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Typhoon Kong-rey packed winds approaching 200 kilometres per hour, equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC), as it made landfall in Taitung county on Friday morning. Kong-rey's radius of maximum wind - how far the strongest winds are from its centre - measured 320 kilometres on Thursday, meaning it is the largest storm to hit Taiwan since Typhoon Herb in 1996, said Chang Chun-...

With just days left before polls close in the United States presidential election, the race is expected to come down to just seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, where the result is on a knife edge, undercover police and extra security are being called in amid fears of voter intimidation from pro-Donald Trump activists. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is due in court on Friday (NZT) over his multimillion-dollar giveaway to swing voters. Follow all the action from the US presidential election with RNZ's liveblog: Source link

By Catarina Demony, Reuters Mohamed Al Fayed, pictured in 2009. Photo: AFP / Ben Stansall Lawyer calls it "industrial scale abuse" Abuse alleged at Harrods and other parts of business empire Harrods has apologised, Al Fayed had denied accusations More than 400 alleged victims have so far contacted the legal team working on a case against the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, who has been accused of sexual abuse and rape, lawyer Dean Armstrong said on Thursday. A BBC documentary in September revealed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods, forced them to have medical screenings and threatened consequences if they tried to complain. "The sheer scale of abuse perpetrated by Al Fayed, and facilitated by those...

By Jack Queen, Reuters Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell with a $1 million cheque during a town hall at the Roxain Theater on 20 October in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / Michael Swensen Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a Friday (NZT) hearing in a prosecutor's lawsuit to block the billionaire's US$1 million-a-day (NZ$1.68m) giveaway to registered swing state voters ahead of the U.S. election on 5 November. The hearing before Judge Angelo Foglietta concerns Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's bid to halt the giveaway less than a week before the tightly contested U.S. presidential election between Republican former president Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. Krasner, who championed progressive causes when running for distri...