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India’s Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested

India’s Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested

-- 2020-11-04 12:05:19

Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested by Raigad police from his residence in Maharashtra in an abetment to suicide case. Architect Anvay Naik had committed suicide on May 5, 2018, in Alibaug at R...

Trump takes lead in Florida and other vital battlegrounds, Biden pins hopes on 'blue wall'

Trump takes lead in Florida and other vital battlegrounds, Biden pins hopes on 'blue wall'

REUTERS 2020-11-04 10:57:04

President Donald Trump was leading Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida on Tuesday and in several other competitive swing states that will help decide the election, in...

Bettors favouring Trump over Biden in US election

Bettors favouring Trump over Biden in US election

-- 2020-11-04 10:50:38

Betting market odds on the US presidential election have flipped to favour Republican President Donald Trump over Democratic candidate Joe Biden, according to data from two aggregators. Bettors on Br...

Trump narrowly leads Biden in must-win Florida, race close in other key states

Trump narrowly leads Biden in must-win Florida, race close in other key states

REUTERS 2020-11-04 10:32:31

President Donald Trump was leading Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida on Tuesday, while other competitive swing states that will help decide the election, including...

Robocalls reportedly urge US voters to 'stay home'

Robocalls reportedly urge US voters to 'stay home'

-- 2020-11-04 10:07:59

The FBI and the New York attorney general were looking into a spate of mysterious robocalls urging people to stay home on Election Day as the nation remains on high alert to ensure voting is not compr...

Trump says 'losing is never easy', admitting to not writing concession speech

Trump says 'losing is never easy', admitting to not writing concession speech

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-04 08:40:23

President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that “losing is never easy,” as he revealed that he has not written a concession speech, Britain’s The Independent reports. On Tuesd...

Trump, Biden split first states to be called as US polls begin to close

Trump, Biden split first states to be called as US polls begin to close

REUTERS 2020-11-04 07:26:46

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden split the first US states to be projected in the White House race on Tuesday, with Trump taking conservative Kentucky and Indiana and Biden taking...

Democrats may win back US Senate, despite possible delayed results

Democrats may win back US Senate, despite possible delayed results

REUTERS 2020-11-04 07:03:11

Democrats are favoured to emerge from 14 hotly contested US Senate races with full control of Congress in Tuesday’s election, but final results from at least five of those contests may not be av...

Exit polls show coronavirus, economy top concerns for US voters

Exit polls show coronavirus, economy top concerns for US voters

-- 2020-11-04 06:27:08

A third of US voters listed the economy as the issue that mattered most to them when deciding their choice for president while two out of 10 cited Covid-19, according to an Edison Research exit poll o...

Terrorism threat level in Britain raised to 'severe'

Terrorism threat level in Britain raised to 'severe'

-- 2020-11-04 00:55:46

Britain's terrorism threat level has been raised to 'severe' as a precaution following attacks in France and Austria, interior minister Priti Patel said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.  The change,...

Americans rendering final verdict after bitter campaign

Americans rendering final verdict after bitter campaign

bdnews24.com 2020-11-04 00:02:15

Americans went to the polls on Tuesday to write the final chapter of a presidential campaign that has been unlike any other, amid the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed more than 230,000 lives in...

COVID-19's long shadow looms over US as Americans head to the polls

COVID-19's long shadow looms over US as Americans head to the polls

Reuters 2020-11-03 23:08:18

For many Americans, this is the coronavirus election. The pandemic has killed about 230,000 people in the country and destroyed millions of jobs, defining the last year of Donald Trump's presidency a...

How Liberal Americans are coping with election stress

How Liberal Americans are coping with election stress

Reuters 2020-11-03 21:47:46

Rachel Richardson, a lifelong Democrat, is spending Election Day hiking trails along the Pacific Coast with her two daughters and a fellow mom with her kids in tow. The 41-year-old Berkeley, Californ...

Deutsche Bank looks for ways to sever ties with Trump

Deutsche Bank looks for ways to sever ties with Trump

-- 2020-11-03 21:32:41

Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with US President Donald Trump after the presidential elections, as it tired of the negative publicity stemming from the ties, according to...

Pennsylvania may be at the centre of US election storm

Pennsylvania may be at the centre of US election storm

-- 2020-11-03 20:58:43

In a presidential race with an extraordinary number of moving parts, election day finds Pennsylvania under intensifying scrutiny as the place where it could all come together – or fall spectacul...

US finds no evidence of election manipulation

US finds no evidence of election manipulation

-- 2020-11-03 20:51:55

Acting US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday there was no evidence a ‘foreign actor’ had compromised US votes in the 2020 presidential election. The messa...

Anxious Americans cast votes with faces masked

Anxious Americans cast votes with faces masked

Reuters 2020-11-03 20:19:44

Americans began casting ballots on Tuesday in an Election Day unlike any other, braving the threat of COVID-19 and the potential for violence and intimidation after one of the most polarizing presiden...

'Trump Train' triggers security concerns, experts say

'Trump Train' triggers security concerns, experts say

Reuters 2020-11-03 19:45:31

Lines of honking SUVs, pickup trucks and motorcycles, flying flags for US President Donald Trump are raising security concerns, election experts say - particularly on the country's last day of voting....

Expectations on US election night, beyond

Expectations on US election night, beyond

Reuters 2020-11-03 19:40:25

The coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented number of ballots cast early, the lack of consistency about how these votes will be counted, and ongoing legal battles have made the outcome of the 2020 U.S....

Sri Lankan navy, villagers rescue more than 100 stranded whales

Sri Lankan navy, villagers rescue more than 100 stranded whales

-- 2020-11-03 17:45:23

Sri Lanka's navy said on Tuesday more than 100 whales were rescued after becoming stranded on a beach on the island's southwest coast a day earlier. Villagers defied a novel coronavirus curfew to joi...

Americans vote in search of soul

Americans vote in search of soul

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-03 16:39:40

Americans go to the polls on Tuesday in an election that is widely dubbed "a referendum on the soul of the nation". They will decide between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe...

Death toll climbs to 100 from earthquake in Turkey

Death toll climbs to 100 from earthquake in Turkey

-- 2020-11-03 16:20:24

The death toll from Friday's earthquake in the Aegean Sea has reached 100, with the deaths of 98 people in Turkey's western city of Izmir, disaster authorities said. Two teenagers also died on the Gr...

In last-minute pre-election push, Biden, Trump brace for possible court fight

In last-minute pre-election push, Biden, Trump brace for possible court fight

REUTERS 2020-11-03 11:06:23

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden made a last-ditch push for votes in battleground states on Monday as their campaigns prepared for post-election disputes that could prolong a divi...

US early voting tops 95 million on eve of Election Day

US early voting tops 95 million on eve of Election Day

Reuters 2020-11-03 10:56:16

More than 95 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election by Monday, according to a tally by the US Elections Project at the University of Florida, a harbinger of what is e...

Vienna ‘terror attack’ leaves two dead, 14 injured

Vienna ‘terror attack’ leaves two dead, 14 injured

-- 2020-11-03 10:30:02

Gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna on Monday starting outside the main synagogue, killing two people and injuring at least 14 in what Austria called a “repulsive terror attack&rdquo...

Gunmen storm Kabul University in second deadly attack on students

Gunmen storm Kabul University in second deadly attack on students

Reuters 2020-11-02 20:50:07

Gunmen stormed Kabul University, killing students in their classrooms and firing on others as they fled on Monday, in the second attack on an educational institution in the city in just over a week, o...

Trump, Biden focus battleground states for votes in final hours

Trump, Biden focus battleground states for votes in final hours

-- 2020-11-02 18:19:58

US President Donald Trump will hunt for support in four battleground states on Monday while Democratic rival Joe Biden focuses on Pennsylvania and Ohio during the final day of campaigning in their lon...

Targeting journalists takes toll on societies as a whole: UN chief

Targeting journalists takes toll on societies as a whole: UN chief

-- 2020-11-02 17:09:32

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights as the world fights the COVI...

British journalist Robert Fisk dies

British journalist Robert Fisk dies

-- 2020-11-02 16:58:23

The veteran British journalist Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74 after suffering a suspected stroke. The journalist was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after becoming...

Snowden seeks Russian citizenship

Snowden seeks Russian citizenship

-- 2020-11-02 16:34:06

Former US spy Edward Snowden and his wife have decided to apply for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed borders. Snowden's Russian...