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Read More IS THERE A DEADLINE BY WHICH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MUST OFFICIALLY HAVE ALL ITS VOTES IN? Election Day is only one point in the process of the Electoral College, which decides who wins a U.S. presidential race. After the polls close, states begin to count and certify popular vote results according to their…

Read More Americans went to the polls Tuesday under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with an alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. Nebraska’s largest hospitals started limiting elective surgeries and looked to bring in nurses from other states…

Read More In one of the towns in Normandy where U.S. Army paratroopers fought and died on D-Day in World War II, a French store owner already has readied the “Trump 2020” flag that he plans to unfurl in celebration if the U.S. president wins a second term. A very real feared repercussion for some…

Read MoreJoe Biden’s campaign has mirrored his character, showing the calm, compassionate leader Americans need in this moment.Joe Biden’s campaign has mirrored his character, showing the calm, compassionate leader Americans need in this moment.

Read More Wednesday: More than 100 million Americans have already cast their vote in the US election. Plus: pen pals are back Good morning, this is Tamara Howie bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 4 November. Continue reading…Wednesday: More than 100 million Americans have already cast their vote in the US election.…

Read More After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls in the strangest locations to cast their vote in the 2020 presidential election Continue reading…After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls in the strangest locations to cast their vote in the 2020 presidential election Continue reading…

Read More BONN, Germany, Nov 03 (IPS) – In 2013, when Jamila Ben Baba started her company, the first privately owned slaughterhouse in Mali, she did so in the midst of a civil war as Tuareg rebels grouped together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad. Read the full story, “Solving the…

Read More It’s safe to say that COVID-19, the country’s worst public health crisis in a generation, was the single most important issue in the 2020 Presidential race. It warped the campaign, sickened a candidate, and shaped not only voters’ opinions, but how they cast their ballots. But amidst this unprecedented crisis, the topic of…

Read More It’s safe to say that COVID-19, the country’s worst public health crisis in a generation, was the single most important issue in the 2020 Presidential race. It warped the campaign, sickened a candidate, and shaped not only voters’ opinions, but how they cast their ballots. But amidst this unprecedented crisis, the topic of…

Read More Wall-to-wall plywood made a return to the streets of Washington, D.C. on the eve of Election Day, as did the thwap-thwap of police and other helicopters making arcs over neighborhoods near the White House. Businesses for several city blocks around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue braced for possible blowback if the incumbent President Donald Trump…

Read More Wall-to-wall plywood made a return to the streets of Washington, D.C. on the eve of Election Day, as did the thwap-thwap of police and other helicopters making arcs over neighborhoods near the White House. Businesses for several city blocks around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue braced for possible blowback if the incumbent President Donald Trump…

Read More LONDON, Nov 03 (IPS) – You cannot change the wind; but you can bend the sail – a favourite African proverb of Kofi Annan Let me begin with an appeal to our venerable friend, the UN: get down on the ground with the grandchildren. Just having celebrated its 75th birthday, we can hear…

Read More LONDON, Nov 03 (IPS) – You cannot change the wind; but you can bend the sail – a favourite African proverb of Kofi Annan Let me begin with an appeal to our venerable friend, the UN: get down on the ground with the grandchildren. Just having celebrated its 75th birthday, we can hear…

Read More Tory MP defends strategy as rebels warn they will not vote to extend latest restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK should be braced for at least a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and further lockdowns, a minister has said as Tory sceptics warned they would not…

Read More Tory MP defends strategy as rebels warn they will not vote to extend latest restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK should be braced for at least a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and further lockdowns, a minister has said as Tory sceptics warned they would not…

Read More NAIROBI, Nov 03 (IPS) – Peter Kamalingin B.L. is the Pan Africa Program Director for Oxfam InternationalThe corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa’s population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality. At the greatest risk are lives and livelihoods of the poor. Read the full story, “Africa Must not Assume a…

Read More Donald Trump told reporters losing was ‘never easy’ for him and he had not yet written an acceptance or concession speech hours before the end of voting in the US election. Trump added there was ‘tremendous unity’ during a stop at the Republican national committee in Arlington, Virginia, where he was thanking staff…

Read More Donald Trump told reporters losing was ‘never easy’ for him and he had not yet written an acceptance or concession speech hours before the end of voting in the US election. Trump added there was ‘tremendous unity’ during a stop at the Republican national committee in Arlington, Virginia, where he was thanking staff…

Read More French police deployed tear gas to remove blockades outside at least 10 high schools in Paris as students staged protests over coronavirus protocols not followed properly as the new academic year got underway in the country. Hundreds of high school students in the French capital protested against inadequate social distancing and coronavirus transmission…

Read More Move is a long-promised political reform by the Gulf state Move is a long-promised political reform by the Gulf state

Read More The girl’s name is Ayda – but officials call her “our miracle,” after she was pulled from a collapsed building, relatively unharmed. (Image credit: Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency via REUTERS) The girl’s name is Ayda – but officials call her “our miracle,” after she was pulled from a collapsed building, relatively…

Read More Iran’s supreme leader has condemned the “dark nature of Western culture” and denounced the support of European leaders for “blasphemous” caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, rejecting their defense of freedom of expression. Speaking on Tuesday in a televised address to mark the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday, Ali Khamenei took fresh aim at Europe and…

Read More Filmed over six years in Turkey, this is a wonderful account of an Iranian family in exile desperately seeking asylum Here’s a documentary that gives off warmth like a radiator, generating huge amounts of empathy. I’m not sure I’ve seen another film that has so movingly put the audience in the shoes of…

Read More Dublin, Nov. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the Middle East and North Africa 2021 and beyond – MEED Insights” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Modern infrastructure and world-class public services are central to the national visions being pursued across the Middle East and North Africa…

Read MoreAs I watch the vote from Turkey, my family politically divided, I have never felt quite so far from home.As I watch the vote from Turkey, my family politically divided, I have never felt quite so far from home.

Read More Death of Elisa Pilarski while six months pregnant was initially blamed on hounds from deer hunt A pregnant woman who died while walking in woods in northern France during a deer hunt was killed by her partner’s dog and not the hunting hounds, a source close to the probe and a hunting club…

Read More Early reports on the upcoming regulations have led to U-turns and uncertainty Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The full regulations for England’s second national lockdown, which is set to begin on Thursday and last four weeks, have not yet been published by the government. But already a number of…

Read MoreThe biggest stock market listing to date is halted after the process is suspended in Shanghai.The biggest stock market listing to date is halted after the process is suspended in Shanghai.

Read MoreLiverpool to trial citywide testing program as Britain grapples with surging infections, while Germany tries a new approach to protect the elderly.Liverpool to trial citywide testing program as Britain grapples with surging infections, while Germany tries a new approach to protect the elderly.

Read More A gang of robbers reportedly broke into a Credit Agricole bank branch in Milan, holding the manager and other staff hostage briefly, before reportedly escaping through the sewers in a daring, well-executed raid.  Reports in Italian media suggest the motley crew entered the bank prior to opening time via a hole in the…

Read More With reports that the president intends to make a premature speech, newsrooms across the US are bracing for misinformation Newsrooms across the United States are bracing for a potentially volatile election night, after reports suggested that Donald Trump is planning to declare “victory” on Tuesday even before results from critical battleground states have…

Read More The army is accused of carrying out revenge killings after three policemen and six soldiers were killed. The army is accused of carrying out revenge killings after three policemen and six soldiers were killed.

Read More Austria’s interior minister says police carried out 18 raids and made 14 arrests after searching the home of the deceased assailant of Monday’s terrorist attack in Vienna, although footage suggests that he acted alone. Following a raid on the terrorist’s apartment, Austrian police carried out a series of further raids on the homes…

Read More While Americans across 50 states and Washington, D.C. are voting on Election Day—or already voted early—some states’ votes will be more closely watched than others. Over the last half-century, the share of Americans who vote for the same party in every election has increased; unsurprisingly, some states are consistent in just the same…

Read More Hundreds of millions of Americans woke up Tuesday morning—if they slept at all—with anxiety over who will win the 2020 U.S. presidential election. On Wednesday, they may very well wake up with just as much anxiety over who did win—again, assuming they fell asleep in the first place. No matter what happens, it’s…