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Joe Biden’s campaign is continuing to watch results coming in tonight, including in Pennsylvania as they hope the state could put them over 270 electoral votes. As they watched the margins in Georgia and Pennsylv
Joe Biden took a slim lead in Pennsylvania, edged ahead in Georgia and is up in Nevada with the fate of the presidency on the line and several closely watched states still counting ballots, almost three days after polls
A second day of sometimes duelling demonstrations over the integrity of the U.S. presidential election started in Philadelphia and other cities as ballot counting dragged on in a handful of states that would decide the
US President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Elect
The outcome of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden neck to neck in key swing states. Biden's campaign said the race was moving to a conclusion in their favour.
Joe Biden has won battleground New Hampshire while US President Donald Trump leads in all-important Florida. New Hampshire was the first swing state called by NBC News while the others remain too close or too early
Polls have closed in most swing states and US President Donald Trump leads in all-important Florida and in Texas, but the race in both is still too close to call. According to NBC News, Trump was leading Biden with
Joe Biden won Virginia and Vermont, and US President Trump carried Indiana and West Virginia. According to the New York Times, polls have begun to close in numerous Eastern states, and results are expected to begin
Millions of Americans are heading to the polls in person today adding their ballots to the more than 100 million already cast by early voters. Donald Trump who is 74-years-old is seeking to avoid becoming the first
Two men have been arrested in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping a doctor into buying an "Aladdin's lamp" that they promised would bring him wealth and health. As part of the con, they even pret
US President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden are travelling across the US as the election enters its closing stage. Trump planned to visit five battleground states while his challenger Biden spoke at a campaign ev
Three people have died in a knife attack at a church in Nice in France in what French President Emmanuel Macron said was an Islamist terrorist attack. He said France would not surrender its core values after visiti
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said the country will aim to become carbon neutral by 2050. In his first policy speech since taking office last month, Suga told Japan's parliament that his "administration
The Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has said that he thinks same-sex couples should be allowed to have "civil unions". BBC News reports he made the comments in the new documentary – Francesco which is ab
More than 200 former residents of COVID-19 quarantine facilities in Australia are being urged to test for blood-transmitted diseases, including HIV, after authorities admitted they used the same blood-testing devices fo
The final debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted. The Trump campaign voiced objections to the change - mad
Four school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. BBC News
The number of COVID-19 cases globally surged past 40 million overnight. It comes as the World Health Organisation warned cases are accelerating in Europe and North America. The milestone was hit today, accordi
Officials are easing tight coronavirus restrictions in the state of Victoria after more than 100 days of lockdown. From today, people will be able to travel further and meet up with more friends without a time limi
Dozens of travellers from New Zealand have flown into Western Australia, despite the state not being part of Australia's current international travel bubble arrangement. Premier Mark McGowan said that 23 people fro
