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Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s former White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders won Tuesday’s gubernatorial race in heavily Republican Arkansas, US media projected. She had been favored to beat Democrat Chris Jones in the southern state that her father, who ran twice for the Republican presidential nomination, governed from 1996 to 2007. Sanders, 40, ran a campaign that lambasted President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat, as “radical,” and like Republicans across […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Generation Z will soon have its voice in Washington. Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost, all of 25 years old, on Tuesday became the first Gen Z member-elect of Congress when he won a seat in the US House of Representatives. As a candidate in a district that leans solidly Democratic, Frost’s victory over Republican Calvin Wimbish was called by US networks shortly after polls closed. “WE WON!!!!” tweeted an […]
Prelim M5.6 Earthquake Nepal Nov-08 20:27 UTC, updates https://t.co/AOuHGMuJHT — USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (@USGSted) November 8, 2022 Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP | Six people were killed in a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck western Nepal in the early hours Wednesday, causing tremors as far away as New Delhi, authorities said. The epicentre was near the Nepalese municipality of Dipayal, 340 kilometres (210 miles) west of Kathmandu at a depth of 15 km at around 2:00 […]
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | by Lisa Martin and Alexis Hontang Southeast Asian countries look set to maintain ties with Russia as a trio of global summits loom, despite US-led efforts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine invasion. The Ukraine conflict and its repercussions — higher fuel, energy and food costs and supply chain disruptions — will loom over the back-to-back gatherings in Phnom Penh, Bali and Bangkok. The diplomatic whirl begins this week with […]
Miami, United States | AFP | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has been tipped as a possible 2024 presidential candidate, was projected as one of the early winners of the night in Tuesday’s midterm election. DeSantis, a rising star of America’s political right, was re-elected governor, defeating Democratic challenger Charlie Crist. ABC and CNN projected a win for the 44-year-old DeSantis, who is seen as a serious challenger to presumptive candidate former president Donald Trump […]
Washington, United States | AFP | by Paul HANDLEY Control of the US Congress is at stake Tuesday as Americans vote nationwide, but with key races expected to be close, and possible delays and court challenges, results might not be known for days. Political tensions could rise as the days, or weeks, roll on without a certain winner. Some national TV networks, using complex calculations based on early results and traditional voting patterns, will likely […]
New York, United States | AFP by Peter HUTCHISON Donald Trump’s influence loomed large as Americans voted Tuesday in midterm elections that could kickstart any bid to return to the White House in 2024 — or, if his loyalists perform badly, derail it entirely. While the former president’s name is not on any ballot, scores of Republican candidates are carrying his personal endorsement in a litmus test for his popularity. At the tail end of […]
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | AFP | by Laurent Thomet Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies’ windfall profits to pay for damages caused by natural disasters and enact a “non-proliferation treaty” to halt fossil fuel production. Developing nations have pressed their case at the COP27 summit in Egypt for the creation of a “loss and damage” fund, arguing that rich nations are to blame for […]
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | AFP | Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts, the Pakistani premier told COP27 on Tuesday, as his country reels from historic floods. Talks at the UN climate conference in Egypt have been dominated by calls for wealthier nations to fulfil pledges to financially help poorer nations green their economies and build resilience. “The world is burning up faster than our […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that the UK will continue to play a vital role in NATO for generations, ahead of a visit by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The NATO chief will be the first international leader Sunak has met in Downing Street since he took office last month. Wednesday’s talks will center on UK support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in February, and the alliance’s future, Sunak’s […]
Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said. “Without adaptation measures, and under a scenario of 3 degrees Celsius global warming by 2100, 90,000 Europeans could die from extreme heat annually,” it said. “With 1.5 degrees C global warming, this is reduced to 30,000 deaths annually.” Countries have pledged to keep global […]
Washington, United States | AFP | by Shaun Tandon and Chris Lefkow with Gerard Martinez in Atlanta A sharply polarized United States on Tuesday braced for a tense night of election results that will determine control of Congress and the future of President Joe Biden’s agenda. A Republican victory could pave the way for a White House comeback bid by Donald Trump — who returned to his playbook of airing unfounded claims of fraud after […]
