Donald Trump supporters – some armed with rifles and handguns – have descended on election counting centres where mail-in ballots continue to be tallied up. In the state of Arizona, a mostly unmasked crowd chanted “stop the steal” following unsubstantiated claims that votes for the Republican president were deliberately not being counted. US election 2020
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Joe Biden is closing in on Donald Trump in the key battleground of Georgia, hoping to flip a third state from the Republicans and put himself within touching distancing of the White House. The Democrat challenger is now 31,000 votes behind – a much smaller gap than the 372,000 he trailed behind by 24 hours
The theory that prehistoric hunting was only for men looks like being a modern male sexist construct after a discovery at an ancient burial site in Peru.. The remains of a teenage girl who lived around 9,000 years ago were found, alongside a “well-stocked big-game hunting toolkit”. Previously it was thought that women were foragers
Global stock markets have rallied sharply as Americans head to the polls – with the likely impact of any result on economic stimulus preoccupying investors. London’s FTSE 100 was 2% higher in early afternoon trading with European markets also ahead, picking up after gains from Wall Street and in Asian trading overnight. There were further
Afghanistan has marked a day of mourning as the death toll from an attack on Kabul University has risen to at least 35. Gunmen barged into the university on Monday, in what was the second attack on an educational institution in the capital in just over a week. Both have been claimed by Islamic State.
A young girl has been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Izmir, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The girl was seen being taken into an ambulance, wrapped in a thermal blanket, as rescue workers and onlookers clapped and chanted “God is
Poland’s right-wing government has delayed implementing a high court ruling on further tightening what was already one of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, after nationwide protests. On 22 October, the court decided aborting foetuses with congenital defects violates the constitution – only permitting terminations in cases where there is a risk to the woman’s life
A man known as Russia’s “Sausage King” has been killed with a crossbow in a sauna at his home near Moscow. Intruders broke into the home of Russian meat boss Vladimir Marugov, 54, early on Monday. They tied him and his partner up in the sauna and demanded money before killing him with a crossbow.
Diego Maradona has had successful surgery for a bleed on the brain, his public relations team has said. The operation took place at a private hospital less than a week after his 60th birthday. His personal doctor Leopoldo Luque said the Argentine was diagnosed with a subdural haematoma – an accumulation of blood between a
A man’s pet parrot has saved him from a fire that gutted his house. The man’s house in Brisbane, Australia, was well alight when firefighters arrived just after 2am but Anton Nguyen had escaped without injury. Mr Nguyen said his pet parrot, named Eric, had woken him up before the smoke detectors raised the alarm.
A gunman who killed four people in Vienna posted a photo of himself on social media with two of the weapons he apparently used in the terror attack – before he carried out his rampage. Kujtim Fejzulai went on a shooting spree outside the Austrian capital’s largest synagogue and also through the city’s nightlife district
It was a bright, sunny and warm day in Vienna, the sort that makes you want to stroll and take your time. But, for the moment at least, this is not a city that is in the mood to relax. The memories of Monday night’s attack linger over a city that prides itself on being safe
Amanda Knox has been criticised after making a joke about the US election. The 33-year-old American spent almost four years behind bars after being convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British student, in 2007. Knox was famously acquitted of the crime in 2011 and completely exonerated in 2015. US election 2020 live: Follow the
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Boripe community primary health care centre located in Osun state, SouthWest Nigeria is wearing a new look with the purchase of medicines, medical equipments and painting of the external facility. The facility upgrade is funded by the WishWall Foundation and coordinated by iRead To Live Initiative, Nigeria. The primary health centre serves a minimum of about 800
The WishWall Foundation, USA in collaboration with iRead To Live Initiative, Nigeria has announced plans to donate medical equipments to a community primary health care facility in South west Nigeria. The community facility serves is situated in Boripe community, Osun state Nigeria with a population of about 800 residents. This facility serves as the first of