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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election Live blog: Donald Trump declares victory and threatens Supreme Court action over continued counting of postal ballots

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November 4, 2020
US election hinges on Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are focused on the three northern industrial states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that could determine who wins the White...

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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election live blog: Trump says he will go to Supreme Court to stop voting, saying ‘we did win this election’

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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election live blog: Biden ‘feeling good’ while Trump takes Florida as race on for swing states

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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election live blog: Biden ‘feeling good’ while Trump takes Florida as race on for swing states

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November 4, 2020
Disunited States of America election shows the centre is not holding as push to extremes intensifies

"Remember the first rule of politics. The ballots don't make the results, the counters make the results. The counters. Keep counting." - Boss Tweed in ‘The Gangs of New York'.

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November 4, 2020
Disunited States of America election shows the centre is not holding as push to extremes intensifies

"Remember the first rule of politics. The ballots don't make the results, the counters make the results. The counters. Keep counting." - Boss Tweed in ‘The Gangs of New York'.

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November 4, 2020
Anti-Trump protesters gather near White House

More than a thousand people protesting against US President Donald Trump have descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a short distance from the White House.

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November 4, 2020
Trump wins Florida while locked in tight races with Biden in other swing states

President Donald Trump has won the prized battleground state of Florida as he and Democrat Joe Biden battle to the finish of an epic US election campaign.

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November 4, 2020
Trump wins Florida while locked in tight races with Biden in other swing states

President Donald Trump has won the prized battleground state of Florida as he and Democrat Joe Biden battle to the finish of an epic US election campaign.

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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election live blog: Biden ‘feeling good’ while Trump set to take Florida as race on for swing states

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November 4, 2020
US Presidential Election: Anxious electorate lifts turnout in key states

A record number of Americans are expected to have voted in this year's presidential election, making their voices heard at a time when the country is tensely polarised and battling...

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November 4, 2020
Trump and Biden locked in tight races in US election battleground states

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are locked in tight races in battleground states after Americans voted in the US election.

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November 4, 2020
Trump and Biden locked in tight races in US election battleground states

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are locked in tight races in battleground states after Americans voted in the US election.

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November 4, 2020
Live blog: Trump v Biden – US Presidential Election updates as race on for swing states

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November 4, 2020
Dogs accompany Americans to vote during presidential election

As Americans flocked to the polls to cast their votes in Tuesday's Presidential election, some were accompanied by their pets.

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November 4, 2020
Maradona surgery for bleeding on brain ‘a success’, spokesman says

Diego Maradona underwent successful surgery on Tuesday for possible bleeding on his brain less than a week after his 60th birthday, his public relations team has said.

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November 4, 2020
Democrats push to extend control of House of Representatives for two more years

Democrats are pushing to cement control of the House of Representatives for two more years with perhaps an even larger majority.

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November 4, 2020
Democrats push to extend control of House of Representatives for two more years

Democrats are pushing to cement control of the House of Representatives for two more years with perhaps an even larger majority.

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November 4, 2020
Democrats push to extend control of House of Representatives for two more years

Democrats are pushing to cement control of the House of Representatives for two more years with perhaps an even larger majority.

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November 4, 2020
QAnon-supporting Republican wins US House of Representatives seat

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a seat in the US House of Representatives.

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November 4, 2020
Democratic nominee elected first openly transgender US senator

Democratic nominee Sarah McBride has become the first transgender person elected to the United States senate.

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November 4, 2020
A tiny miracle: young girl pulled from rubble 90 hours after earthquake in Turkey

A young girl was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir, more than 90 hours after a deadly earthquake which killed at...

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November 4, 2020
China’s president warns of ‘risk factors’ as it makes plans for future development

China's president Xi Jinping, commenting on the ruling Communist Party's recommendations for the next five years, said yesterday the country faces a significant increase in “risk factors” on a domestic...

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November 4, 2020
French commandos kill 50 jihadist fighters in Mali strike

French military forces fighting Islamic extremists in West Africa killed more than 50 jihadists and detained four in an operation last week in Mali, French officials said.

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November 4, 2020
Half-a-million people in Liverpool to get regular testing for coronavirus from later this week

Up to 500,000 people in Liverpool will be regularly tested for Covid-19 in Britain's first city-wide trial of widespread, rapid testing that the UK government hopes will be a new...

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November 4, 2020
In a Washington fortress, Trump awaits the final verdict as bitter election campaign reaches end

Donald Trump had swept to the presidency vowing to build a wall. But on election day 2020 it was not a barrier at the border but one around the White...

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November 4, 2020
Military rules out action if poll result disputed by Trump

America's top general has reportedly warned the military would play no role in resolving a disputed election as he sought to dispel the idea the country's generals could take a...

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November 4, 2020
North Korea’s new submarines ‘capable of launching ballistic missiles’

North Korea is building two new submarines, including one capable of firing ballistic missiles, according to the South's National Intelligence Service.

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November 4, 2020
Online lies and misinformation surge on US Election Day

Voters faced a fresh barrage of misinformation yesterday, the latest development in a voting period that has been marred by misleading narratives across social media

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November 4, 2020
US voters in massive turnout as poll goes down 
to the wire

Polls closed in the US last night have closed as voters in the US election decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

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November 4, 2020
Vienna rampage: Austrian police arrest 14 after jihadist gunman kills four

Austrian police raided 18 locations and arrested 14 people in a massive dragnet yesterday , after a gunman killed four people in a rampage in the centre of Vienna overnight.

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November 4, 2020
Trump and Biden score early wins but battleground states are too close to call

Polls have closed across the United States' east coast after an epic election campaign fought between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

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November 4, 2020
Mitch McConnell wins re-election in Kentucky amid battle for control of Senate

Republicans are fighting to keep control of the Senate in a close contest against a surge of Democrats challenging US President Donald Trump's allies.

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November 4, 2020
First polls close as US election voters choose between Trump and Biden

The first set of polls have closed as voters in the US election decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

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November 3, 2020
This decaying Rust Belt town put its faith in Trump – but he couldn’t save it

INSIDE his rundown Union 76 gas station, 92-year-old Ed Shepard was reading a book, and staring out the window at a mural across the street.

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November 3, 2020
U.S. Postal Service ordered to check for delayed ballots in key battlegrounds

A judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep mail processing facilities on Tuesday afternoon for delayed ballots and immediately dispatch any for delivery in about a dozen states including...

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November 3, 2020
Robust turnout as Trump and Biden hand their fate to voters

US President Donald Trump and Joe Biden handed their fate on Tuesday to voters, who will decide which man will steer the country through the surging pandemic that has killed...

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November 3, 2020
Live blog: Trump v Biden – US Presidential Election updates as America decides

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