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[Photo News] 2020 US presidential election amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Nov 3, 2020

Just ahead of the crucial presidential election, US President Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Joe Biden pushed through the country for a final day of campaigning. Supporters gathered at respect...
In 2020 finale, Trump combative, Biden on offense

Nov 3, 2020

Nearly 100 million votes have already been cast, through early voting or mail-in ballots, which could lead to delays in tabulation. Trump has spent months claiming without evidence that the votes wou...
Americans set to pick next US president in high-stakes election

Nov 2, 2020

WASHINGTON -- Americans will go to the polls this week to decide who will lead their country over the next four years in one of the most contentious presidential elections that could also become the ...
Trump, Biden hit key states in final weekend sprint before vote

Nov 1, 2020

READING (AFP) -- Donald Trump visits five swing states Sunday in a punishing finale to a frantic weekend sprint against challenger Joe Biden just days ahead of the US presidential election. The cand...
China starts once-a-decade census of world's largest population

Nov 1, 2020

SHANGHAI (AFP) -- Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday for a once-a-decade head count of the world's largest population that for the first time will use mobile app...
Hong Kong opposition politicians arrested for legislature protest

Nov 1, 2020

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Seven pro-democracy Hong Kong politicians were arrested Sunday over protests and scuffles that broke out in the legislature earlier this year, the latest prosecutions targeting Bei...
Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90

Nov 1, 2020

Its impact lasted long after. Cilento would allege that he had physically abused her and Connery defended his behavior in interviews. In 1965, he told Playboy magazine that he did not find "anything ...
Biden joined by Obama as Trump targets Pennsylvania in election finale

Oct 31, 2020

MILWAUKEE (AFP) -- Barack Obama will join forces with Joe Biden in Michigan as Donald Trump goes all in on the crucial state of Pennsylvania Saturday and the two candidates dig deep on the final week...
China manufacturing growth eases in October but remains strong

Oct 31, 2020

BEIJING (AFP) -- Factory activity in China dipped slightly in October, according to official data published Saturday, but remained in growth territory as the world's second-largest economy continued ...
Trump flies to Pennsylvania, Biden sits back

Oct 21, 2020

WASHINGTON(AFP) -- US President Donald Trump campaigned frantically and frontrunning challenger Joe Biden stayed mostly out of sight Tuesday ahead of a pivotal televised debate with only two weeks un...
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of violating humanitarian truce

Oct 18, 2020

STEPANAKERT (AFP) -- Armenia on Sunday accused Azerbaijan of violating a fresh humanitarian truce aimed at halting weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has claimed hundreds of live...
Paris goes under curfew as Europe ramps up virus restrictions

Oct 15, 2020

PARIS (AFP) -- France on Wednesday became the latest European country to toughen anti-coronavirus measures, imposing a curfew in Paris and eight other cities from Saturday, while Germany and Ireland ...
Trump, Biden to hold rival TV town halls instead of debate

Oct 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump will feature in a televised town hall Thursday on NBC News, the network said, setting up a direct scheduling clash with rival Joe Biden who had already plan...
Defiant Trump returns to campaign trail

Oct 13, 2020

SANFORD (AP) -- Defiant as ever about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Monday turned his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19 into a full-throated defense of his handling of the ...
Doctor says Trump no longer at risk of transmitting virus

Oct 11, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House doctor said Saturday night that President Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus, a diagnosis that comes as the president prepares to res...