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Voters across the US elected a historic slate of women, candidates of colour and other underrepresented politicians on Tuesday, reshaping the face of political leadership as Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s administration ​to major gains nationwide. Democrats flipped control of both the House of Representatives and Senate while winning key statewide races, delivering a series of milestone victories. Gina Hinojosa became the first Latina elected ‌governor of Texas, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan the first Muslim elected to the US Senate and Deb Haaland of New…

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New Zealand’s party leaders made final appeals to voters on Thursday, three days before ‌a general election that polls show is too close to call as discontent around an ailing economy continues to swell. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told reporters while campaigning in Hawke’s Bay that the election would likely go down to the wire. “The message is pretty simple – ​it’s going to be tight and close,” he told reporters, “we want to encourage everybody to get out ​, and party vote National,” urging voters to give National another…

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Defending champions Pakistan will launch their ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2026 title defence against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, November 6, at Muscat’s Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman. The eight-team 50-over tournament gets underway on Thursday, November 5, with participating sides divided into two groups. Pakistan, the UAE, India and Nepal are placed in Group A, while Group B comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, scheduled for November 12, while the tournament final…

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The federal cabinet has approved replacing Pakistan’s Rs10 banknote with a coin of the same denomination, months after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) dismissed reports that the currency note was being discontinued. The decision was taken on the recommendation of the Ministry of Finance during a cabinet meeting that also approved designs for a new series of currency notes. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, the cabinet was given a detailed briefing on the proposed designs, which were developed after inviting suggestions from artists and…

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The US president repeatedly branded him a jihadist. His Republican opponent questioned his loyalty to America. Campaign mailers suggested he had ties to terrorists and warned that, if elected, he would bring sharia law to Michigan. Before Abdul El Sayed could make history as the first Muslim elected to the US ​Senate, he endured what critics called one of the most overtly Islamophobic campaigns in modern US politics. He won anyway. El Sayed cast his victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections as a rebuke to such rhetoric, ‌accusing his Republican opponent…

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Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march through French cities and public ‌workers to strike on Thursday, in a fresh test for President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of unrest that have rattled his government and dominated the agenda five months ahead of a presidential election. The mobilisation, called by trade unions including the left-wing CGT and backed by student groups, comes ​after demonstrations over living costs, public services and education triggered the worst civil unrest France has seen in ​years. Authorities have sought to lower tensions after riots…

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Democrats’ takeover of Congress and growing Republican unease over Israel could trigger the biggest reassessment of US support for its closest Middle East ally in decades, ​after an election shaped in part by anger over the Iran war. Democrats won both the Senate and House in Tuesday’s midterms. Many winning candidates were progressives who ‌campaigned against military aid to Israel and the US-Israeli war on Iran. Israel’s campaign in Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s embrace of President Donald Trump and other Republicans had already strained decades of bipartisan support…

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President Donald Trump faced pressure from Republicans on Wednesday to change course after a midterm ​election rout handed Democrats control of Congress and voters rejected his handpicked candidates in key races. Republican allies and strategists called ‌for Trump to shake up his White House personnel, restore discipline and scrap policies they blamed for the losses, including the Iran war and tariffs, as his presidency enters its final years. Veteran Republican strategist John Feehery called the results a “huge disaster” for Trump. “He needs to clean house,” Feehery said. “Every day…

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NASA’s Swift satellite telescope, which spent two decades studying the most powerful known blasts ​of energy in the cosmos, tumbled out of orbit as expected on Wednesday and burned up in Earth’s ‌atmosphere over Indonesia, the space agency reported. The fiery demise of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, weighing roughly 3,200 pounds, came less than three months after a rescue spacecraft failed its mission to boost the satellite to a higher orbit and extend its life. The US Space Force confirmed ​that Swift’s re-entry occurred at 7:39am, as the satellite…

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Activist Joshua Wong, 30, who became the ​international face of Hong Kong’s ‌democracy movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in jail ​on a charge of ​collusion with foreign entities under ⁠the city’s national security law. Wong ​was accused of conspiring with ​self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others in 2020 to request that foreign ​countries, institutions, organisations or individuals outside ​China impose sanctions or blockades, or engage ‌in ⁠other hostile activities directed against the governments of Hong Kong and China. He pleaded guilty ​to the ​charge ⁠in September.

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