Donald Trump proposed three September debates against Kamala Harris Thursday as he sought to wrest back some of the attention lavished on his rival since her blockbuster entry into the US presidential election. Harris has ignited the Democratic ticket in the last 18 days, pulling in record fundraising and obliterating the Republican ex-president’s polling lead … Read more
Venezuela’s opposition on Thursday warned of a potential mass exodus of migrants if President Nicolas Maduro remains in power following his contested reelection, with the US calling on the strongman not to arrest protest leaders. Election authorities declared Maduro the winner of the July 28 vote but have yet to release detailed results, leading left-wing … Read more
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo snatched a stunning Olympic gold in the men’s 200m Thursday to deny Covid-hit Noah Lyles the sprint double as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone smashed the world record to win the 400m hurdles. On a star-studded night of Olympic action, NBA legend LeBron James led out the US basketball dream team in a crunch semi-final … Read more
Boeing’s new CEO Kelly Ortberg began work Thursday at the embattled aviation giant, vowing closer attention to operations as the company seeks to rebound from stumbles and restore its financial health. In a message to workers, Ortberg expressed how “proud and excited I am to be a member of the Boeing team.” He added: “While … Read more
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Thursday to maintain intensive efforts to stop further far-right riots in English towns and cities, as more people were convicted for their roles in the unrest. Starmer said he would chair another emergency meeting of senior ministers and police leaders later Thursday to plan for potential trouble in … Read more
Recently renewed carbon-cutting commitments still put Earth on a catastrophic path toward 2.7C of warming by 2100 Australian carbon capture and storage firms deepC Store and Azuli have teamed up with Japanese utility Electric Power Development (J-Power) to explore two offshore areas for potential carbon dioxide storage. The joint study agreement, which was disclosed Wednesday, … Read more
Russia’s army was fighting a major Ukrainian border incursion for the third day running, Moscow said Thursday, with independent analysts saying Kyiv’s troops had advanced up to 10 kilometres (six miles) into Russia. Pro-Kyiv forces stormed into Russia’s southwestern Kursk region on Tuesday morning, deploying around 1,000 troops and more than two dozen armoured vehicles … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was flying back to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a caretaker government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. Yunus, 84, could be sworn in as the country’s new leader as soon as Thursday evening to begin what the army chief has vowed will be … Read more
Some 14,000 ecstatic voters packed a Philadelphia arena Tuesday to see their favorite candidate. The next day in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a line of thousands bound for a political rally there stretched more than half a mile. Such impressive numbers have been common at Donald Trump campaign events. But these boisterous, jumbo crowds were not … Read more
Thousands of anti-racism protesters took to the streets in several English cities on Wednesday to oppose days of far-right violence that have had UK police on high alert. Nightly riots — during which mosques and migrant-related facilities have been attacked — have erupted across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland fuelled by a … Read more
