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Scientists tip 2024 to be world's hottest on record

This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says.

November 7, 2024 2:25 pm
 

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Hurricane Rafael lashes Cuba, power grid collapse

Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed on Wednesday as Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island’s southwest shore, packing sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and wreaking havoc on the already crisis-stricken country.

November 7, 2024 12:36 pm
 

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Germany faces snap election as Scholz's coalition crumbles

Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.

November 7, 2024 11:34 am
 

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Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 30 people, governor says

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 30 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, according to the regional governor, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.

November 7, 2024 10:17 am
 

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Harris urges Americans to accept results and honor democracy

Kamala Harris has addressed America this morning for the first time since Donald Trump’s decisive election victory.

November 7, 2024 9:45 am
 

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Trump pledges focus on legal migration

President-elect of the United States Donald Trump puts stress on legal migration to the USA following his election victory.

November 7, 2024 8:20 am
 

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Harris set to concede as Trump elected US president

Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States, broadcasters have projected, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House.

November 7, 2024 7:49 am
 

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Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback

Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad.

November 6, 2024 11:03 pm
 

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Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in Phoenix

Five people have been killed after a small jet has crashed into a vehicle after taking off from a suburban Phoenix airport.

November 6, 2024 10:34 pm
 

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Trump claims 'powerful mandate' after Fox News projects he has won US presidency

Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.

November 6, 2024 7:42 pm
 

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Donald Trump declares 'magnificent victory' in speech to jubilant supporters

Donald Trump has declared victory in the US presidential election, delivering a wide-ranging speech to supporters at his watch party in Florida.

November 6, 2024 7:40 pm
 

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Trump takes lead in US presidential race

Republican Donald Trump has been leading in the U.S. presidential election, broadly drawing more support than he did in his failed 2020 campaign, though the result remained unclear in battleground states that will decide the winner.

November 6, 2024 5:08 pm

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