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What A Joe Biden Presidency Might Mean For The U.K.

If President Trump is defeated in Tuesday’s election, one loser could be British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Here’s why. (Image credit: Matt Dunham/AP)

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What A Joe Biden Presidency Might Mean For The U.K.

If President Trump is defeated in Tuesday’s election, one loser could be British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Here’s why. (Image credit: Matt Dunham/AP)

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Kabul attack death toll rises to 35 as students protest

Afghanistan has marked a day of mourning as the death toll from an attack on Kabul University has risen to at least 35.

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China postpones Ant’s colossal IPO after closed-door talk with Jack Ma

The Shanghai stock exchange announced postponing Ant Group’s colossal initial public offering, a day after Chinese regulators weighed a slew of new fintech rules and summoned Jack Ma and other top executives to a closed-door meeting. The rare talk between

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Vienna gunman posted photo of himself with his weapons on social media before rampage

A gunman who killed four people in Vienna posted a photo of himself on social media with two of the weapons he apparently used in the terror attack – before he carried out his rampage.

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Hurricane Eta Nears Nicaragua’s Coast As Forecasters Warn Of ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding

The Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 mph, is expected to weaken rapidly as it moves inland, where it is likely to dump torrential rains in the country’s poorest region. (Image credit: NOAA)

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Prayers for Kamala Harris at her ancestral Indian village

Villagers from the southern Indian ancestral home of US vice-president hopeful Kamala Harris prayed Tuesday for her victory in an election on the other side of the globe as polls opened. Harris, 56, was born in California, but was often

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Ted Olson Argued Bush v. Gore. Before Another Possibly Contested Election, Here Are 7 of His Winning Tactics

In the plethora of challenges to state election procedures making their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the specter of Bush v. Gore haunts the judicial landscape. The litigation over Florida’s determinative 2000 vote count resulted in two oral arguments

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Crypto wallet app ZenGo to launch debit card

ZenGo, a mobile app to manage your cryptocurrencies, is about to launch a Visa debit card in the U.S. This isn’t the first crypto-powered debit card — Coinbase announced a U.S. expansion for its debit card just last week. But ZenGo

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I Covered Covid-19’s Surge in Peru. Then Death Came to My Own Family.

As a WSJ reporter, Ryan Dube wrote about how Peru has the world’s highest per capita Covid-19 death toll. When his father-in-law got sick, the story became personal.

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