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HuffPostKamala Harris Surprises Rallygoers With Damning Video Of Donald Trump
The vice president literally rolled the tape on her Republican rival, drawing gasps from the audience in Erie, Pennsylvania.
- Rolling Stone
Trump Crumbles When Pressed on Economic Policy in Tense Interview
The former president attempted to "weave" his way through an interview with Bloomberg News, but couldn't escape his own policy black hole
- The Telegraph
UN ‘outmanoeuvred and intimidated’ as tree-planting Hezbollah makes dramatic gains
United Nations peacekeepers supposed to keep Hezbollah from Israel’s border have instead been outmanoeuvred and intimidated into allowing the militant group to build up extensive military might, their critics claim.
- The Guardian
‘Blood on your hands’: Penny Wong heckled by pro-Palestine advocates as she gives humanitarian speech at university
Foreign affairs minister filmed walking away from podium as moderator asks some audience members to leave University of Tasmania venue
- HuffPost
'What The F**k Is Going On?': Trump's Weirdest Rally Yet Leaves 'Daily Show' Stunned
Desi Lydic took a closer look at the moment Trump cut off questions and decided to listen to music for 40 minutes instead.
- HuffPost
Trump's Bizarre Turn At Town Hall Has Critics Asking New Questions About His Health
The former president bailed on questions and just played music for a while, staying on stage and swaying.
- The Independent
Doctors join calls for Trump to release medical records as his speeches continue to go off the rails
An open letter to the former president, signed by over 230 medical professionals, noted that he was ‘displaying alarming characteristics of declining acuity’
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
- INSIDER
China has built a giant Osprey-like drone that engineers say can carry 10 passengers and fly at 340 mph
The Lanying R6000, or the Lanthanum Shadow, is designed to carry up to 4,400 pounds and fly a maximum of 2,400 miles, per a government-shared report.
- Sky News
Why Hezbollah drone attack has caused such alarm in Israel
The Hezbollah drone attack on an Israeli base over the weekend, which killed four soldiers and injured more than 60, has caused considerable alarm within the IDF. The drone managed to evade Israel's sophisticated air defence systems, fly 35 miles south of the Lebanese border and impact a dining hall full of soldiers eating. Hezbollah claims it was targeting the base, which is plausible, but we can't be sure whether it was deliberate or sheer chance that they successfully hit a crowded room.
- Reuters
Xi says China willing to be a partner, friend with the US
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said a successful partnership between China and the United States is an opportunity for the two countries to be enablers for each other's development rather than an obstacle, according to state media on Wednesday. The two countries have been at odds over national security concerns, ongoing trade spats as well as China's actions in the South China Sea and intensified military drills around Taiwan. "China has always handled China-U.S. relations in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and has always believed that the success of China and the United States is an opportunity for each other," Xi said.
- INSIDER
Israel's interceptor missiles are under pressure as threats loom larger
Israel's interceptor missiles stocks are running low, according to an FT report, but one security expert told BI to view that narrative with caution.
- BuzzFeed
I Asked Men To Anonymously Share Who They're Voting For In November And Why — Here's What They Revealed
"My wife and I had a very much wanted pregnancy. Unfortunately, she miscarried, but it did not pass on its own. She needed an abortion to get it out. LUCKILY, we live in a state (California) that still grants women the right to their bodies."
- AFP News
US, Philippines launch war games after China's Taiwan drills, ship collision
Thousands of US and Filipino troops launched joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday, after China held huge drills around Taiwan and a Chinese vessel collided with a Filipino patrol boat.The joint US-Filipino exercises also come days after a collision between a Chinese and a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea.
- Futurism
Pentagon Officials Stumped by Mysterious Drones Haunting Military Base for Weeks
Drone Wars US military officials were disconcerted by a strange parade of unidentifiable drones flying over an Air Force base — and nobody, including the president, knew what to do about them. As the Wall Street Journal reports, strange drone sightings over the Langley Air Force Base — which is not to be confused with […]
- The Daily Beast
Even the GOP’s Leaked Senate Super PAC Memo Says Ted Cruz Is in Trouble
Republican hardliner and Texas Senator Ted Cruz could screw up his party’s chance of flipping the Senate, the GOP super PAC in charge of delivering the chamber in November has warned.A memo from the Senate Leadership Fund, obtained by Politico, shows the PAC’s own internal polling has the firebrand podcaster Cruz at 48 percent, leading Democratic opponent Colin Allred by a single percentage point.Cruz’s lead was three points last month, according to the poll. Support for the incumbent senator in
- Reuters
North Korea says 1.4 million apply to join army amid tensions with South
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean state media said on Wednesday around 1.4 million young people had applied to join or return to the army this week, blaming Seoul for a provocative drone incursion that had brought the "tense situation to the brink of war". The fiery rhetoric comes after North Korea last week accused Seoul of sending drones over Pyongyang that scattered a "huge number" of anti-North leaflets. It then blew up inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the border on Tuesday, and warned that the South would "pay a dear price".
- HuffPost UK
Russian Troops Made An 'Expensive And Embarrassing Failure' On The Battlefield, UK Says
Putin's army decided to shoot down one of their own drones, according to Western intelligence.
- The Independent
Trump spends most of his town hall standing jamming to music after two people falling ill derail his mic time
The former president repeatedly said he’d extend the event, but ended up walking offstage after answering only three questions
- The Independent
People are registering for Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to not attend - here’s why the prank won’t work
Trump is planning to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York at the end of October