A damaged multi-story residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Ramenskoye, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov |
- In the first US presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump risks alienating key voter groups with his insults, experts say, while Kamala Harris must balance responding to attacks and defining herself to voters.
- American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died at the age of 93.
- US prosecutors unveiled criminal charges against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, saying they used the Telegram social media site to solicit attacks on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ people and immigrants aiming to incite a race war.
- Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding 65 people, the enclave's civil emergency service said, in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command center.
- The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said.
- Severe floods are expected to inundate parts of Vietnam's north, including the capital Hanoi, government officials said, as the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far this year, continues to extract a deadly toll.
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China's clampdown on tycoons |
Sun Dawu was a critic of China's Communist Party. Now he's in jail for 18 years for corruption. Sun is one of the highest-profile casualties in a campaign under President Xi Jinping to clamp down on tycoons and top executives who are seen as a threat to the Communist Party's control over the economy, according to Chinese criminal defense lawyers and fellow entrepreneurs familiar with Sun's case. |
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Sarah Palin, Republican John McCain's running mate, and Joe Biden, running with Democrat Barack Obama, during a lively but polite vice-presidential debate. REUTERS/Carlos Barria |
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in their presidential debate, part of a rich tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern US political history. Here are some of those classic match-ups and the quips that defined them. |
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