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Mikel Merino stars again as Spain edges Belgium 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper …
Aramco earnings up in Q3, but still far less than last year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's oil and gas giant Aramco announced Tuesday third quarter profits of nearly $12 billion, a significantly higher net income from its dramatically lower second quarter…
4 dead in Vienna shooting; attacker sympathized with IS
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's top security official said that four people have died — including one assailant — and fifteen people were wounded in a shooting in the heart of Vienna late Monday.
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a campaign marked by rancor and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic t…
Ivory Coast electoral commission says Ouattara won 3rd term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Tuesday that President Alassane Ouattara had overwhelmingly won a third term in office after his two main opponents boycotted the election.
Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting.
Norway's Larsen resigns as think tank CEO over Epstein link
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former Norwegian diplomat and politician Terje Rød Larsen, an architect of the Oslo peace accords, has resigned as president and CEO of the International Peace Institute and apologized for his…
Austria authorities say a third person has died in shooting
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting.
Huge voter turnout expected despite virus, political rancor
The scourge of a global pandemic produced an election season like no other in the U.S., persuading record numbers of Americans to cast their ballots early, forcing states to make changes to long-established electio…
EXPLAINER: From 1800, a lesson in delayed election results
The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm, with warnings that a contested battle could last well into December.
Asia Today: New Delhi sees worst wave as India's cases drop
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's capital is seeing its worst wave of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, even as the nation's overall cases fall.
EXPLAINER: For election winner, much transition work ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter who wins on Tuesday, Republican President Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden each will have their work cut out for them during the weeks between the presidential election and the inaugur…
EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections
Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?
Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before Election Day, the 2020 race was the most litigated in memory. President Donald Trump is promising more to come.
EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC
A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.
Tradition: 2 New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the traditio…