Africa internet: Where and how are governments blocking it?
More countries across the continent are blocking or restricting access to social media and websites.
'I'm surprised I was not caught,' says South Korea's most notorious serial killer in court hearing
A man who has confessed to being one of South Korea’s most prolific serial killers has told a court in the city of Suwon that he was surprised he had not been not caught earlier. Lee Chun-jae, 57, was appearing in court on Monday for the retrial of a m…
CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine triggers immune response in Phase I trial
CureVac’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine triggered an immune response in humans, the German biotech firm said on Monday, putting it on track to start mass testing this year as the race to end the pandemic heats up. “We are very encouraged by the interi…
Polarized electorate, mail-in ballots could spark post-election legal 'fight of our lives'
U.S. Election Day on Tuesday has all the ingredients for a drawn-out court battle over its outcome: a highly polarized electorate, a record number of mail-in ballots and some Supreme Court justices who appear ready to step in if there is a closely cont…
Factbox: The U.S. counties Wall Street will be tracking on election night
Faced with what may be a protracted vote count to determine the next U.S. president, Wall Street investors said they will be closely monitoring election results in certain counties to get an early indication of where the vote is headed. MARICOPA COUNT…
Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arrested
Police detain the Chadema chairman after his party calls for protests to reject election results.
Virus, political risk, rising as Fed takes stock of post-election landscape
Over the past four years the U.S. Federal Reserve has navigated a global trade war, absorbed verbal blows from a volatile president, and confronted a once-in-a-century pandemic. Indeed, as the Fed meets this week in the immediate shadow of Tuesday’s e…
Election 2020 Today: Trump, Biden make final pleas to voters
ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states on Monday, the final full day of a campaign that has laid bare their dramatically different visi…
Explainer: Can Trump call in troops to quell Election Day unrest?
On Saturday, peaceful participants at a rally in North Carolina to turn out the vote were pepper-sprayed by law enforcement officials. The Biden campaign canceled two events after a caravan of vehicles with Trump campaign flags swarmed a bus carrying …
'You are no longer my mother': How the election is dividing American families
U.S. judge weighs bid to void 127,000 votes cast at drive-through sites in Texas
A federal judge in Texas will consider on Monday whether Houston officials should throw out about 127,000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drive-through voting sites in the Democratic-leaning area. U.S. District Judge Andrew Han…
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