The USA is, by pretty much all metrics, the most powerful country in the world right now. It has by far the largest nominal GDP and GDP per capita; the strongest and best-funded military; a leading role in just about any international organization or process, and frankly incredible cultural cachet....
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Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform. Election officials in pivotal battleground...
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Following Israel’s October 26, 2024, attack on Iranian energy facilities, Iran vowed to respond with “all available tools,” sparking fears it could soon produce a nuclear weapon to pose a more credible threat. The country’s breakout time—the period required to develop a nuclear bomb—is now estimated...
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Dressing like a sanitation worker and, at one point, appearing in the cab of a garbage truck, Donald Trump sought to convince voters in battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday that Democrats believe those who vote for him are “garbage”. The theatrics came in response to an apparent verbal gaffe...
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Georgian prosecutors on Wednesday launched a probe into the alleged "falsification" of the country's parliamentary election and summoned pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili for questioning after she accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of fraud. The announcement came after several EU...
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This seemingly endless election campaign is finally drawing to a close, and for many of us the finale feels dire. November 5 is likely to be the most important day of our lives, aside from our wedding day, or the days our children were born, or the days our loved ones passed. It is likely to set the...
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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Polls opened in a national election in Botswana on Wednesday as voters decide if one of Africa’s longest-ruling parties stays in power for another five-year term. The Botswana Democratic Party has governed the southern African nation for 58 years, since independence...
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Joe Biden had largely been an afterthought one week before the election in which he’d once hoped to win a second term. Not anymore. The president inadvertently injected himself into the homestretch of the campaign and may have handed a big assist to his erstwhile rival, ex-President Donald Trump,...
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