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Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Record numbers have cast votes early in the US election – already breaking total turnout figures of the 2016 presidential election Voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election is reportedly massive, but it has not come close to the record set in 1876, when 81.8 …

Washington, US | Xinhua | Voters in major cities along the east coast of the United States started to cast their ballots early Tuesday, as polls continue to open across the country to decide the presidency. As early as 06:00 ET (1100 GMT), voters began to enter polling stations in major …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The total cost of the 2020 U.S. election, including presidential and congressional, will near 14 billion U.S. dollars, a sum more than what was spent during the last two election cycles combined, a recent study found. According to an estimate from the Center for Responsive Politics …

London, UK | Xinhua | British actor Sean Connery, best known for his starring role in the James Bond films, has died aged 90, British media reported Saturday. His death was first reported by the BBC on Saturday but the cause is as yet undisclosed. His son Jason Connery told the …

Los Angeles | XINHUA |   U.S. President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed Friday morning by a man who has attacked the monument multiple times since 2016. A video posted by the TMZ news website showed that a man wearing a black suit took a …

Moscow,Russia | XINHUA |    Moscow will provide all the necessary assistance to Yerevan in accordance with the 1997 treaty between the two countries if the clashes spill over into Armenia’s territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. “We reaffirm the commitment of the Russian Federation to its allied obligations towards …

London, United Kingdom | XINHUA |   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to hold a press conference at Downing Street at 4 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Saturday as media reports said that a national lockdown could be imposed as early as next week to quell the resurgency of coronavirus …

Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA |    Sudan and U.S. have signed an agreement to restore Sudan’s sovereign immunity, said Sudan’s Justice Ministry. “Sudan’s government signed a bilateral agreement with the government of the United States on Friday to settle the cases filed against Sudan at U.S. courts, including the bombing of …

Istanbul, Turkey | XINHUA |   The death toll in a strong earthquake that hit Turkey’s western province of Izmir increased to 25, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of Turkey (AFAD) said on Saturday. In a written statement, the AFAD announced that a total of 804 people were wounded at …

Buenos Aires, Argentina | XINHUA |    Tributes flowed for Diego Maradona on Friday as the Argentinian football legend celebrated his 60th birthday. The former Napoli, Barcelona and Boca Juniors forward was also honored with the unveiling of a giant mural showing him kissing the 1986 FIFA World Cup trophy in …