2020 US election spending reaches nearly $14 bn

Washington (IANS) The total spending of the 2020 US election cycle, including presidential and congressional, has reached nearly $14 billion, surpassing more than the combined figures of the amount spent during the last two election cycles, a study…

Trump leads Biden in Iowa: Poll

Washington (IANS) With just two days left for Tuesday's US presidential election, a new poll has placed President Donald Trump in a seven-point lead against his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the battleground state of Iowa.

The state swung…

Your guide to US election night blowout: How to watch, what to track

New York (IANS) Record early voting numbers, Florida, Florida, Florida, and a ton of Pennsylvania. Those ingredients are par for the course on November 3. But if you want to mix it up a bit, watch the toss-up states that have gone from solid Republican…

Xi overcomes challenges to his authority in CCP central committee plenary

New Delhi/Beijing (IANS) President Xi Jinping overcame all the challenges to his authority at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee's fifth plenary session.

Top sources told IANS that Xi, who was facing disapproval from some…

UK PM mulls England lockdown next week

London (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering putting England on a month-long lockdown next week in the wake of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official documents.

The documents seen by the BBC suggest that…

Biden won't extort S.Korea with troop withdrawal threats

Seoul (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has vowed to strengthen the US-South Korea alliance if he wins the upcoming election, rather than "extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops".

He made the remarks in an…

French church attacker arrived from Tunisia last month

Paris (IANS) A Tunisian man who stabbed three people to death inside a church in the French city of Nice, had arrived in Europe on board a migrant boat last month, officials said on Friday.

According to the officials, the 21-year-old suspect…

Major ransomeware assault underway against US hospitals

Washington (IANS) American federal agents have issued a warning that a major ransomware assault was underway against US hospitals, threatening the country's healthcare system.

The advisory on Wednesday was issued by a joint federal task…

3 stabbed to death in France 'terror attack'

Paris (IANS) At least three people were stabbed to death on Thursday in the French city of Nice, with the Mayor saying that the incident pointed to a "terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica".

According to the police, one woman…

Covid-19: Australia eases from 'stay home' to 'stay safe'

Sydney (IANS) Australia has taken another encouraging step forward in its fight against Covid-19, as the worst-hit state of Victoria saw a further easing of a wide range of restrictions and more states' borders are on track to reopen.

After…