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RENO: An illegal immigration chart is shown on a screen as former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.- AFP

Trump demonizes migrants in a dark, misleading speech

AURORA: Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a country “occupied” by hordes of criminal foreigners in a campaign speech Friday as he escalated his efforts to make November’s US election about a migrant crime wave that isn’t happeni...

SIESTA KEY: A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida, on October 10, 2024. - AFP

Milton tornadoes kill four in Florida

SARASOTA: Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the US state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least four people dead and millions without power Thursday. Milton made landfall Wednesday nigh...

HAVANA: Young people look at waves crashing against the Malecon promenade in Havana due to the passage of Hurricane Milton on October 9, 2024. -- AFP

Time running out in Florida to flee Hurricane Milton

SARASOTA, US: Florida residents fled—or defied warnings and hunkered down—in the final hours Wednesday before Hurricane Milton, a lethal Category 4 storm, pummels the Gulf Coast and tears across the state. Milton was downgraded by the US weather...

WAUNAKEE: Donald Trump shouts to supporters as he concludes his remarks during a campaign event at Dane Manufacturing in Waunakee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024. — AFP

Immigrants bringing 'bad genes' into US, Trump says

WASHINGTON: Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Monday that illegal immigrants were bringing 'bad genes' into the United States, doubling down on previous inflammatory rhetoric about migrants poisoning the blood of the country...

OMAHA: Jason Brown and his wife Ruth Brown take a break after handcrafting political signs featuring a simple blue dot, at their home in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 30, 2024. — AFP

'Blue dot' fires up Nebraskans who could decide US election

OMAHA: Nestled deep in America's heartland, Nebraska is best known for corn, cattle and college football — not usually for its elections. That could be about to dramatically change. A strange quirk of the devoutly Republican state's cons...

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MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani speaks with Noel Tata (left), who was appointed on Friday as the head of the powerful and influential philanthropic arm of India’s Tata group, prior to the funeral of Ratan Tata in Mumbai on Thursday. --AFP

Noel Tata takes reins at powerful arm of Tata group

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MAAYSRA: People inspect the damage at the site of a Zionist airstrike on the Mount Lebanon village of Maaysra, east of the coastal town of Byblos on October 12, 2024. – AFP

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DHAKA: Shafiqur Rahman, a leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party, speaks during an interview. – AFP

Bangladesh Islamist chief backs Hasina extradition for trial