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IS attack on Afghan university leaves 22 dead, 22 wounded
Islamic State militants in Afghanistan stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 22 dead and 22 wounded at the war-torn country’s largest school.
Explainer: What’s 270? The math game behind the US election
Dhaka, Nov 2 (UNB/AP) — What’s all this hubbub about 270?
US Election Today: Trump, Biden make final pleas to voters
Here’s what’s happening Monday in the US Election 2020, one day before Election Day:
Societies pay price when journalists targeted: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights as the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads
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 visions for tackling the nation’s pressing problems and for the office of the presidency itself.
WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for coronavirus
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for coronavirus.
One more Chinese COVID-19 vaccine ready for phase-3 clinical trials
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Institute of Microbiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shown to be safe in early-stage trials.
Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign’s final days
Joe Biden was spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communities, betting that a strong turnout will boost his chances in states that could decide the election.
US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say.
4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer: UK
A new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don’t fall quickly enough, a senior government minister said Sunday.