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Republican-led Senate panel advances Trump Supreme Court nominee

Republicans in the US Senate advanced Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination. Now she faces a vote in the full Senate.

22/10/2020

Green News

Meet Pattie Gonia: An environmental drag queen on a mission

"Spend more time outdoors, get out there, because it will make you realise exactly what’s worth saving.”

22/10/2020

Women Beyond Borders

Meet Anna McNuff: the woman who is running her way around the world

Meet Anna McNuff: the woman who is running her way around the world. Self-professed mischief maker and adventurer Anna McNuff has inspired a generation of fitness lovers with her unique travelling style - running and cycling across countries around the world.

22/10/2020

USA

US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters

US officials accused Iran on Wednesday of being behind a flurry of emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple battleground states.

22/10/2020

USA

Barack Obama blasts Donald Trump’s record in Biden campaign pitch

The former US president Barack Obama said “we’ve got to vote like never before” as he blasted Donald Trump’s record on the coronavirus pandemic.

22/10/2020

USA

Barack Obama to hold first in-person event for candidate Joe Biden

While Obama is usually one of the party’s biggest draws and most compelling speakers, that impact may be blunted by the format.

21/10/2020

USA

US voter turnout overseas could soar as ballot demands increase

Many organisations that help US voters say that they are seeing more engagement and more ballot registrations this election cycle. Historically, turnout among Americans abroad has been low despite there being 2.8 million eligible voters.

20/10/2020

USA

US elections: High numbers of Americans turn out for early voting

Early voting opened in the key state of Florida and thousands of Americans are turning out to vote.

20/10/2020

USA

'Running Angry': Trump attacks health officials, press and polls

US President Donald Trump said he was "running angry" and "happy" as he travels around the country in a last-minute push to turn around his campaign.

20/10/2020

USA

Colorado wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in western US

Thousands of people in the US state of Colorado are fleeing a wildfire that hasn't stopped burning since mid-August.

18/10/2020

USA

NY authorities stop wedding with up to 10,000 guests, citing COVID-19

"You can get married. You just can't get a thousand people at your wedding. You get the same results at the end of the day. It's also cheaper!" Governor Andrew Cuomo joked.

18/10/2020

Europe Decoded

Explained: Social networks face backlash over misinformation methods

The decision by Facebook and Twitter to restrict a controversial article by the New York Post on Joe Biden has opened a wider debate about how social media companies tackle misinformation. Twitter has since reversed a decision to block access to the article.

16/10/2020

USA

US election: Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls

Trump and Biden were supposed to spend Thursday night on the same debate stage in Miami. But that faceoff was scuttled after Trump’s coronavirus infection.

16/10/2020

Green News

US imports are helping to drive the ‘silent extinction’ of giraffes

Giraffes parts are used for items such as bible covers, shoes and jackets.

15/10/2020

No Comment

People gather at George Floyd's memorial to mark his birthday

People gathered in celebration and mourning of George Floyd on what would have been his 47th birthday. His death in police custody in May sparked protests over racial injustice across the US.

15/10/2020

Women Beyond Borders

Meet the first black woman to travel to every country in the world

By the time Jessica Nabongo turned 35, she'd travelled to all 195 countries on this planet, becoming the first black woman to have been to every country in the world. Euronews Travel’s first video series, Women Beyond Borders, is about inspiring solo of women travellers from around the world.

15/10/2020

USA

Trump's court nominee fields tough questioning from Democrats

Her nomination to the Supreme Court would create a 6-3 conservative majority, tilting the court to the right for years to come.

14/10/2020

USA

COVID-19 vaccine trial suspended after 'unexplained illness'

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is one of four candidate vaccines in advance stages of testing and was supposed to yield results early next year.

13/10/2020

USA

Man reinfected with COVID-19 develops 'more severe' case second time

A 25-year-old was infected with two different variants of coronavirus within six weeks and developed pneumonia the second time.

13/10/2020

USA

Donald Trump defends coronavirus record at first post-COVID-19 rally

US president Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

13/10/2020

No Comment

Ecstatic fans celebrate Lakers' NBA championship win

Players also faced the challenges that came with leaving home for three months to play in a "bubble" designed to keep its inhabitants safe from the coronavirus.

12/10/2020

USA

US Senate to press on with hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate will begin confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, a mere three weeks before the presidential election.

12/10/2020

USA

Trump says he is 'immune' from coronavirus to sceptical response

The White House doctor has said the president is not considered a transmission risk, without declaring that he had tested negative for the virus.

11/10/2020

No Comment

USA: Debris litters the ground after Hurricane Delta hits Louisiana

Louisiana residents emerged have begun to assess the damage caused by the second devastating storm to rage in two months.

10/10/2020

USA

Trump not a COVID-19 transmission risk to others, his doctor says

Dr Sean Conley wrote in a health update that 10 days after first experiencing symptoms, the US leader is now "fever-free well over 24 hours and all symptoms improved" and that tests "reveal there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus."

10/10/2020

USA

Two Islamic State ‘Beatles’ plead not guilty to charges in US court

Two jihadists from the Islamic State group, who were part of a terror cell nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ due to their British accents, have pleaded not guilty before a judge in the USA.

09/10/2020