In an echo of the US, the current vice-president is up against an ex-president in the 7 December vote.
Category: World
India’s celebrity top judge: An icon or a pushover?
Justice DY Chandrachud retired as India’s chief justice on Sunday. Many are debating his legacy.
How will Trump’s new ‘border tsar’ approach immigration?
Homan has described the US border as “the biggest national security vulnerability” the nation has seen since 9/11.
Zelensky says Russia has 50,000 troops in Kursk
Ukraine’s president says the incursion is limiting the forces Moscow can deploy inside his country.
DNA-testing site 23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers
The once-popular general DNA-testing firm holds a trove of sensitive genetic data from its customers.
New Zealand PM says sorry for ‘horrific’ care home abuse
The apology comes after a report found 200,000 children and vulnerable adults were abused for decades.
New arrests over violence after Ajax-Maccabi match
A tram is vandalised in new rioting in Amsterdam, days after the attacks on Israeli football fans.
‘Man of his word’: Jan 6 rioters expect Trump will keep pardon promise
Several Capitol riot defendants have asked for hearings to be delayed in anticipation of pardons.
‘I lost nine teeth filming Squid Game’: BBC on set with show’s director
The South Korean hit drama returns for a second season in December.
‘Dying of thirst’ as climate-driven floods mix with oil
With swathes of South Sudan submerged, a whistleblower warns water sources are being polluted by oil.