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Midterms offer Biden hope in defeat
Midterms offer Biden hope in defeat
by  AFP

Joe Biden's Democrats seem to have escaped a feared drubbing in Tuesday's midterm elections, but it remains to be seen whether that will revive the US president's flagging fortunes until 2024 -- or beyond.

US livid as basketball star Griner moved to Russian penal colony
US livid as basketball star Griner moved to Russian penal colony
by  AFP

Russia is moving US basketball star Brittney Griner to a penal colony after she lost an appeal against a drug conviction, her lawyers said Wednesday, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House. She "is now on her way to a penal colony," lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov said in a statement.

US-China rivalry clouds Beijing's climate promises at UN summit
US-China rivalry clouds Beijing's climate promises at UN summit
by  AFP

Fractured relations between the United States and China have cast further doubt on whether Beijing will sign up to more climate promises, with pressure mounting on the world's biggest emitter. Alden Meyer, a senior associate at climate change think tank E3G, said cooperation between China and the United States on key issues such as methane and deforestation was essential.

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