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Is Trump really a ‘lame duck’ after losing both houses of US Congress?

Democrats have flipped some long-held Republican seats and secured a majority in both houses of the US Congress, but a defiant President Donald Trump has given a mixed reaction, expressing his willingness to accept the results and work with the Democrats while also positioning himself to put up a fight. In posts on Truth Social following Tuesday’s midterm vote, Trump pinned the defeat on the fact that he wasn’t personally on the ballot, stressing that if he had been running,…

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France 24

How Trump's broken promises on war, inflation handed Democrats the midterms

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Speaking to Fox News following the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump admitted that inflation was likely one reason Republicans did poorly. Many Americans have been frustrated with how the Iran war has pushed up prices, including at the gasoline pump, especially given that Trump had campaigned for his second term on a pl…

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CGTN - World

Chinese premier meets director general of WIPO

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (R) meets with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Daren Tang in Beijing, China, on November 4, 2026. /Xinhua Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Daren Tang in Beijing on Wednesday. China and WIPO have carried out fruitful cooperation in global intellectual property services, information technology, human resources and other fields in recent years, Li said.

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CGTN - World

African voices: What Africa can learn from CPC's governance experience

The Communist Party of China's (CPC) commitment to Party building, combating corruption and putting people first has drawn praise from an African political party leader and a scholar, who said its governance experience offers valuable insights for African countries and socialist parties.Said Bakkali, a member of the Political Bureau of Morocco's Party of Progress and Socialism, a party with an 83-year history, highlighted the importance the CPC places to Party building and i…

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The Guardian - World

ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections

Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure. The former liberation movement, which Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994 at the end of apartheid as South Africa’s first black president, is still likely t…

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CGTN - World

Independent inquiry in Australia calls for terminating AUKUS pact

An Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy is seen in Perth, Australia, August 24, 2026. /VCG An independent inquiry has called for the Australian government to immediately terminate the AUKUS submarine treaty with the United Kingdom and the United States, describing the pact as the riskiest defense decision in national history. "We concluded that AUKUS is the worst, riskiest and most costly defense decision ever made by an Australian government," said the report.

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CGTN - World

Chinese FM: China ready to promote all-round connectivity with Vietnam

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, who is in China for the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Beijing, on November 4, 2026. /Chinese Foreign Ministry China is willing to work with Vietnam to promote all-round connectivity covering land, sea and air, improve trade and investment facilitation, and seize opportunities in emerging industries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.

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CGTN - World

US midterms 2026: Five key takeaways as Democrats sweep Congress

American voters have handed Democrats control of both houses of Congress in the midterms, decisively rejecting Republicans in historically red states and shifting the balance of power in Washington, DC.Here are five key takeaways.Democratic victories exceed pollsThe polls in the run up to election day pointed to a likely Democrat majority in the Senate and almost certain control of the House, but the party ended up outperforming even those positive indicators, flipping multi…

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CGTN - World

Analysis: The best and worst of the internet are closer than they look

Visitors enjoy the "Light of Internet Expo" at the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, east China's Zhejiang Province, November 4, 2026. /VCG The internet's best case and worst case are not separated by a generation or a continent. They are separated by a connection, an investment or a safety guardrail – often by a single missing condition. At this year's World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the best case was concrete. Alibaba's Joseph Tsai argued that only open sou…

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CGTN - World

China's open-source AI push gains momentum at WIC Wuzhen Summit

At the physical workspace of ModelScope, China's largest AI open-source community, a single developer can do the work of a team. The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit opens in Zhejiang Province, east China, November 3, 2026. /VCG Li Guanghui is among the 249 solo entrepreneurs at this workspace in Hangzhou, the capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province, 95% of whom are working on AI projects. With AI assistance, he built a hotel-booking mini-program ent…

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France 24

Midterms: How Abdul El-Sayed used 'humour and hope' to rebuff racism

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Abdul El-Sayed is set to become the first Muslim senator in US history following his midterms victory in Michigan. His victory came despite what he has denounced as racist attacks against him, inlcuding from Donald Trump, which, says FRANCE 24's correspondent Jessica Le Masurier, he rebuffed with a mixture of "humour and hope".

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ABC News - International

Bangladesh garment factories close as workers clash with police in pay protests

Police have clashed with garment workers demanding higher minimum wages in Bangladesh, where days of protests have disrupted an industry that employs about 4 million people DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and used stun grenades on Wednesday to disperse garment workers protesting for higher wages, police and witnesses said. Hundreds of factories remained shut after days of protests disrupted the country’s garment industry, which earns about $40 billio…

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ABC News - International

EU offers Serbia fresh hope for membership talks, says more countries could join soon

The European Union has offered Serbia fresh hope for membership talks if a new student-led government strengthens democracy BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Wednesday offered fresh hope for Serbia’s membership talks if the election-winning student movement there forms a government willing to strengthen democracy as the bloc signaled that more countries are set to join in coming years. In its annual enlargement report, the European Commission said that Montenegro is on track…

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France 24

Trump seeks to shift blame but has 'nowhere to hide' after midterms defeat

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Donald Trump has sought to shift the blame for the Republicans' defeat at the midterms by claiming that if he had been on the ballot the party would have won. But the "blue wave" that saw Democrats win control of Congress can be traced directly back to Trump's decisions, says France 24's Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson.

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France 24

US Midterms: 'It is now going to be pretty chaotic for Donald Trump'

One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. The Democrats' victory in the midterm elections have left Donald Trump in a difficult position for the rest of his mandate. The now "blue" House of Representatives will decide the budget, which Trump will have to accept and follow. FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle has more.

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Al Jazeera

Yemeni government forces claim control of strategic al-Jawf mountain range

Yemeni government forces say they have pushed further into the al-Dahida mountain range in eastern al-Jawf province, a day after claiming control of the heights in their offensive against the Houthis. In a statement on Wednesday, the armed forces said troops backed by fighter jets and drones had stormed Houthi fortifications and barracks in the area and seized weapons and military equipment. Air and drone strikes also targeted Houthi gatherings and depots at several sites, t…

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The Guardian - World

Iran unveils ‘We will kill Trump’ banner – but US president may now be tempted to resume bombing

Iran celebrates its claimed role in ‘regime change’ amid pressure on Trump to ‘finish the job’ with attack Iran this week unveiled a huge billboard and banners over Enqelab Square in central Tehran. The billboard pledged in English: “We will kill Trump” – elevating the degree of personal animus with which Donald Trump is viewed in official Iranian circles. The poster depicts the US president behind bars with his head bowed. And in a sense, given the US midterm election resul…

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BBC News - World

Everything you need to know from the US midterm elections

Democrats have won both the US Senate and House of Representatives, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency. Projected results have provided the party with a number of things to celebrate - and rival Republicans some reasons to commiserate. Here is everything you need to know about some of the big Democratic wins and some historic firsts. Democrats have tallied up victories in states that were comfortably won by Trump two years ago in the preside…

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The Guardian - World

Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time After the 2019-20 black summer bushfires, scientists in eastern Victoria stumbled across something they had been after for years: puddles of tadpoles from the southern giant burrowing frog, one of the state’s most cryptic amphibians. The fires had torn through extensive areas in East Gippsland, spar…

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The Guardian - World

Australia has an especially bad inflation problem. So why are we only middle-of-the pack on the misery index?

Comparing Australia to other countries may not be much comfort but does offer some perspective on the economy A day after the Reserve Bank delivered its fifth interest rate hike for the year, increasingly stressed mortgage holders would be justified asking. For Jonathan Kearns, the chief economist at Challenger, the answer is easy. “Our inflation problem is worse than in other countries, that is very clear,” Kearns says. Consumer prices on average climbed by 4.3% in the year…

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The Guardian - World

Albanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI

Centre for Public Integrity report calls for audit and public register of all automated decision-making The federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transparency and legislation around the use of algorithms and AI in decisions, the chief executive of the independent thinktank the Centre for Public Integrity said. Dr Catherine Williams launched the centre’s “Computer Says No” report on Thursday, which examines the use of automa…

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