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From Trump shooting to Biden dropping out: 8 days upending US politics
If a week is a long time in politics, the last eight days of the US presidential campaign have proved a drama of epic proportions. Joe Biden's shock decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 presidential race capped a head-spinning week that began with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and has left Americans reeling.
Democrats hail Biden legacy, Republicans demand resignation
Leading Democrats were quick to hail Joe Biden's legacy on Sunday after the US president's historic decision to end his reelection bid, while Republicans instead demanded his resignation. - Republican fury - Republican leaders, including Trump, slammed Biden's presidency and called for the 81-year-old to resign.
Russia says captured two villages in east Ukraine
Russia said Sunday its forces had captured two frontline villages in Ukraine, Andriivka in the eastern Lugansk region and Pishchane in the northeast Kharkiv region. Andriivka, a village of less than 20 people, was one of the last settlements in the eastern Lugansk region that Kyiv still controlled and had been a key target for Moscow.
Universal's 'Twisters' storms to top of N.America box office
Universal's weather thriller "Twisters" spun up a huge maiden weekend, earning an estimated $80.5 million to top the North American box office, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. "Twisters" ousted the previous top earner, another Universal film, animated comedy "Despicable Me 4," which placed second with $23.8 million in ticket sales for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
Biden exits 2024 election, endorses Harris
Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a political earthquake that upends the already extraordinary race for the White House. The Democrat is the first president in US history to drop out so late in an election race.
Who will replace Joe Biden in 2024 White House race?
Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race for the White House leaves a gap atop the Democratic presidential ticket that the party is now rushing to fill. - Gavin Newsom - There is no rule that a running mate automatically replaces the presidential candidate in the case of a withdrawal.
What happens after Biden exit?
US President Joe Biden's decision Sunday to withdraw from the presidential race at such a late date -- just over 100 days until the November 5 election -- is unprecedented in modern US electoral history. A natural -- but not automatic -- pick to take Biden's place would be Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden quickly endorsed Sunday -- and who vowed to pick up the baton.
Kamala Harris, trailblazer eying America's last glass ceiling
For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the US presidency. Critics said she was underwhelming and gaffe-prone in a job that has been known to flummox many officeholders.
The Biden bombshell: a plot twist that roils Trump too
Joe Biden's withdrawal upends what was already a White House race for the ages, but it will rattle Donald Trump, too -- forcing him to recalibrate a campaign that was focused almost entirely on his former opponent. But with the Democrat no longer in the race, the Trump operation finds itself pushed into a strategic pivot, forced now to shift its messaging to fit a contest with no incumbent and a yet-to-be-confirmed opponent, although Biden did endorse Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday as he pulled out of the race.
Biden, stubborn president who fought a battle too far
Joe Biden wanted to save the "soul of America" from Donald Trump, but his stubborn defiance of the march of time threatened to clear his rival's path back to power. US allies welcomed Biden's pledge that "America is back" and his strong support for Ukraine.
Hezbollah says fires rockets, drones at Israel
Lebanon's Hezbollah said it fired Katyusha rockets and drones at Israel on Sunday after strikes which the Israeli army said targeted Hezbollah weapons storage facilities. In retaliation, Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, said in separate statements that on Sunday it targeted two Israeli military positions in northern Israel with Katyusha rockets and drones.
Indonesians flock to festival to cast mythical effigies out to sea
Thousands flocked to a coastal town in western Indonesia Sunday to watch a clash between ornate mythical effigies before they are cast into the sea, in a centuries-old ritual born from a Shiite holy day of mourning. The festival's main event -- the effigy parade and their casting into the sea -- was once held on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, coinciding with the holy day of Ashura, which holds different significance to Shiites and Sunnis.
Key senator urges Biden to step aside as polls show Trump rise
An influential US senator on Sunday joined calls for President Joe Biden to end his candidacy in favor of a younger Democrat, while a shock poll from the swing state of Michigan illustrated the growing sense that he will lose to Donald Trump if he stays in the race. - Big shift in Michigan - Meantime, a new poll from the battleground state of Michigan -- where Trump, his right ear bandaged from the recent attempt on his life, held a raucous rally Saturday -- carried grim news for the president.
Schauffele finds inner calm to win British Open and collect second major
Xander Schauffele said a "sense of calm" helped him win the British Open on Sunday as the American claimed his second major just two months after triumphing at the PGA Championship. I had this sense of calm, a calm I didn't have when I played earlier at the PGA," said Schauffele.
'We're ready', say Paris Olympics organisers
Paris Olympics supremo Tony Estanguet said Sunday that the city was "ready" for the Games as he played down complaints from some residents and businesses about the impact of the event. "It was always a choice made in full conscience that the success of Paris 2024 would mean having the Games in the city," Estanguet explained.
Yemen's Huthis vow major retaliation for Israeli port strike
Yemen's Huthi rebels on Sunday promised a "huge" retaliation against Israel for a deadly strike on the port of Hodeida, as regional fallout widens from months of war in Gaza. The fighting across the region came ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip this week to Washington, which has been trying to secure a ceasefire in the more than nine-month war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in Gaza.
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
Bangladesh's top court on Sunday pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme sparked nationwide clashes that have killed 155 people. "Rather than try to address the protesters' grievances, the government's actions have made the situation worse," Crisis Group's Asia director Pierre Prakash told AFP. Since Tuesday, at least 155 people, including several police officers, have been killed in clashes around the country, according to an AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals.
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