Day: September 26, 2024

CNN : The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about even despite less positive views of him, his empathy and temperament. Among likely voters nationwide, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds 48% support Harris and 47% Trump, a margin that suggests no clear...

BBC : According to the Pentagon’s estimates China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenalChina has said it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean. The ICMB was launched at 08:44 local time (04:44 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”, Beijing’s defence ministry said, adding that the test launch was “routine” and part of its “annual training”. The type of missile and its flight path remained...

AFP : Red flags flutter over bullet-scarred buildings in the strategic Myanmar city of Lashio, which an ethnic minority group linked to China seized from the military in its biggest defeat for decades. Lashio is the largest urban centre to fall to any of Myanmar’s myriad ethnic minority groups — who have been fighting the central authorities on and off for decades — since the military first seized power in 1962. But analysts say the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army...