About 240 million people are eligible to vote in this year’s U.S. election, but just a few thousand votes in key swing states are likely to decide who becomes the next president.

U.S. voters will cast about 160 million ballots to choose the president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys and others.

Regarded as the pinnacle of yacht racing, the world’s best sailors, competing on the fastest boats, have contested the America’s Cup since 1851.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.

More than 600,000 people of Lebanon’s 5.4 million have been displaced within the country and over 300,000 have fled abroad since the war escalated last month, the UN says.

Hurricane Milton charged across central Florida after making landfall on the state’s west coast, destroying homes and knocking out power to more than 3m customers.

South Korean author Han Kang, won the Nobel literature award to “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

Milton to make landfall on the exposed and heavily developed coastline of Tampa, Florida – striking a region that hasn’t had a direct hit from a hurricane in more than a century.

NASA is playing down concerns about a long-running air leak that has plagued the International Space Station for 5 years, saying they have recently reduced the leak rate.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker “for computational protein design” and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

After years of medical advances the rate at which human life expectancy is rising is slowing down, concludes a new study looking at countries where people live the longest.

The IDF has deployed a fourth division of troops to the border with Lebanon, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers in this ground offensive to more than 15,000.

The Kremlin’s new budget for 2025 is a blueprint for war, with plans to increase military expenditure to its highest level since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton share the prize “for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

After decades of research and development, the U.S. military is officially using battlefield laser weapons, with its 20-kilowatt P-HEL system deployed in combat zones overseas.

Florida is readying for mass evacuations as Hurricane Milton bears now on the U.S. state – still reeling from Hurricane Helene which killed 14 people there mere days ago.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental governing gene activity.

A year on from the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, the lives of more than 41,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have been lost, with some 1.9m Gaza residents displaced.

NASA launches its Europa Clipper spacecraft to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa and determine whether the ocean suspected of being beneath its icy crust is habitable.

Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. Next week’s features include the “Happy Birthday to You” song, and the first intact woolly mammoth specimen.

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President Joe Biden has indicated that the U.S. is discussing the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran’s oil infrastructure as a response to Tehran’s missile offensive on Oct 1.

An Israeli strike on Beirut has targeted Hashem Safieddine, widely regarded as the heir of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.

When Iran fired a barrage of 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel on Oct 1, Israel’s air defence systems, with some help from the U.S., largely staved off the attack.

The Pentagon says it is sending a “few thousand” additional troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to be prepared to defend Israel if necessary.

Dockworkers who went on strike on October 1 are just the latest union echoing demands for better contracts, with at least 250 strikes recorded so far this year.

President Putin orders the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft, taking the 2024 total to 283,000 – up by 11% from 2022.

The Middle East is on edge after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Iran for firing waves of ballistic missiles at Israel.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to retaliate against Iran after the Islamic republic fires more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, driving the region even closer to all-out war.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris offe different visions of the economy they’d seek to build if they win the presidency, according to the Washington-based Tax Foundation.

More than 130 people are dead and 600 others remain unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene left a path of destruction across the U.S. southeast

The snow-capped neighbours are to redraw sections of their border near the Matterhorn mountain due to climate change melting and altering Alpine ridge lines.

The killing of several high-ranking commanders and officials from Hezbollah constitutes the biggest blow to the organisation since it was founded in 1982.

Earth has a new “second moon” in the form of asteroid 2024 PT5 which has been caught by our gravitational pull and will make a captured flyby of the planet for 57 days.

Russia has established a weapons programme in China to build long-range attack drones, or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), for use in the war against Ukraine.

A team of scientists has successfully refrozen thinning Arctic ice by pumping seawater onto the surface ice shelf, adding half a metre of thickness.

Even by the standards of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, his rambling conspiracy theories and frequently false remarks continue to galvanize his followers.

Rich foreign residents in the UK, known as “non-doms”, are leaving the country in their thousands to avoid the Labour government’s rising taxation rates.

Retired from production in 2015, Canada’s DHC-515 “Canadair”, the world’s best amphibious firefighting plane, is back in production after an EU order for 22 planes.

People have started catching a potentially more contagious Covid variant, dubbed XEC, that could soon become the dominant strain, according to scientists.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have sharply different records and plans on a wide array of key issues affecting Americans’ lives.

The legacy of Kelvin Kiptum will be celebrated at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Kiptum, who died tragically in February, set a new world record on the course in 2023.

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal, the “King of Clay”, is to retire from the professional tour, aged 38, marking the end of a superlative career, part of a golden era in men’s tennis.

The UK, in the shape of Ben Ainslie's Ineos Britannia, will compete in the America's Cup for the first time in 60 years, against New Zealand, who are aiming for fifth title.

Italy, buoyed by their impressive victory over France in September, face Belgium – while Germany continue rebuilding their squad with youthful, attacking talents against Bosnia.

Despite British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchasing a 27.7% minority stake in the club earlier this year, fortunes at Old Trafford have continued their downward trajectory.

Europe’s new UEFA Women’s Champions League season kicks off on October 8 and culminates with the final at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, Porturgal in May 2025.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for the fewest matches taken to score 100 goals for one club, during 2-2 draw with rivals Arsenal.

Comprehensive coverage available from Graphic News, including matchday previews, team guide and squad graphics for every team participating in the tournament.

Europe’s premier club football competition returns with an increased number of matches and diversity of opponents in the latest evolution of the European Cup.

Europe’s new UEFA Champions League season kicks off on September 17 – Real Madrid are defending champions having defeated Dortmund in the 2024 final.

Europe’s new UEFA Champions League season kicks off on September 17. Inaugural draw of the new format of Europe’s primary club football tournament.

The expanded UEFA Europa League format kicks off on September 25 and includes 36 teams, each playing eight ties – four home and four away – against different opposition.

The Premier League season kicks off with Man City aiming to defend their title after clinching the trophy by two points, ahead of Arsenal, on a dramatic final day in May.

England’s 33rd Premier League season kicks off, with Champions League qualification, fierce rivalries, title glory or relegation all set to be decided over 380 enthralling matches.

One of Europe’s leading football leagues, Bundesliga, kicks off – Bayer Leverkusen are defending champions, with St Pauli and Holstein Kiel newly promoted.

One of Europe’s leading football leagues, Serie A TIM kicks off – Internazionale are reigning champions, with Como, Parma and Venezia newly promoted.

One of Europe’s leading football leagues, LaLiga EA Sports kicks off – Real Madrid are reigning champions, with Leganés, Real Valladolid and Espanyol newly promoted.

Four-time reigning Premier League champions Man City kick off their title defence against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, while Arsenal host Wolves and Liverpool face Ipswich.


The adrenaline-fuelled action of the new Formula 1 season gets underway in Bahrain, with defending champion Max Verstappen eager to maintain his dominance.

The 75th Formula One World Championship comprises of 24 races spanning the globe, and commences with the Bahrain Grand Prix before concluding in Abu Dhabi in December.