Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s candidate for November’s United States presidential election, has held her first rally with running mate Tim Walz, describing their campaign as a “fight for our future”. The two took the stage in Pennsylvania to Beyonce’s Freedom just hours after Harris named Walz, the governor of Minnesota, as her vice presidential pick. Democrats are hoping Walz’s down-to-earth background will win over voters in crucial...

As the war enters its 894th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and 12 others, including an eight-month-old baby, injured on Tuesday when a Russian missile struck a residential area of northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said a medical clinic was among many buildings that were damaged in...

The Pentagon chief was caught off guard by last week’s decision by prosecutors to offer deals to the men. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has defended his decision to revoke controversial plea deals agreed between prosecutors and three men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks. Speaking publicly for the first time about his decision on Tuesday, Austin said it “wasn’t a decision that I...