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First Georgia win leaves Democrats’ Senate bid hanging in the balance

To secure a narrow majority, Democrats need to win both Senate seats, which would split the chamber 50-50 between the 2 caucuses, with VP-elect Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes.

What is a runoff election and how the two Georgia races will impact US Senate

Georgia runoffs will determine whether Democrats or Republicans gain control of the US Senate, which has 100 members elected for a six-year-term.

Trump urged Georgia officials to find new votes, overturn result

Trump told officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, to 'find 11,780 votes' just days before Congress was scheduled to certify the US election results.

Trump’s fight to overturn election narrows after 2 more legal defeats, case withdrawal

Trump needs to flip at least 3 states that voted for Biden to win. He’s pushing Republican legislators to overrule voters, but most have rejected those overtures so far.

Biden pulls ahead of Trump in Pennsylvania, on verge of winning US presidency

Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes, meaning that if Joe Biden wins the state, he will have more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to claim the White House.

US Senate wants to withdraw support for Saudi Arabia forces in Yemen war

Sri Lanka’s chief of defence staff held for support to a civil war case suspect and new Lancet report says climate change to increase heat-related deaths.

Global Pulse: Catalonia’s regional elections will decide the future of Spain, and Georgia is on the cusp of a “nuclear showdown”

Catalonia's regional vote will take place Thursday, with Europe closely watching.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?