This will be Harris’ first presidential debate and sixth for Trump, who debated Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee in 2016 three times, and Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee and challenger in 2020, twice. Both Harris and Trump have done plenty more in their respective party primaries, although Trump sat out the 2024 primaries, claiming to be far ahead of the rest, which he was.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to the American 'bridging proposal' on the release of hostages after a three-hour meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem. The statement marked the first time Netanyahu publicly endorsed the latest US formula.
The Democratic National Convention that began Monday in Chicago holds particularly high stakes for the party one month after an unprecedented mid-campaign switch from Biden to Harris. The opening night was designed as a handoff from the incumbent to his hand-picked successor — albeit four years before he intended for her to follow him.
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 40,000, at a time when the Gaza ceasefire talks were set to resume in Qatar.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 40 people and wounded 107 others, bringing the total death toll to 40,005 and injuries to 92,401 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in early October 2023, Gaza-based health authorities said on Thursday in a statement.
Former US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had proposed three debates with his Democratic rival Kamala Harris on three separate TV networks. ABC, one of these networks, has confirmed it will host a debate on September 10, which will be the first between Trump and Harris.
The earthquake, measuring lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, occurred at 16:43 local time at a depth of 30 kilometers off the waters of Hyuga-nada in southern Kyushu, one of the country's four main islands, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
