Is New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani the future of US Democrats?
• Oct 30, 2025, 10:01 PM
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With a rent freeze, free buses and universal healthcare among his hugely popular campaign promises, Zohran Mamdani's meteoric rise to frontrunner in the New York mayoral election has been propelled by a package of radical policy proposals. We ask Lindsey Cormack, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology, whether US Democrats should model their campaigns on Mamdani's.
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Unstoppable Valentin Vacherot upsets Cameron Norrie to reach Paris quarter-finals
• 6:38 AM
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After winning the Shanghai Masters 1000 title, Monegasque player Valentin Vacherot secured a fine victory over Cameron Norrie in Paris. He will now face a top-10 player in the quarter-finals.
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Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as storm strengthens toward Bermuda
• 4:35 AM
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Hurricane Melissa’s death toll rose to 49 on Thursday after it tore through the northern Caribbean and gained strength en route to Bermuda, officials said. Jamaica’s information minister told Reuters at least 19 people were confirmed dead there as author
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Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as storm strengthens toward Bermuda
• 4:12 AM
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Hurricane Melissa’s death toll rose to 49 on Thursday after it tore through the northern Caribbean and gained strength en route to Bermuda, officials said. Jamaica’s information minister said at least 19 people were confirmed dead there as authorities co
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UN accuses Iran of widespread arrests, abuses after 12-day war with Israel
• 2:53 AM
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United Nations fact finders on Thursday condemned Iran for intensifying repression since its 12-day war with Israel in June, reporting more than 21,000 arrests and widespread mistreatment of minorities and journalists.
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After two decades in making and repeated delays, Cairo finally opens doors to Grand Egyptian Museum
• 2:17 AM
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Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is on Friday finally opening its doors, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts – some never before shown to the public – after more than two decades in the making and a series of protracted delays caused by political insta
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox rally in ‘March of the Million’ against army service
• 1:32 AM
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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men packed the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, protesting government plans to draft them into the military. Chanting and waving signs saying they would rather go to jail, demonstrators highlighted a growing rift ove
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Latvia's parliament votes to withdraw from treaty protecting women from violence
• 1:08 AM
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Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, claiming it promotes “gender” theories. The decision would make Latvia the first European Union member to quit the treaty, which lawmaker
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