Live
play
  • News
    • Middle East
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • US & Canada
    • Latin America
    • Europe
    • Asia Pacific
  • US Elections
  • Features
  • Economy
  • Opinion
  • Video
  • More
    • Investigations
    • Interactives
    • In Pictures
    • Climate
    • Science & Technology
    • Sports
    • Podcasts
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, debated the Trump administration's four-year record on October 7, 2020 [Morry Gash/AP Photo]
Simply 2020

‘Tough and pointed’: Analysts say Harris got the better of Pence

Harris presses her case Trump has bungled the presidency, forcing Pence to go on the defensive.

RELATED STORIES

Pence, Harris address racism, Supreme Court, COVID-19 in debate

5 takeaways from the Pence-Harris US vice-presidential debate

US VP debate analysis: Sharp contrasts in policy, personality

An anti-submarine missile blasts off from a frigate during a military drill near Hualien in Taiwan in May 2019 [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

US warns China against Taiwan attack, stresses US ‘ambiguity’

Senior official warns amphibious landings are difficult, but also repeats US calls for Taiwan to boost defence spending.

Smoke rises behind houses after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert [Aris Messinis/AFP]

France, US and Russia to meet on Nagorno-Karabakh: Live updates

Kuwait's newly appointed Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is sworn in, at the parliament in Kuwait City [Kuwait TV/Reuters]

Sheikh Meshaal sworn in as Kuwait’s new crown prince

April 20, 1969: Cornell University student leader Eric Evans reads a statement after members of the Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall to protest against the university's perceived racism [Photo courtesy of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University]

Rewrite the English department: Lessons in radical decolonisation

Public health experts warn that Brazil faces the possibility of a second wave by returning to everyday life too quickly [Sebastiao Moreira/EPA]

Brazil hits 5 million COVID-19 cases, as experts fear second wave

Rohingya refugees gather near the fence at the 'no man's land' zone in Maungdaw district in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2018 [File: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA]

Rohingya living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: Human Rights Watch

The White House's plan for the pullout will likely be subject to review should Trump lose his bid for a second term in the November 3 election [Reuters]

Trump says US troops in Afghanistan should be ‘home by Christmas’

Asian stock markets got a lift on renewed hopes of an economic stimulus deal between US President Donald Trump and his rival Democrats [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

US economic stimulus hopes give stocks a boost – for now

The women said the armed men told them the attack was in retaliation to the formation of a volunteer defence force [File: AFP]

Attackers kill 25 displaced civilians in Burkina Faso, UN says


MORE TOP STORIES

An anti-submarine missile blasts off from a frigate during a military drill near Hualien in Taiwan in May 2019 [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

US warns China against Taiwan attack, stresses US ‘ambiguity’

Smoke rises behind houses after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert [Aris Messinis/AFP]

France, US and Russia to meet on Nagorno-Karabakh: Live updates

Kuwait's newly appointed Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is sworn in, at the parliament in Kuwait City [Kuwait TV/Reuters]

Sheikh Meshaal sworn in as Kuwait’s new crown prince

April 20, 1969: Cornell University student leader Eric Evans reads a statement after members of the Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall to protest against the university's perceived racism [Photo courtesy of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University]

Rewrite the English department: Lessons in radical decolonisation

Public health experts warn that Brazil faces the possibility of a second wave by returning to everyday life too quickly [Sebastiao Moreira/EPA]

Brazil hits 5 million COVID-19 cases, as experts fear second wave

Rohingya refugees gather near the fence at the 'no man's land' zone in Maungdaw district in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2018 [File: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA]

Rohingya living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: Human Rights Watch

The White House's plan for the pullout will likely be subject to review should Trump lose his bid for a second term in the November 3 election [Reuters]

Trump says US troops in Afghanistan should be ‘home by Christmas’

Asian stock markets got a lift on renewed hopes of an economic stimulus deal between US President Donald Trump and his rival Democrats [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

US economic stimulus hopes give stocks a boost – for now

The women said the armed men told them the attack was in retaliation to the formation of a volunteer defence force [File: AFP]

Attackers kill 25 displaced civilians in Burkina Faso, UN says

epa08728241 Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., looks toward Vice President Mike Pence during the vice presidential debate at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 07 October 2020.  EPA-EFE/Morry Gash / POOL

US election 2020

caret-left
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, debated the Trump administration's four-year record on October 7, 2020 [Morry Gash/AP Photo]

‘Tough and pointed’: Analysts say Harris got the better of Pence

People watch the debate between US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris outside a tavern in San Diego, California, October 7, 2020. [Mike Blake/Reuters]

US VP debate analysis: Sharp contrasts in policy, personality

Kamala Harris and Mike Pence squared off in a wide-ranging contentious contest [AFP]

5 takeaways from the Pence-Harris US vice-presidential debate

Donald Trump Jr has previously called for an 'Army for Trump' to monitor polls [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Facebook to remove ‘militarised’ calls for US poll watchers

Trump says catching COVID-19 was 'a blessing from God' [Twitter]

Donald Trump declares experimental coronavirus drugs ‘cures’

US President Donald Trump removing his face mask after returning to White House from the hospital [Erin Scott/Reuters]

Doctor says Trump is free of COVID-19 symptoms and fever

caret-right

Former policeman charged in George Floyd’s death released on bail

Release comes with conditions banning Derek Chauvin from working in law enforcement and possessing any firearms.

Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter [File: Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters]

Opinion

Donald Earl Collins
Why race relations are an abusive fantasy
quotesDonald Earl Collins
8 Oct 2020
Asbed Kotchikian
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict precipitates a new regional order
quotesAsbed Kotchikian
8 Oct 2020
Anthony Pahnke
The US is in the grips of a leadership crisis
quotesAnthony Pahnke
7 Oct 2020
Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall
Contact tracing is essential to break COVID-19 transmission
quotesDr Ibrahima Soce Fall
7 Oct 2020
Edna Bonhomme
When Africa was a German laboratory
quotesEdna Bonhomme
6 Oct 2020
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen
Online harassment of girls has become normalised
quotesAnne-Birgitte Albrectsen
6 Oct 2020

Huawei in the UK: Parliament body says firm colludes with Beijing

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei colludes with ‘Communist Party apparatus’, UK Parliament Defence Committee says.

China's Huawei, one of the world's largest telecommunications equipment makers, says the UK parliamentary committee's statement is 'built on opinion rather than fact' [File: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg]

Unemployment: The biggest risk facing the world, survey shows

Infectious diseases, fiscal crises, cyberattacks, social instability are the next greatest worries for business leaders.

Spain had one of the highest unemployment rates in the developed world even before the coronavirus pandemic, and its central bank estimates it could stay at about 20 percent until 2022 [File: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg]

‘Historic verdict’: Celebrations as Greece convicts Golden Dawn

Activists and experts welcome landmark move to criminalise group as positive first step against European fascism.

Thousands rallied outside the court, holding banners reading 'Fascism, Never Again' and 'Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism' [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]

Putin says he has noted Joe Biden’s ‘sharp anti-Russian rhetoric’

Putin says Russia would work with any US leader, but praises Trump for saying he seeks better ties with Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied once again Washington's charge of Russian meddling in US elections [Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters]

One stillbirth every 16 seconds, and COVID-19 could make it worse

UN report finds almost two million babies are stillborn every year, often through the absence of basic antenatal care.

A Filipino nurse with a mother inside the maternity ward of the government-run Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Manila's busiest [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]

Foreign powers step up push for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire: Live

Azeri reps heading to Geneva and Armenians to Moscow as France, Russia and the US increase efforts to end fighting.

An elderly man stands in front of a destroyed house after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert on October 7, 2020 [Aris Messinis/AFP]

‘We need bold policies’: Oxfam urges dramatic wealth distribution

Failure to spend on health, tax the rich, and ensure worker’s rights has left people out in the cold, Oxfam chief says.

The line outside a temporary unemployment office in Frankfort, Kentucky [File: Bryan Woolston/Reuters]

Kuwait’s new emir names Sheikh Meshaal as new crown prince

The selection of Sheikh Meshaal, currently the deputy head of the National Guard, must be approved by the parliament.

Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah assumed power following the death of his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad last week [File: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he ended ‘Car Wash’ corruption probe

Under the so-called ‘Car Wash’ operation dozens of company executives and politicians were jailed for taking bribes.

'I ended Car Wash because there is no more corruption in government,' said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro [File: Eraldo Peres/AP]

Curb ‘dangerous’ hate speech, Guinea candidates told before vote

UN officials decry ‘increasingly pervasive and divisive appeals to ethnic affiliations’ before October 18 polls.

The United Nations' Michelle Bachelet says, 'I am deeply worried about such dangerous rhetoric by political leaders, which in some cases may amount to incitement to hostility, discrimination or violence' [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

Just like 2020’s January and May, September hottest on record

Unusually high temperatures have played a major role in California wildfires and floods in Asia, scientists say.

Last month, new high temperatures were reported in Turkey, Israel and Jordan [Yash Choudhary/Getty Images]
SHORT ANSWER

Trump’s stimulus U-turn: Why it matters to you and the economy

Prospects for more virus relief aid from Congress before the election dim, only to see hopes revived for targeted aid.

United States President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when he called off stimulus talks until after the November 3 election [File: Ross D. Franklin/AP]

US to reduce troops in Afghanistan to ‘2,500 by early next year’

US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien reveals details about the pace and scope of the troop withdrawal.

US troops keep watch during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan in 2018 [File: James Mackenzie/Reuters]
The dozens of defendants included included Golden Dawn's 18 former politicians. Only 11 of the defendants were present, with the rest represented by their lawyers. None of the former Golden Dawn lawmakers was in court. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]
The dozens of defendants included included Golden Dawn's 18 former politicians. Only 11 of the defendants were present, with the rest represented by their lawyers. None of the former Golden Dawn lawmakers was in court. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]
Leaving the courthouse, Magda Fyssas, the mother of Pavlos, who had attended nearly every court session over the last five years, raised her arms and shouted: “Pavlos did it. My son!” [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Leaving the courthouse, Magda Fyssas, the mother of Pavlos, who had attended nearly every court session over the last five years, raised her arms and shouted: “Pavlos did it. My son!” [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Thousands of anti-fascism protesters gathered outside the appeals court in Athens holding banners reading "Fascism, Never Again" and "Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism". [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
Thousands of anti-fascism protesters gathered outside the appeals court in Athens holding banners reading "Fascism, Never Again" and "Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism". [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
Riot police charge the crowd gathered outside the court following the announcement of the verdicts. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
Riot police charge the crowd gathered outside the court following the announcement of the verdicts. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
The crowd at the anti-fascist rally waved banners with slogans including "Fyssas lives, crush the Nazis," and chanted "The people demand the Nazis in jail". [Costas Baltas/Reuters]
The crowd at the anti-fascist rally waved banners with slogans including "Fyssas lives, crush the Nazis," and chanted "The people demand the Nazis in jail". [Costas Baltas/Reuters]
Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse crowds. Witnesses said people were seen gasping as the tear gas filled the air. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]
Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse crowds. Witnesses said people were seen gasping as the tear gas filled the air. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]
Thousands rallied outside the court, holding banners reading "Fascism, Never Again" and "Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism". [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
Thousands rallied outside the court, holding banners reading "Fascism, Never Again" and "Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism". [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]
+3
In Pictures: The day Golden Dawn was convicted
In landmark verdict, court says neo-Nazi group that once was in Greek parliament was operating as criminal organisation.

Tesla could still hit 500,000-vehicle target this year, Musk says

In an email, CEO Elon Musk told employees it is possible to hit their 500,000-vehicle target.

Tesla Inc will need to increase deliveries to nearly 182,000 in the fourth quarter to meet its half a million target for 2020 [File: Joe Skipper/Reuters]

US man allegedly spent $96,000 in COVID relief funds on Ferrari

The men are charged with using fraudulent documents to obtain loans from a programme meant to help small businesses.

A Florida man allegedly used the loan money - which was designed to help bail out small businesses hurt by the pandemic - for luxury purchases, including a Ferrarri, which was seized by authorities when he was arrested [File: Scott Eells/Bloomberg]
Simply 2020

Doctor says Trump is free of COVID-19 symptoms and fever

With four weeks until US election day, Donald Trump is seeking to put the spark back in his struggling re-election bid.

US President Donald Trump removing his face mask after returning to White House from the hospital [Erin Scott/Reuters]

Russia successfully tests new hypersonic Tsirkon missile

Test marks first time missile successfully strikes a target at sea, top military official tells President Putin.

Russia has in the last years touted the development of futuristic new weapons [File: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP]

American Voter: Kathy Byrnes

Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.

Kathy Byrnes's top election issue is climate change [Al Jazeera]

Tensions simmer over Northern Cyprus plan to reopen Varosha

A politician has resigned over controversial proposal to reopen ghost town, as EU and Moscow raise concerns.

The resort has been sealed off since 1974 [File: Wojtek Arciszewski/Al Jazeera]

Ethiopian parliament votes to cut ties with Tigray region leaders

Tigray held unsanctioned elections for its regional parliament on September 9, with the TPLF securing 189 of 190 seats.

The House of Federation 'decided the federal government should sever any kind of relationship with the Tigray regional state assembly and the region's highest executive body'. [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Belarus opposition leader placed on Russia’s wanted list

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who took refuge in Lithuania, is ‘wanted on a criminal charge’, Russian interior ministry says.

Belarus has not announced Tikhanovskaya as wanted [Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP]

What crisis? Billionaires rack up record fortunes, survey shows

Rebound in asset prices after coronavirus crash has driven fortunes of the wealthiest to record levels, UBS and PwC say.

The combined wealth of the world's billionaires reached a record $10.2 trillion at the end of July, according to a survey by Swiss bank UBS and consultancy giant PwC [File: Simon Dawson/Reuters]
25:30

From: Inside Story

How can armed groups in northern Mozambique be contained?

Fighters linked to ISIL have intensified attacks recently in the gas-rich Cabo-Delgado province.

OxyContin maker said to be brokering plea deal in criminal probe

The agreement could be unveiled within the next two weeks and include billions in penalties.

Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year facing an onslaught of litigation, is in discussions to plead guilty to charges that include conspiracy, violations of an anti-kickback law and misbranding under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, sources told Reuters [File: George Frey/Reuters]
Simply 2020

How Donald Trump’s COVID-19 illness unfolded: A timeline

What we know, and do not know, about President Donald Trump’s bout with COVID-19 after he tested positive on October 1.

US President Donald Trump has resisted a prolonged hospitalisation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and left after three days [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

Palestinian in critical condition after 70-day hunger strike

Maher al-Akhras began his hunger strike after he was arrested and placed into administrative detention in late July.

Al-Akhras’s wife, Taghreed, said her husband has survived on water alone while he demands his release from Israeli detention [File: Abbas Momani/AFP]

‘Mercenary’ hacker group widespread in Mideast, research finds

Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists, Indian executives among the targeted by hired hackers, cybersecurity research says.

The Saudi embassy in Washington, DC has not responded to Reuters News Agency's requests for comment regarding cached phishing pages showing that cyber spies targeted Mawthouq, the Saudi government's email service, and half a dozen Saudi government ministries [File: Raphael Satter/Reuters]

‘Women rock’: Doudna, Charpentier win Nobel for gene-editing tool

Two scientists recognised for their work on revolutionary tool that provides way to alter DNA.

French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier and US professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology Jennifer Doudna become the sixth and seventh women to win Nobel Prize for chemistry [File: Miguel Riopa/AFP]

No justice for victims in Mozambique’s conflict: Amnesty

Three years since fighting began in Cabo Delgado, a humanitarian crisis has unfolded with more than 2,000 people killed.

Vicente Tiago (right) heads a family of 30 people who fled the armed attacks in Muidumbe, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique [File: Ricardo Franco/EPA-EFE]

Who around Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19?

Infections throughout the White House and among Republicans have roiled campaigning for the November 3 election.

A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since President Trump revealed he had contracted the disease [Alex Brandon/AP]

Google and Oracle face off in US Supreme Court

One justice down after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, court considers whether to bend Oracle’s copyright suit.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Alphabet's Goolge's appeal of a lower court ruling, reviving a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp [File: Eric Gaillard/Illustration/Reuters]
44:59

From: Al Jazeera World

A Place of Refuge: Malmo and Nickelsdorf

In the Swedish city of Malmo and Austrian town of Nickelsdorf, refugees are looking to build a new life.

Bloomberg

Turkey’s lira hits an all-time low – again

Geopolitical concerns see lira depreciate to yet another record low against the US dollar, extends year loss to 24%.

Customers exchange Turkish lira banknotes at a foreign currency exchange bureau in Istanbul, Turkey [File: Bloomberg]

Two men guilty of role in deadly Westgate mall attack

The 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping mall resulted in death of at least 67 people.

The judgment comes more than seven years after al-Shabab gunmen attacked the mall [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

Most Read

US warns China against Taiwan attack, stresses US ‘ambiguity’

‘Tough and pointed’: Analysts say Harris got the better of Pence

5 takeaways from the Pence-Harris US vice-presidential debate

Pence, Harris address racism, Supreme Court, COVID-19 in debate

Trump declares experimental coronavirus drugs ‘cures’

Foreign powers step up push for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire: Live

France, US and Russia to meet on Nagorno-Karabakh: Live updates

Sheikh Meshaal sworn in as Kuwait’s new crown prince

Putin says he has noted Joe Biden’s ‘sharp anti-Russian rhetoric’

US VP debate analysis: Sharp contrasts in policy, personality

  • About
    • About Us
    • Code of Ethics
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Cookie Preferences
    • Community Guidelines
    • Work for us
    • HR Quality
  • Connect
    • Contact Us
    • Apps
    • Channel Finder
    • TV Schedule
    • Podcasts
    • Submit a Tip
  • Our Channels
    • Al Jazeera Arabic
    • Al Jazeera English
    • Al Jazeera Mubasher
    • Al Jazeera Documentary
    • Al Jazeera Balkans
    • AJ+
  • Our Network
    • Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
    • Al Jazeera Media Institute
    • Learn Arabic
    • Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights
    • Al Jazeera Forum
    • Al Jazeera Hotel Partners
Follow Al Jazeera English:rssinstagramyoutubetwitterfacebook
logo

© 2020 Al Jazeera Media Network