US Elections: What are blue and red states and how did they vote last time? newsthirst.

United States is gearing up to elect a new President and at the forefront of all political discussions are the terms ‘blue states’ and ‘red states’. These labels signify the political leanings of states based on their voting behavior in recent elections, reflecting the deepening partisan divide in the nation. Voters fill out their ballots…

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Cambodian archaeologists discover a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues at Angkor UNESCO site | World News newsthirst.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor World Heritage Site near the city of Siem Reap, authorities said Wednesday. Cambodian archaeologists discover a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues at Angkor UNESCO site The statues — depicting so-called “door guardians” — were discovered…

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Trump tags an Indian to his pitch for North Carolina voters, his response is hilarious newsthirst.

Former President Donald Trump and his team of high-profile endorsers have resorted to out-of-the-ordinary methods to implore voters to push for his name for re-election on November 5, Election Day. From teams being tasked to engage in door-to-door knocking persuasions to Elon Musk’s America PAC kicking off $1 million a day giveaways to a registered…

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Chinese investors celebrate ‘Trump’s big win’ with a little-known stock ahead of US elections newsthirst.

As the U.S. election gets closer, Chinese investors are jumping into a stock that’s all about celebrating a win for Trump. The shares of Wisesoft Co., a company from Shenzhen that makes software for air traffic control, have skyrocketed by the daily limit for three days straight, buoyed by its Chinese name, “Chuan Da Zhi…

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Taliban’s latest ban: Women cannot listen to each other while praying | World News newsthirst.

The Taliban regime has issued a new decree that further restricts the freedoms of Afghan women, prohibiting them from praying aloud in the presence of each other. This order, delivered by Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, Taliban minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, dictates that women should avoid reciting the Quran audibly…

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Indo-Canadian community furious as Conservative Party pulls out of Diwali celebration in parliament | World News newsthirst.

Toronto: The Indo-Canadian community is furious over the Canada’s opposition Conservative Party cancelling the oldest Diwali celebration in Parliament even as that event will now go ahead with a Liberal Party MP hosting it. A view of Shivaji Park decorated with lights ahead of the Diwali festival, at Dadar in Mumbai, India on Monday (Picture…

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Indonesia arrests former trade minister in sugar import graft case | World News newsthirst.

JAKARTA, – Indonesian authorities investigating graft have arrested a former trade minister turned government critic on suspicion of improperly granting a sugar import permit in 2015 that led to losses of $25 million. Indonesia arrests former trade minister in sugar import graft case Thomas Trikasih Lembong was named a suspect and arrested late on Tuesday…

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Trump’s ‘first day in office will bring…,’ Kamala Harris’s chilling preemption stuns internet newsthirst.

From the Ellipse, Kamala Harris threw down the gauntlet, warning Americans what Trump’s first day in office will look like if he is elected. From the same spot where the former president once rallied his followers to “fight like hell,” Harris made it clear: this isn’t about making lives better; it’s about thrusting the country…

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