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US Vice-President Kamala Harris entered the election fray after President Joe Biden stepped aside from the top of the Democratic ticket, unleashing a flood of funding.
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Kamala Harris’ election drive raises over $600m in a month
US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ election effort has raised around US$500 million (S$650 million) since she became the Democratic presidential candidate, sources told Reuters, an unprecedented money haul that reflects donor enthusiasm going into the Nov 5 election.
Four sources familiar with the fundraising effort told Reuters that figure had been banked for Ms Harris in the four weeks since she jumped into the race on July 21.
Campaign cash is critical for advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts that help bring people to the polls and persuade undecided voters to swing a candidate’s way.
Ms Harris entered the fray after President Joe Biden stepped aside from the top of the Democratic ticket, unleashing floods of funding that had dried up in the weeks after Mr Biden’s disastrous debate against Republican Donald Trump.
RFK Jr said to weigh dropping US presidential bid
NYT
Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is considering ending his campaign to join forces with Republican rival Donald Trump, Kennedy’s running mate said in an interview posted online on Aug 20.
The vice-presidential candidate, Ms Nicole Shanahan, said that as independents she and Mr Kennedy ran the risk of drawing support from would-be Trump voters and clearing the way for Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to win the November election.
“Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump,” she told Los Angeles media company Impact Theory.
Ukraine says its forces under heavy Russian attack in east
REUTERS
Ukraine’s military said its forces had come under multiple Russian attacks over the course of Aug 20 on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk fronts in eastern Ukraine.
In a statement, the military said Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions around Toretsk, including the settlement of Niu-York, but did not say what the outcome of that fight was.
Earlier, Russia said its forces had taken control of Niu-York, but Reuters was unable to independently verify that claim.
Sinking of luxury yacht: Experts say Mediterranean sea is growing more dangerous
The shipwreck of a luxury yacht moored off the coast of Sicily is the latest sign that the Mediterranean is becoming a more dangerous sea to sail in, climate experts and skippers say.
One man died and six people are still missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after the Bayesian, a 56m-long sailboat, was hit by a ferocious storm on Aug 19, sinking in a matter of minutes.
Climatologists say global warming is making such violent and unexpected tempests more frequent in a sea used as a summer playground for millions of tourists, including a wealthy few sailing its waters on superyachts.
Sinner cleared of wrongdoing after failed drug tests
World men’s number one Jannik Sinner has been cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent tribunal after failing two drug tests in March, the International Tennis Integrity Authority said on Aug 20.
The tribunal accepted Sinner’s explanation that the anabolic agent clostebol entered his system from a member of his support team through massages and sports therapy, the ITIA said, in a statement.
Australian player Nick Kyrgios lambasted the ruling on X.
