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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters at the end of her concession speech at Howard University in Washington November 6, 2024. — AFP pic

Don deal: Harris concedes to Trump, pledges to keep fighting in defiant speech 

Pictures of women who died due to abortion restrictions are left at a community altar during the 2024 All Souls Procession in Tucson, Arizona, November 3, 2024. — AFP pic

What Trump’s election could mean for abortion in the United States

Novo Nordisk said the side effects in trials so far for its experimental obesity drug CagriSema were similar to its GLP-1 drugs already on the market such as Ozempic. — Reuters pic

Novo Nordisk says its experimental drug CagriSema has similar side effects to Wegovy

The UN health agency said that it with its list was providing the first global effort to systematically prioritise endemic pathogens based on criteria including disease burdens, antimicrobial resistance risk and the socioeconomic impact. — Bavarian Nordic/Carsten Andersen handout pic

WHO identifies priority pathogens for new ‘urgently needed’ vaccine development including HIV and malaria

An Indian security personnel stands guard near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and Indian forces in Srinagar on November 2, 2024. — AFP pic

Indian Kashmir assembly demands restoration of partial autonomy

The United States is Israel’s top ally and military backer, and the election came at a critical time for the Middle East amid wars in Gaza and Lebanon. — Reuters pic

Israel’s Netanyahu congratulates Trump for ‘history’s greatest comeback’

The ballot initiatives, which ran in parallel to the US presidential election, come more than two years after the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to the procedure, leaving the matter up to states. — AFP pic

Multiple US states extend abortion rights, while Florida measure fails

A supporter of former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as they gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. — AFP pic

Dancing Trump supporters revel in victory speech, with Democrats despondent

Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed yesterday at polling locations in five battleground states - Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. — Reuters pic

Russia denies it was behind US bomb hoaxes during election or incendiary devices on planes

Pedestrians wait to cross the street as a large digital display shows images of US Republican candidate Donald Trump and US Democrat candidate Kamala Harris, outside a train station in central Tokyo November 6, 2024. — AFP pic

From Netanyahu to Modi, world leaders praise Trump as he claims US election win

Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump gestures as he holds hands with his wife Melania during his rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. — Reuters pic

China says hopes for ‘peaceful coexistence’ with US as Trump nears election win

Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at his rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. — Reuters pic

Trump claims victory in US presidential election, telling jubilant supporters ‘we made history’

Supporters react while watching results come in during an election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee, former US president Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida November 5, 2024. — AFP pic

US House Speaker Johnson congratulates ‘president elect’ Trump

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump, accompanied by former US first lady Melania Trump, visits his campaign headquarters to thank the campaign workers on Election Day, in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

Trump on verge of historic comeback victory

Supporters of former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrate as Fox News declares him the next President of the United States during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. — AFP pic

Fox News makes solo call, declares Trump winner of US election

People watch as results are reported at an election watch party in the Mission District of San Francisco November 5, 2024. — AFP pic

‘I am scared, I am anxious ’: Mood darkens at Democratic parties as Trump gains key states