The two main parties contesting an election in the western Canadian province of British Columbia were tied after most votes had been counted, provisional results showed, and it could be days before a winner emerges.

Hurricane Oscar is expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin in Cuba later as the island country struggles to restore power after its worst blackout in years, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

At least seven people have been killed after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, according to officials.

Billionaire Elon Musk has promised to give away $US1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the US Constitution.

Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home.

At least 73 Palestinians, including many women and children, have been killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes that hit several houses in Beit Lahiya town in northern Gaza Strip, Hamas media says.

Australian authorities yesterday responded to a reported bomb scare on flight from New Zealand to Sydney. Police said there was no threat.

Russia and Ukraine have each swapped 95 prisoners of war with the United Arab Emirates acting as mediator.

A woman has died and a major search is continuing for two children missing in waters in Sydney’s southwest.

North Korea has shipped 1500 special forces troops to Russia’s far east for training and acclimatising and will likely be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency says.

Kamala Harris has raised questions about Donald Trump’s physical stamina to serve effectively as president as the rivals tore through the deadlocked battleground state of Michigan.

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities say, in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.