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The Democrats narrowed the polling gap over the summer and were hoping for a much closer contest amid a series of legislative wins and improving gas prices -- but momentum appears to have swung back to the right just before the contests on November 8. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/1gqwcdL

Beijing has shut schools in its most populous district, ordering students to study from home as an outbreak in the capital persists. Multiple schools in the Chaoyang district, home to corporate headquarters and embassies, halted in-person schooling from Monday, according to social media posts, although there's been no official government statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/onfAaIc

With all 435 seats in the House of Representatives up for grabs alongside a third of the 100-member Senate, Democrats were putting a brave face on their prospects- but the latest polls have put them on the defensive. US midterm elections are typically seen as a referendum on the president in power, whose party tends to lose seats in Congress, particularly if- as with Biden- his approval rating is under 50%. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/LUSbixQ

In September, commander Gryshchenko helped push Moscow's forces back across the border near Kharkiv. The retreat marked one of the high points of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeast. Now, Kyiv's troops in the village of Starytsya stand so close to Russia that some phones mistakenly get texts to say they've arrived in the country. Gryshchenko's troops are keeping watch. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2lmUzXr

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist lost her appeal Monday against her conviction over making false statements in obtaining information for her investigation of a violent attack during the widespread protests in 2019. Hong Kong fell more than 60 places to 148th place in Reporters Without Borders' latest World Press Freedom Index released in May. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/JSbyXah

North Korea's military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to attack its rivals' air bases and warplanes and paralyse their operation command systems, showing Pyongyang's resolve to counter provocative US-South Korean military drills “more thoroughly and mercilessly.” from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4iLDRFY