Follow the coverage of the US elections. Eta made landfall in Nicaragua. Maradona was successfully operated on for a bruise on his head.This is what you need to know to start the day.First the truth.
Millions of votes remain to be counted in the race between Trump and Biden
Millions of votes cast legally continue to be counted in the US, while the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is reduced to a handful of states in battle. Experts had warned for months that a result might not be known on election night, or even days later, due to record-breaking vote-by-mail numbers. Overnight, Trump proclaimed his supposed victory and called for the legitimate vote recount taking place across the country to be stopped, in a chilling threat to American democracy.
Counting is still ongoing in key states
The votes are still being counted in several key US states and no winner has been determined in the presidential election. Until 5:20 a.m. ET, Biden held the lead in the Electoral College with 224 votes to 213 for Trump; 270 electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency.
Eta made landfall in Nicaragua
Hurricane Eta made landfall in Nicaragua with sustained winds of 225 km / h. After several hours it degraded to a tropical storm. The tropical cyclone will remain over part of Central America, causing «floods catastrophic and life-threatening sudden events, river flooding and landslides », according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC, for its acronym in English). Eta It will return to the Caribbean Sea and then to Cuba and South Florida, according to the NHC forecast.
Thousands of miles from the US, many lives could also depend on the outcome of the election
The United States is the world’s largest donor of foreign aid and the largest individual contributor to the World Food Program, giving people around the world reason to worry every time a new administration arrives in Washington. Tens of billions of dollars are at stake for food, water, education, health, security and other needs for the development of countries.
You can test negative for covid-19 but still be infected and contagious
If you think that a negative COVID-19 test result means you don’t have coronavirus, you could be wrong. It may take days before a new infection in a coronavirus test.
Maradona was successfully operated for a bruise on his head
Diego Armando Maradona underwent a head operation this Tuesday for a subdural hematoma, which was successfully evacuated,as confirmed by his doctor.
A drug for type 2 diabetes is withdrawn from the market, due to contamination with a possible carcinogen
The US dollar will remain weak no matter who wins the election
Van Gogh suffered a «delirium” from alcohol withdrawal, experts believe
Bats can predict the future to hunt their prey
“Winning is easy, losing is not. Not for me«.
“No, I’m not thinking of an admission of defeat speech,” Donald Trump assured this Tuesday.
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From the White House, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, thanked the great participation of the voters in the elections and denounced fraud in the elections, without presenting evidence of it.
