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Oil rose nearly 2% early on Wednesday after industry data showed crude inventories in the United States dropped sharply, but analysts said uncertainty had crept into the market amid growing suspense over the result of the U.S. presidential election.

One key concern about Election Day 2020 in the United States: misinformation, disinformation, and how they could affect the way Americans vote. Here's a look at what's been seen so far Tuesday, direct from Karen Mahabir, fact check and misinformation edit...

Americans went to the polls Tuesday under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with an alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states.

Family members of Boston crime boss James Whitey Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison.

Slights and barbs have marred relations between France's Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences.

The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is predicting Democrats will pick up as many as a dozen House seats.

An elderly man and woman, a young passer-by and a waitress were killed, and 22 people including a policeman were wounded, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told a news conference. Vienna's mayor said three people were still in critical condition.

Delhi on Tuesday recorded over 6,700 fresh cases for the first time taking the infection tally in the national capital to over 4 lakh, even as the positivity rate stood at 11.29% amid festive season and rising pollution in the city.

Police in Goverdhan town, about 20 km from Mathura, arrested four men for disturbing peace in the area and registered an FIR under section 151 of the CrPC. The provision allows them to make an arrest to prevent a crime from being committed.

Mexico has received the first doses of a COVID19 vaccine candidate from Chinese pharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics Inc. for a late stagetrial on between 10,000 and 15,000 volunteers, foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.

The JD(U) team also annexed documentary proofs in support of the charges against the two sons of Lalu Prasad, who are contesting assembly election from Raghopur and Hasanpur constituency respectively.

According to Down Detector, several users in Mumbai are unable to use Gmail while some users in Delhi and Hyderabad have also reported errors. Gmail users in the UK and Germany also seem to be affected.

Actress and former Miss India 1993 Namrata Shirodkar took to Instagram to share a picture with husband, Tollywood star Mahesh Babu, from their wedding album.

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The finance minister last month had announced a slew of measures to spur demand and ramp-up capital expenditure. This was the third stimulus package since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Should Democratic challenger Joe Biden prevail, as polls suggest, some on Wall Street are looking ahead to his cabinet picks to gauge whether he will govern as a businessfriendly moderate or promote progressive legislation that could weigh on sectors such...