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Visitors spend their morning under a large tree at Bradleys Head in Sydney, overlooking the Opera House on November 3, 2024, as spring transitions into summer with a high temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. — AFP pic

No, it’s not just you: 2024 on track to be the hottest year ever

US president-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. — AFP pic

Trump’s impending return to White House brings criminal cases to a halt

Children gather to receive aid food at Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. — AFP pic

How Trump’s Middle East peace message won over Muslim voters amid Biden backlash over Gaza

One Harris aide said the vice president’s campaign was doomed from the start by her loyalty to the unpopular president. — Reuters pic

‘Chickens coming home to roost’: After Harris’ loss, angry Democrats blame her boss, Biden

Republican president-elect Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. — Reuters pic

China’s Xi urges US to ‘get along’ as he congratulates Trump

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation will be introduced into parliament this year, with the laws coming into effect 12 months after it is ratified by lawmakers. — File pic

No more TikTok for teens? Australia moves to ban social media for under-16s

Former US president Barack Obama campaigns in support of Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, in Milwaukee November 3, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Not the outcome we hoped for’: Obama acknowledges Trump victory, urges peaceful transition

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