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Cocoa bean arrivals at ports in Ivory Coast fell this week because of a violent political standoff following a disputed presidential election in the world's top growing nation, exporters said on Thursday.

France registered 40,558 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, compared with 36,330 on Tuesday and a record of 52,518 on Monday, health ministry data showed.

Despite being repeatedly -- and wrongly -- described as only older, white and rural, Trump's base will help deliver the third highest vote total in American political history -- behind only Joe Biden, and Barack Obama in 2008.

The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):

A decision could have implications for the national presidential race between Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden.

So far, Biden has won absentee voters in Pennsylvania, 78% to 21%, according to the secretary of state’s office.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Venezuela for the start of a tour of Latin America, Venezuela's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, amid intense efforts by Washington to limit Iran's influence in the western hemisphere.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended the country's nightly curfew to Jan. 3 as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID19 after numbers surged in October.

The Swiss government on Wednesday authorised deploying up to 2,500 military personnel to help the country's hardpressed health care system handle a second wave of coronavirus infections.

Here are the top scenarios remaining for Biden, as well as Trump, to win the 2020 election. The Biden scenarios presume that he wins Nevada, a blue state where he is narrowly ahead.

Austria's daily tally of new coronavirus infections climbed above 6,000 for the first time on Wednesday to a new record of 6,211, data from the health and interior ministries showed.

From court battles to road trips with his wife Melania, potential post-White House options are as unconventional as everything else about the 45th president.

Moderate voters also swung heavily for Biden, in a tacit rejection of the 'radical' label that Trump had sought to pin on him. Throughout his term, Trump has alienated moderates with his rhetoric.

The US media is projecting wins for the Republican incumbent so far in 12 states including Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia -- all states he won in 2016.

Former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has become the first woman appointed to New Zealands top role in sports administration.

U.S. oil prices jumped more than 2% on Wednesday after industry data showed crude inventories in the United States dropped sharply and as investors awaited results from the tumultuous presidential election.