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According to aides that spoke to CNN, Tim Walz is having a hard time keeping his nerves under control for Tuesday's debate with JD Vance. Aides say Walz has expressed a lack of confidence in his ability to go up against a "trained lawyer-type" like Vance. Walz is also feeling pressure that a bad performance will disappoint Kamala Harris who has already privately expressed frustrations with Walz's awkwardness and blunders on the campaign trail, such as referring to her as a "prostitutor." Gwen Walz is angry that her husband is being put through the humiliation of debating Vance. The joy...

Tim Walz is 'nervous' about facing J.D. Vance in next week's vice presidential debate as he hunkers down this weekend to prepare for Tuesday's showdown. The Democratic presidential nominee has fretted to friends he's worried he will let Kamala Harris down, people close to him told CNN. Adding to the pressure is the fact that the debate is likely to be the last marquee showdown between the two presidential tickets before the November 5th election. Harris has accepted CNN's offer for another presidential debate but Donald Trump has not.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s wife once admitted she kept the windows of the governor’s residence “open as long as [she] could” to smell the burning tires from the violent 2020 riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death — as her husband’s handling of the protests is back in the spotlight. Gwen Walz described her husband’s struggle to grapple with the outcry following the May 25, 2020, murder of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in a sit-down with KTSP in June of that year. Gov. Walz’s response to the fiery Black Lives Matter riots in the Twin Cities is...

A senior Fifa official has said he was "disappointed" by the number of World Cup tickets sold to fans in African countries. Jerome Valcke said only 40,000 tickets have been sold in countries in the continent outside of South Africa. The football body has faced criticism for not making tickets accessible to Africans, as most tickets were being sold via the internet. It is the first time the World Cup is being held on African soil. 'Priced out' Mr Valcke - who has previously billed the event as a "real African World Cup" - said that African sales were "poor"...

"After his death, at least 50 youths took to the streets and started to break windows at the entrance of Gabelle, an outskirt of the city. The youths also burned garbage, tires, a motorcycle and five vehicles in a shipyard, said the police. When the Police and the fire-fighters arrived on the scène, protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails against them. Then, the police retaliate by firing tear gas but it was unable to enter into Gabelle." Think about that last sentence for a minute. "France/Civil unrest: clashes erupted in Fréjus after a young man killed himself," from ESISC, October...