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Atlanta (Georgia), Apr 16 (EFE), (Camera: Erik Lesser).- Former Democratic representative of the state of Georgia, Vernon Jones, announced his Republican candidacy for governor of Georgia in front of the state capitol in Atlanta. Jones, a supporter of former US President Donald J. Trump, is attempting to overthrow incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
Presidential nominee Joe Biden is surging past Donald Trump in the battle for the White House. With less than four weeks to go until Election Day, Biden is pulling ahead of Trump in the latest Electoral College survey. According to CNN, the Democratic presidential nominee has crossed the necessary 270 electoral college vote threshold. Adding up the states that are currently rated in his camp and those leaning left, it brings his total to 290 electoral votes. President Donald Trump remains infected with coronavirus and absent from the campaign trail. His campaign has found itself in its worst political position since the start of the campaign season.
Drivers protest the reopening of some businesses in the US state of Georgia by driving and honking outside Governor Brian Kemp's mansion in Atlanta. IMAGES
Darcia Piana, the vice governor of the southern Brazilian state of Parana, visits the site of the C. Vale agroindustrial company where eight people were killed and 11 injured in a series of silo explosions. IMAGES
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says 64 people have died in his state after tornadoes ripped through several states. SOUNDBITE