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UNITED STATES

Harris leads Trump in 3 key states: Polls

Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in three crucial battleground states, new polls showed on Saturday, eroding the advantage the former president has enjoyed over the past year. The polls of likely voters by The New York Times and Siena College showed Democratic presidential candidate Harris leading her Republican rival Trump by an identical 50 percent to 46 percent margin in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which are considered key to victory for either party under the electoral college voting system. The lead is within the polls' average margin of error of 4.5 points.

UGANDA

Death toll from landfill collapse rises to 18

The death toll from a landslide at a landfill in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 18, police said on Sunday. Local media said homes, people and livestock were engulfed in mountains of waste at the dump in Kiteezi district on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy rainfall. Kampala's metropolitan police spokesman Patrick Onyango said 14 bodies had been recovered on Saturday, and another four on Sunday.

JAPAN

Toyota cuts global output target to 9.8m

Toyota Motor has lowered this year's global production target to about 9.8 million units from the initial goal of about 10.3 million, local media reported. The downward revision, marking the first year-on-year production fall in four years, followed a partial production halt because of recent vehicle testing scandals and recalls in the Toyota group, Kyodo News reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Toyota has stopped production of three popular models over the scandal, which surfaced in June, it said.

Agencies - Xinhua