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An emotional U.S. President Joe Biden passed the torch to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris with a hug on Monday, delivering a bittersweet farewell speech at the party's convention in Chicago, during which he said he gave everything for his country.

U.S. President Joe Biden told Americans Wednesday he quit the 2024 election to unite the country, saying in a historic Oval Office speech that it was time to pass the torch to "younger voices."

"I revere this office. But I love my country more," the 81-year-old said in an elegiac prime-time address to the nation urging his divided country to embrace democracy and shun hatred.

The Screen Actors Guild has announced nominations to its 29th annual awards, heaping nominations on "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "The Banshees of Inisherin," while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race.

John G Avildsen, who directed hugely successful underdog fables Rocky and The Karate Kid, has died at age 81.

Avildsen’s son Anthony said his father died on Friday (local time) in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer.