Part of China’s Great Wall collapses due to winds

BEIJING: A 500-year-old section of China’s Great Wall called “Moon Gate” has collapsed after being hit by strong winds, officials said. The section had been the remains of a former watchtower. PTI WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is on notice for the debate on Sunday night. This could be his last chance to rescue his campaign hit by a spate of desertions from Republicans outraged, as the rest of the country, by his vulgar boast on a 2005 tape about groping women and forcing himself on them, and calls for him to step aside.

His running mate Mike Pence, who refused to stand in for Trump at a campaign event on Saturday, said in a statement, “I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.”

“We pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before the nation” for the presidential debate, he said.

Some Republicans calling for Trump’s exit have proposed Pence as his replacement, and even urged him to abandon the ticket to force out the real estate tycoon who may have pushed the party to the limit of its tolerance.

Senator John McCain withdrew his endorsement of the party nominee on Saturday, saying his “demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy.” A stream of Republicans have abandoned their nominee since the tape became public on Friday — more than 40 promi-