Biden solidifies election victory, Trump hints at leaving White House

Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, also projected that North Carolina, the only other battleground state with an outstanding vote count, would go to Trump, finalizing the electoral vote tally at 306 for Biden to 232 for Trump.

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Covid-19 in US: Oregon, New Mexico order lockdown as other states resist

Both states had Covid-19 lockdowns earlier in the year, but the coronavirus is coming back with a vengeance across the country, and the US is facing a long, dark winter.

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Donald Trump, still not conceding defeat, trumpets vaccine progress

Public health experts worry that Trump’s refusal to take aggressive action on the pandemic or to coordinate with the Biden team during the final two months of his presidency will only worsen the effects of the virus and hinder the nation’s ability to swiftly distribute a vaccine next year.

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Inside the operation to restore the Peshawar homes of superstars Dilip Kumar, Raj...

The ancestral homes of Golden Age heroes Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in the northwestern city are symbols of its link to the world’s largest film industry, but have suffered from decades of neglect.

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She fell from the sky: How the Covid-19 pandemic crashed into Russia's legendary...

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TikTok gets reprieve on Donald Trump's demand for a ban on the app

The TikTok prohibition “HAS BEEN ENJOINED, and WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT, pending further legal developments,” the Commerce Department said in a document published in the federal register.

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Donald Trump may cause problems for China before he leaves presidency: Experts

Even without unsettling eleventh-hour moves, an incoming Biden administration will be confronting a more emboldened Beijing, reported SCMP.

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Joe Biden's long history with China is unlikely to mend Trump-era rift

Joe Biden’s stance toward the world’s second-largest economy hardened over the past decade:

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World leaders congratulate Biden on win

Although US President Donald Trump did not concede defeat, relief was a common theme expressed in many parts of the world to the news that his re-election bid had failed.

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First time since Covid-19 pandemic, Queen Elizabeth II seen wearing face-mask in...

While the 94-year-old has been seen in public on several occasions over the past few months, she had not been pictured wearing a face covering until now.

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Israelis protesting Benjamin Netanyahu welcome Joe Biden win in US election

The anti-Netanyahu protesters have been staging weekly gatherings since summer in a bid to force the embattled leader to resign, as he stands trial on corruption charges and is accused of mismanaging the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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US election 2020: Joe Biden claims a mandate that will quickly be tested

Biden ultimately emerged victorious over President Donald Trump, a moment of both celebration and relief for his supporters. But the results sent mixed messages about the nation’s eagerness to turn the page on one of the most polarised periods in modern American history.

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Dallas shootout kills suspect, wounds campus officer: Police

Officers with the Dallas College Police Department were investigating a suspicious vehicle about 6:30 pm Thursday near the school’s El Centro Campus when they determined a man inside had an outstanding warrant, the Dallas Police Department said in a statement.

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US Presidential Elections 2020: Biden supporters dance, Trump supporters wield guns...

A few, however, have taken to the streets, with Biden supporters cheering for poll workers to “count every vote,” at times breaking into dance whenever someone turned up a Beyoncé or Missy Elliott song on loudspeakers.

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'Have decisively won but there was polling interference from big media, big tech',...

‘I have decisively won but there was election interference from big media and big tech’, says US President Donald Trump.

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In troubling new high-water mark, US tops 100,000 Covid-19 cases in single day

The US topped 100,000 coronavirus cases, a troubling new high-water mark as the country faces the prospect of a sustained increase in illnesses and deaths over the coming months.

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Biden briefly confuses granddaughter with son in verbal gaffe

The confusion gave President Donald Trump’s campaign one final blunder to offer up to its supporters as evidence of what it has long alluded to as Biden’s senility.

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UK boosts testing as PM Johnson sees 'no alternative' to Covid-19 lockdown

The UK prime minister rejected criticism he was too slow to act, telling lawmakers he had done his “level best” to avoid national restrictions due to come into force Thursday.

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US Supreme Court, with Coney just in, may play key role in poll results

Speaking in September about appointing a new US Supreme Court justice, President Trump said it was important to have a full nine-person bench because the elections “will end up in the Supreme Court”.

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US Presidential Election 2020: America votes amid spectre of unrest

Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in a series of polls, as the candidates criss-crossed swing states in their final sprint for the race for White House before polling ends on Tuesday.

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