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Joe Biden takes lead over Trump in battleground state of Georgia
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THE WAIT IS OVER: Joe Biden wins US election, beats sitting president
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has at last passed the threshold needed to win the US election and will be the next US president, ousting President Trump after one term.
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AP count gives Joe Biden 270 electoral votes required to win presidency, after Pennsylvania lead secured
The Associated Press has called the election for Joe Biden, after declaring the former vice president the winner in Pennsylvania. After a bitterly divisive election, President Trump has vowed to challenge the result in court.
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Here's who's on President-elect Biden's newly formed Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board
The President-elect's team will include a former FDA commissioner, a former Surgeon General and a Yale associate professor of medicine and epidemiology
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TRUMP’S LATEST MOVE: Messages stack up as Joe is blocked from transition
Messages for president-elect Joe Biden are stacking up in the State Department where he has been shut-out by officials from key intelligence briefings.
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Nasa SpaceX launch: Astronaut crew heads to orbit
Four astronauts - three from the US and one from Japan - have launched from Florida on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Joe Biden announces top foreign policy and national security picks
The president-elect will reportedly tap the longtime adviser to helm the troubled State Department, where he previously served in the second-highest job.
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Shock poll shows Biden’s serious problem
President-elect Joe Biden will face a massive problem to overcome with the American public from the moment he takes office, new polls suggest.
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America ramps up moves against China
America has ramped up pressure on China by blocking crucial imports harvested with “slave labour” and bringing in tough new visa rules.
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Visa clampdown shows Trump’s aim is for Americans to consider EVERYONE from China as ‘the enemy
Washington’s latest assault on Beijing is to impose visa restrictions on Communist Party members. This concerted effort to dehumanise China is whipping up nationalist fervour in both countries and will have a lasting impact.
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U.S. Regulators Post Positive Review Of Pfizer Vaccine Data
On Thursday, the FDA will convene what’s essentially a science court that will debate just how strong the data backing the shots really is.
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‘THIS IS THE BIG ONE’: Trump hails ‘the lawsuit everyone has waited for’
Donald Trump has labelled a new election lawsuit the one that “everybody has been waiting for”, identifying it as his best hope in court.
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US Senate passes National Defense Authorization Act that includes sanctions on Russia & Turkey
The annual Department of Defense funding bill passed the Senate on Friday despite facing Republican-led opposition. It includes sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and on Turkey, for its acquisition of S-400 missiles.
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U.S. Authorizes the First Vaccine to Fight Pandemic
FDA’s thumbs-up—first for coronavirus vaccine in U.S.—will pave way for shots to be administered within day or two
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‘Medical miracle’: Trump praises ‘safe & effective’ Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as FDA grants emergency use authorization
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for a coronavirus vaccine developed by pharma giant Pfizer, paving the way for a mass roll-out of an inoculation President Donald Trump deemed a “medical miracle.”
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Suspected Russian hackers spied on US federal agencies
FBI to investigate after treasury and commerce departments believed to have been targeted
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Why Trump’s attempt to steal the election was too much even for Republican judges
Judges are highly political, but they aren’t exactly like politicians.
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Covid: US Vice-President Mike Pence receives vaccine live on TV
US Vice-President Mike Pence has received the coronavirus vaccine live on TV, telling the audience and doctors: "I didn't feel a thing."
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Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine
Moderna has been approved by the US government as the country's second Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for millions of doses to be released.
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