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US election: Donald Trump rejects Joe Biden’s victory
President Donald Trump has rejected the victory of Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States.
Donald Trump’s chief of staff contracts coronavirus
President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, US media reported late Friday.
Iranian president urges next US government to ‘return to commitments’
As Joe Biden increasingly seems closer to victory in the United States presidential elections, President Hassan Rouhani has called on the next US administration to restart fulfilling commitments under the Iran nuclear deal.
US election: 106 women projected to win House seats
No fewer than 106 women will serve in the 117th U.S. House of Representatives beginning on January 3, according to ABC News projections.
US election: Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Joe Biden ‘president-elect’
“President-Elect Biden has a strong mandate to lead,” Pelosi told reporters after Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the potentially decisive state of Pennsylvania.
US election: Donald Trump campaign to challenge Joe Biden’s victory
The Trump campaign released a statement Friday morning making clear they will contest the election, calling any projections of Joe Biden as the winner “false” and the race “far from final.”
US election: Joe Biden takes lead in Pennsylvania
The Democratic Party candidate in the US presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden, on Friday afternoon took the lead in Pennsylvania, hitherto a stronghold of the Republican Party, clearing the coast for him to garner the expected 270 electoral college votes.
Asian shares mixed as Biden nears victory in U.S. election
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 0.91 per cent to end at 24,325.23, hitting the highest level in 29 years, while the broader Topix index was up 0.52 per cent to 1,658.49.
US election: Michigan judge dismisses Donald Trump’s lawsuit to halt vote count
A Michigan judge Cynthia Stephens has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s campaign asking that vote count in the state be halted.
US election: Facebook shuts down huge ‘Stop the Steal’ group
As of Thursday morning, a huge Facebook group called “Stop the Steal” was organizing rallies and fundraising to challenge election results across the US. The group accumulated more than 300,000 members in the less than 48 hours it existed before Facebook removed it on Thursday afternoon.
US election: Joe Biden campaign confident in win, says Donald Trump legal suits meritless
Joe Biden’s campaign manager says she is confident that her candidate will win the U.S presidential election and called the lawsuits being filed by President Donald Trump meritless.
Twitter restricts another Donald Trump tweet for making up US election rules
State election rules commonly allow for ballots to arrive after Election Day, provided they bear an eligible postmark. There is also a significant number of in-person votes still being counted, so simply discarding late-arriving mail ballots would not halt the ongoing vote counts.
US election: Key states that will decide the fate of Joe Biden and Donald...
The result of the US presidential election is hanging on the vote count in a handful of key states, with the race too close to call so far.
US election: International observers slam Donald Trump
President Donald Trump is trying to undermine America’s election system through baseless allegations, international observer groups have warned.
Nigeria should learn from U.S. elections – scholar
A political scholar, Prof. Ayo Olukotun, on Wednesday said that Nigeria needs to learn orderliness and civility from the just-concluded U.S. presidential election.
US election: Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in Michigan
Joe Biden has won Michigan, defeating President Donald Trump to take a closer step to White House.
UK: US ties will go ‘from strength to strength’ whoever wins
Britain on Wednesday insisted its close partnership with the United States was in safe hands whoever comes out on top of the tumultuous presidential election while noting disaccord over the Paris climate pact.
US election: Donald Trump team floods Twitter with premature Pennsylvania victory tweets
Trump’s son, Eric Trump, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, and the Trump reelection campaign’s Twitter account, @TeamTrump, all tweeted out messages prematurely declaring a Trump victory in Pennsylvania within 10 minutes of each other, apparently unprompted by any source outside the campaign. Campaign director Bill Stepien also told reporters that the campaign had won Pennsylvania, but gave no factual basis for the claim.
US election: Democrats call on Twitter to suspend Donald Trump
“Right now, the President’s Twitter account is posting lies and misinformation at a breathtaking clip,” Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) tweeted Wednesday. “It is a threat to our democracy and should be suspended until all the votes are counted.”
US election: Donald Trump campaign asks court to suspend counting in Michigan
President Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday it had asked a court to stop the counting of votes in the pivotal state of Michigan, where rival Joe Biden holds a thin lead.
US election: Germany warns of ‘very explosive situation’
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Wednesday warned the United States was facing a “very explosive situation” and a possible systemic crisis after President Donald Trump prematurely declared election victory.
US election: Joe Biden wins Arizona to claim 11 more electoral votes
Democrat Joe Biden has won in the southwestern US state of Arizona, a traditionally Republican stronghold which was captured by President Donald Trump in 2016, Fox News and the Associated Press projected early Wednesday.
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