Reading Time: 3 minutes Kelly to be sworn in as US senator flipping Arizona seat defeating Republican Sen. Martha McSally Mark Kelly is seen in October at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Democrats will pick up a Senate seat on Wednesday when former astronaut Mark Kelly is sworn in as a US…… Continue reading Kelly to be sworn in as US senator flipping Arizona seat defeating Republican Sen. Martha McSally
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Donald Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House
Reading Time: 3 minutes The United States of America President Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president. Answering reporters’ questions for the first time since losing the 3 November vote, Mr Trump insisted, however, that “this race is far from over”. He has refused to…… Continue reading Donald Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Biden, hopes for ‘win-win’ China-US ties
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden for his election victory earlier this month and expressed hope for “win-win cooperation” amid a number of conflicts between the world’s top two economies over trade, technology and security. Chinese president says ‘healthy and stable’ relations between world’s top two economies are ‘the common…… Continue reading Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Biden, hopes for ‘win-win’ China-US ties
One election can’t stop US ‘truth decay’ – Barack Obama
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidency. And Mr Obama suggests Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 US election is just the start of repairing those divisions. “It’ll take more than one election to reverse those trends,”…… Continue reading One election can’t stop US ‘truth decay’ – Barack Obama
Formal US President Trump wavers between reality and election fiction with eye on his legacy during Rose Garden vaccine address
Reading Time: 4 minutes The formal United States of America President Donald Trump had an eye on his legacy as he strode to the microphone in the White House Rose Garden Friday and touted the administration’s “unequaled and unrivaled” efforts to help produce a coronavirus vaccine through Operation Warp Speed. Then, for a brief moment, he seemed close to…… Continue reading Formal US President Trump wavers between reality and election fiction with eye on his legacy during Rose Garden vaccine address
US President-elect Joe Biden becomes the first to win state of Georgia, since 1992
Reading Time: 4 minutes Joe Biden the United States of America President-elect has won the state of Georgia, the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992.The win solidifies Mr Biden’s victory, giving him a total of 306 votes in the electoral college, the system the US uses to choose its president. President Donald Trump is projected to win…… Continue reading US President-elect Joe Biden becomes the first to win state of Georgia, since 1992