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Congress braces for Biden’s national coronavirus strategy

11:16 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Congress is bracing for President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’s state-by-state approach to the COVID-19 crisis and build out a national strategy to fight the pandemic and distribute the eventual vaccine. The incoming administration’s approach reflects Democrats’ belief that a more comprehensive plan, some of it outlined in the House’s $2 […]

Biden becomes first US presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes

8:17 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Joe Biden has become the US first presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes, with his record-breaking number of popular votes still likely to increase as ballots continue to be counted across the nation, according to a media report on Wednesday. President-elect Biden won more than 80,011,000 votes as of Tuesday, while President […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe hopes for reset, end to ‘damage control’ under Biden

7:46 pm November 24, 2020

Berlin: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Tuesday he hopes a reset of US-European relations under the Biden administration can end years in which Europe was mainly concerned with “damage control.” Maas’ counterpart from Portugal, which will have taken over the European Union presidency when Joe Biden is inaugurated, said Europe wants to be treated as a “full and equal partner” […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump finally agrees to Biden transition; vows to keep fighting election outcome

12:07 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has finally given a go-ahead to begin the transition process for president-elect Joe Biden after the state of Michigan certified the Democratic leader’s victory in the November 3 presidential election, paving the way for a smooth handover of power after weeks of delay. President Trump,Trump finally agrees to Biden transition; vows to keep fighting election outcome a Republican, […]

UK regulator reviews Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine

8:30 pm November 23, 2020

London: The UK government on Monday said that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) is reviewing data from Pfizer/BioNTech to determine whether its COVID-19 vaccine meets “robust” standards of quality, safety, and effectiveness. The joint vaccine, produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, had recently claimed to be 94 per cent effective in […]