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Indian, South-Asian groups congratulate Biden, Harris; say opportunity for progressive policies

11:40 pm November 9, 2020

Washington: Indian and South Asian groups on Monday congratulated President elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on their historic win, saying they look forward to the opportunity to push for progressive and inclusive policies for the community. Following a tense week of vote tallying, Democratic presidential candidate Biden, 77, on Saturday won the state […]

For Biden, how to help mangled economy is next obstacle

1:49 pm November 9, 2020

Baltimore: Joe Biden will inherit a mangled US economy — one that never fully healed from the coronavirus and could suffer again as new infections are climbing. The once robust recovery has shown signs of gasping after federal aid lapsed. Ten million remain jobless and more layoffs are becoming permanent. The Federal Reserve says factory output dropped. […]

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown

Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX’s 2nd crew flight

11:57 pm November 8, 2020

Cape Canaveral: Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend. For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station, with private companies providing the lifts. There will be double the number of astronauts as the test flight earlier this year, […]

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

Trump rages at ‘bad things’ in counting rooms, claims he ‘won this election by a lot’

11:50 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Donald Trump on Saturday declared himself as the winner of the November 3 presidential election, even as major American media outlets projected his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, as next president of the United States. “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” tweeted Trump as major American media outlets declared that he has lost the […]

Joe Biden elected US President; Kamala Harris becomes vice-president-elect

11:41 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Democrat Joe Biden on Saturday defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought presidential election, according to American media projections. The 77-year-old former US vice president will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN reported, after a victory in Pennsylvania, the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. With Pennsylvania’s […]