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Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

McConnell says it’ll take while to count votes

11:53 pm November 4, 2020

Washington: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is discounting President Donald Trump‘s early claim that he’d already won the election, saying it’s going to take a while for states to conduct their vote counts The Kentucky Republican and Trump ally said Wednesday that “claiming you’ve won the election is different from finishing the counting.” McConnell also says he […]

Trump or Biden? US presidential race reaches climax; long lines seen outside polling stations

11:39 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: Americans were voting in large numbers across the nation on Tuesday in one of the most divisive and bitter presidential elections in decades in which incumbent Republican Donald Trump is challenged by Democrat Joe Biden. Amidst a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, over 100 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Kamala Harris as president would be ‘terrible thing’ for US and women: Trump

11:23 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris becoming US president would be a “terrible thing” for both the country and women, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday as Americans were voting in one of the most divisive bitter presidential polls in decades. Trump, 74, is seeking his re-election in the presidential elections. He is facing the toughest electoral battle of his life […]

EXPLAINER: What’s 270? The math game behind the US election

6:37 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: What’s all this hubbub about 270? It’s not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It’s not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters into Washington, D.C. It’s about who’s going to sit in the White House for the next four years. IT”S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE Nearly 2.9 […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

No alternative, British PM tells Parliament as he is grilled over lockdown No. 2

11:02 pm November 2, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that there is “no alternative” but to impose a second England-wide lockdown as he tabled his proposals to curb the surge in coronavirus cases before members of Parliament. He rejected Opposition allegations that the government has been “slow” to act and said “no one wants to impose measures […]