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Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

1:56 pm November 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP): Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory over President Donald Trump. The verdict delay can be attributed to high turnout, a massive number of mail-in ballots and slim margins […]

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751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy

10:56 pm November 5, 2020

Washington: The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of the accelerating pandemic. A surge in viral cases and Congress’ failure so far to provide more aid for struggling individuals and businesses are threatening to deepen Americans’ […]

Scientists develop “ultrapotent” COVID-19 vaccine candidate

6:41 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: Scientists have developed a vaccine candidate for COVID-19 that produces “extremely high levels” of protective antibodies in animal models, an advance that may lead to a novel therapeutic to curb the pandemic. According to the researchers, including those from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in the US, the nanoparticle vaccine produces […]

Time for a change to America, on our clocks and watches

12:10 am October 31, 2020

Washington: It’s time for a change for most of the United States. The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Until almost next spring, in states red and blue and in between, it’ll be lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in […]

How a probe of Trump-Russia ties turned into a GOP rally cry

10:51 am October 13, 2020

Washington: In 2016, Donald Trump‘s campaign chairman shared polling data with an associate suspected of ties to Russian intelligence. Another Trump associate sought inside information about Democratic emails stolen by Kremlin operatives. The candidate himself invited Russia to hunt for his opponent’s emails, then tried to stifle investigators once he entered the White House. These […]