Category: World

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters): President-elect Joe Biden will press on with building his governing team on Thursday, ignoring President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat. New records for coronavirus infections and hospitalizations ensured that the transition will be dominated by the response to the pandemic, which has accelerated since the November 3 election. Trump remains in… Continue reading Biden ignores Trump to build team; eyes on pandemic as hospitalizations soar

(Aljazeera): Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died, the state media reported. He was 84. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness who passed away this morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of America,” the Bahrain News Agency said on Wednesday, without elaborating. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin… Continue reading Bahrain’s long-serving PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa dies

Washington (Reuters): U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of longshot lawsuits challenging the election results in an effort to cling to power. Trump has declined to concede, instead lodging unsupported charges of election fraud that have gained little traction.… Continue reading Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

MOSCOW/YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters): Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday as part of a ceasefire deal to end six weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces. Under the deal, Azerbaijan will keep territorial gains made in the fighting, including the enclave’s second city of Shusha, which Armenians call… Continue reading Russian peacekeepers deploy to Nagorno-Karabakh after ceasefire deal

Washington (New York Times): President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. prepared on Sunday to start building his administration, even as Republican leaders and scores of party lawmakers refrained from acknowledging his victory out of apparent deference to President Trump, who continued to refuse to concede.With Biden out of the public eye as he received congratulations from… Continue reading As Biden plans transition, republicans decline to recognize his election

(NBC News): Denmark plans to cull its entire population of roughly 15 million minks in farms after the animals spread a mutation of the coronavirus to humans. NBC News has reported that the country’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said at a press conference Wednesday that the mutated virus could spread to other countries and it… Continue reading Denmark plans to cull 15 million minks after coronavirus mutation spreads to humans

NEW YORK (Reuters): Investors and financial executives took a big sigh of relief on Saturday after major networks declared Democrat Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential election, offering some certainty after days of conflicting reports about who might run the White House next term.Although current President Donald Trump said he would fight the results… Continue reading Investors celebrate Biden winning U.S. presidency

LONDON/LAGOS/SARAJEVO (Reuters): A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser on Wednesday, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and a mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty.Donald Trump’s pre-emptive declaration of victory at the… Continue reading As America counts, the world holds its breath for U.S. election outcome

DETROIT (AP) — Calling Joe Biden his “brother,” Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America’s first Black president to energize Black voters in battleground Michigan on the final weekend of the 2020 campaign.Obama, the 44th president, and Biden, his… Continue reading Obama: Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously