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President-elect Biden inauguration to feature virtual, nationwide parade
President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will include a "virtual parade across America" consistent with crowd limits during the coronavirus era, organisers announced on Sunday
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US election: 11 Senators say they will challenge Electoral college results
The group's announcement means that at least a dozen GOP senators, almost a quarter of the caucus, will challenge the election results
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US election: Joe Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races
The push ahead of Tuesday's election comes with early voting making some Republicans nervous as President Donald Trump continues to assert falsely that the Georgia process was rigged
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Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning US election results
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that aimed to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election
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GOP torn over Donald Trump's Electoral College challenge of Joe Biden
Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week's joint session of Congress
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Best of BS Opinion: Chinese military, Biden as US President, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day.
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How Biden can restore multilateralism
The world needs more than Trump's narrow transactional approach; so does the US
Looking back, and forward: How economies and economics changed in 10 years
Even as both India and the world struggle to re-build after Covid-19, they face slow-burn problems that could develop into full-blown crises, writes T N Ninan
Biden inauguration eve to feature memorial ceremony for Covid-19 victims
A lighting ceremony commemorating the American lives lost to Covid-19 will be organised on the eve of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
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President-elect Biden calls for Americans to unite, heal, rebuild in 2021
US President-elect Joe Biden shared a New Year's Eve message on Thursday calling for the nation to "unite, heal and rebuild in 2021"
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What 'Team Biden' means for India's energy and strategic relations with US
As US expectedly pivots away from fossil fuels and India redoubles its commitment to the Paris Accord, Jennifer Mulhern's role becomes far more significant
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Trump makes 2nd request to Supreme Court over Wisconsin election loss
President Trump on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn his election loss in Wisconsin, his second appeal in as many days to the high court over the result in the key battleground state
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Majority of Biden's White House appointees are women and people of colour
Sixty-one percent of White House appointees are women and 54 per cent are people of colour, President-elect Joe Biden's transition team said
Team Biden: Janet Yellen-Katherine Tai touch on trade with India
This three-part series looks at how the US president-elect's squad could influence relations between the two countries
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Trump's poll slump to Brexit deal: 2020, a year of disorder amid Covid-19
Trump lost ground, UK exited the EU and the global backlash against China reached new heights for its handling of the pandemic
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US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Covid vaccine
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine against the novel coronavirus
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Biden says will speed up distribution of coronavirus vaccines across US
US President-elect Joe Biden said he has spoken to numerous state and local officials about speeding up the delivery of coronavirus vaccines across the United States
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First case of new coronavirus variant detected in US state Colorado
The US state of Colorado has detected the first known case of the mutated novel coronavirus variant originally found in the United Kingdom, state's Governor Jared Polis said on Tuesday
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Biden sets tone for US-Sino ties, wants coalition to confront China
The Senate is already expected to take up a measure to override Trump's veto of a $740-billion defence policy bill.
US will reclaim its credibility to lead the free world, says Joe Biden
Joe Biden has said America under him would reclaim its credibility to lead the free world, insisting that the world faces an "enormous vacuum" without America's leadership
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