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At least 100 mn people will get Covid-19 vaccine by end of Feb 2021: US
The US is confident that at least 100 million people would have got coronavirus shots by the end of February 2021 and this operation would have covered the entire "at risk" population
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Biden facing growing pressure over who he chooses as defence secretary
President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defence
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Biden's Covid team pledges to fight disproportionate impact on minorities
US President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 Advisory Board pledged to address the outsized impact of the pandemic on minorities in a meeting with the US Hispanic community
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Trump hints at 2024 run, Biden to meet with US workers hit by Covid
At a White House holiday reception on Tuesday night, Trump appeared to acknowledge that those efforts could fail, and in that case he would run again
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Won't immediately remove tariffs imposed on China by Trump: Joe Biden
Biden also spoke in depth about his strategy to connect with rural Americans, who have become estranged from the Democratic Party
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Iran approves bill to end nuclear inspections if US doesn't lift sanctions
Biden has said he wants to reinstate the nuclear deal while Trump has been accelerating his efforts to destroy it before he leaves the White House on Jan. 20
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India wants to resume Iran, Venezuela oil imports under Joe Biden: Pradhan
India wants to diversify its oil imports, including the resumption of supplies from Iran and Venezuela after Joseph Biden becomes president of the US, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said
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H-1B: US court rejects Trump rules limiting no of visas to skilled workers
A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration rules designed to drastically curtail the number of visas issued each year to skilled foreign workers
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Trump teases 2024 Presidential election run at White House Christmas party
President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House
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Indian-American appointed executive director of Biden's swearing-in
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have named Indian-American Maju Varghese in the four-member Presidential Inaugural Committee, which will organise the activities surrounding their swearing-in on Jan 20
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Biden urges Congress to pass robust relief package for most hit by Covid-19
US President-elect Joe Biden urged the Congress to pass a robust economic reforms package that can meet the urgent needs of Americans who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic
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Trump raises $170 mn since election defeat; money used to pay campaign debt
Trump has raised roughly 170 million since his election day defeat, a sum garnered through a nonstop stream of solicitations that have falsely claimed the election was stolen
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Will be ready to hit ground running on day 1 with new economic team: Harris
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said that the next administration will be ready to hit the ground running on day one with the experienced economic team announced by President-elect Joe Biden
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Will create recovery for all and get US economy moving again: Biden
Introducing his high-profile and experienced team to the nation, US President-elect Joe Biden exuded confidence that it will create a recovery for all and get the country's economy moving again
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Neera Tanden, Biden's pick as budget chief, faces tough confirmation test
Tanden, the tough-minded head of an influential Democratic think tank, is a veteran Hillary Clinton aide seasoned in Washington battles over Obamacare and Donald Trump's presidency.
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Donald Trump headed to Georgia as turnout driver, but also a threat
Especially fraught are Trump''s continued attacks on Georgia''s Republican state officials and the state''s election system, potentially taking away from his public praise of Loeffler and Perdue
Joe Biden, Guterres discuss need for strengthened US-UN partnership
The two discussed the need for a "strengthened partnership" between Washington and the world organisation to address many urgent global issues
Despite self triumph over virus here is how Trump lost election to Covid-19
The salience of the pandemic as an issue was a major problem for Trump because an overwhelming number of voters judged that he had mishandled the crisis
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Biden gets access to top-secret summary of US intelligence for first time
Biden got first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top-secret summary of US intelligence - a document former first lady Michelle Obama called "Horrible Things Book"
Biden, UN chief discuss strengthening partnership on Covid, climate change
US President-elect Joe Biden spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the two discussed the need to strengthen their partnership on urgent global issues including combatting Covid-19
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