NOVEMBER 29, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he meets with representatives of civil society in Istanbul. - Reuters/Murad Sezer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump on Sunday questioned whether the Supreme Court would ever hear a case airing his unproven allegations of widespread election fraud as senior U.S. Republicans said a transition to a Joe...
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
President Trump enters the White House press briefing room on Friday. - Jabin Botsford/TWP
The facts were indisputable: President Trump had lost.
But Trump refused to see it that way. Sequestered in the White House and brooding out of public view after his election defeat, rageful and at times delirious in a torrent of private conversations, Trump was,...
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in July-September 2020 to $28.1 billion indicates global investors’ preference for the country’s enabling environment. The FDI during September quarter 2019 stood at $14.06 billion.
“Despite COVID, FDI doubles year-on-year upwards arrow. Indicating global investors’ preference for India’s enabling...
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
The low-cost carrier FlyDubai began regular flights to Tel Aviv on Thursday, the latest sign of the normalization deal taking hold between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. FlyDubai flight No. FZ1163 landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport at 11:38 a.m. after a 3 hour, 20 minute flight. It received a water salute by the ground crew. Israeli...
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Former CIA director John Brennan speaks during a forum on election security in Washington DC, on October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Former CIA Director John Brennan has condemned the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist on Friday, calling it "criminal" and "highly reckless."
Brennan, who served between 2013 and 2017, also said he...
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
A coronavirus testing site in Philadelphia. U.S. transmissions have been rising steadily. - Kriston Jae Bethel/NY Times
Nearly a year into a pandemic that has ravaged the global economy like no time since the Great Depression, the only clear pathway toward improved fortunes is containing the virus itself.
With the United States suffering its most rampant transmission yet,...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
India is doing admirably on climate action—a recent BofA report estimates the country to not just achieve its commitments under the Paris agreement but also to go past these, echoing the prime minister’s claim at the G-20 meeting. (Representative image)
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), on the likely consequences of global...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
NEW DELHI: India’s economy contracted for the second successive quarter but the pace of decline narrowed sharply in the three month period ending September as the farm sector held strong while manufacturing returned to the positive zone. However, the crucial services segments fell for the second quarter in a row.
Data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO)...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Lame-duck President Donald Trump on Friday lost his campaign's latest legal fight to undo his narrow loss to Joe Biden in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected the campaign's battle to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results based on its unsupported claims that the election system is fraudulent and ballots were processed improperly.
The decision affirmed...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington. - Reuters/HANNAH MCKAY
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, kicking off what is expected to be a string of pardons during the final weeks of the Trump administration.
Trump has granted clemency to supporters before,...
