NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden won't be sworn into office until he's inaugurated on Jan. 20, but he's already addressing the coronavirus pandemic and the country's economic recovery. He established a COVID-19 task force to help prevent the spread of the virus, which continues to break its record number of new daily infections, reaching 150,000 new cases on Thursday.
Biden's economic plans also...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday wrongly claimed full credit for Pfizer Inc.’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine was robustly successful, misrepresenting the extent of government support behind the company’s efforts.
A look at the...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has made a capital contribution of up to $50 million in Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate change company owned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
“The Company has entered into a definitive agreement, for making capital contribution, up to USD 50 million, in Breakthrough Energy Ventures II, L.P. (BEV), a limited partnership, newly incorporated under...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended wishes to Indians across the globe for Diwali saying the festival carries "a special significance" this year as the world has been taken over by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a video recorded message, he talked about the idea behind the Indian festival and talked about every year the festival is celebrated...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President Donald Trump participates in a Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 11, 2020. - Patrick Semansky/AP
After showing little signs of engaging on the coronavirus pandemic this week as it rages across the country, President Donald Trump on Friday planned to break...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr on May 15, 2019. - Evan Vucci/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 1,000 attorneys, including retired federal and state judges, state attorneys general and law professors criticized the Trump administration over baseless claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
"Every candidate has a right to ensure that an election...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President Trump has claimed widespread fraud was at play in the presidential election. Several of his lawyers have told judges in courtrooms across the country that they don’t believe that to be true.
The Trump campaign or Republican allies have brought lawsuits in several battleground states contesting election results that favored President-elect Joe Biden, seeking to stop the...
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
President Trump on Wednesday in the Oval Office. He has toggled between the White House residence and the Oval Office, watching television coverage about the final weeks of his presidency. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers, many of whom...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
In this Nov. 5, 2020, photo, Lehigh County workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa. The 2020 presidential election officially entered the record books Saturday the turnout reached 61.8%, eclipsing the recent mark set by Barack Obama's first presidential campaign in 2008 and demonstrating the extraordinary engagement of Americans in...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
NEW DELHI: Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a fresh set of measures, involving an estimated outgo of Rs 1.2 lakh crore, to boost demand, help create jobs, augment infrastructure and ensure growth is back on track.
At a news conference, she pegged the value of the package at Rs 2.65 lakh crore, including the nearly...
