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...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The awards were given out by Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Minister of State Rattan Lal Kataria.
In 2019, the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board received the ‘Best Swachh Iconic Place’ award under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Mission. (File)
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has bagged the first prize for water conservation management in the...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Pets miss the outdoors as much as we do and there’s no doubt about it. They need constant attention and care that makes them feel important. They also miss their evening stroll, meeting their friends from the neighborhood and witnessing the outside world on their daily walks. There are several challenges that pets might face while being...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
In a new interview with 60 Minutes, former President Barack Obama is commenting on President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud.
"They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss," Mr. Obama told Scott Pelley in a clip from the interview that aired on "CBS Evening News."
Moreover, the...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 10. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
President-elect Joe Biden began fielding congratulatory phone calls from world leaders this week.
The conversations, traditional courtesies after U.S. elections, have been complicated by an overarching factor: President Trump’s refusal to concede.
In a break from tradition, the State Department has not provided a secure government line or...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Outdoor diners in New York City. - Michael loccisano
If you were to find yourself in a group of ten people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has Covid-19 would be 18 percent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 percent.
That's according to a dashboard developed by a team of US scientists that...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The Trump campaign promised evidence of misconduct in Detroit, but the affidavits filed turned out to be largely a grab bag of complaints by Republican poll watchers. - Brittany Greeson/NY Times
Almost from the moment the election ended, President Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the integrity of both the voting and vote counting, a narrative they...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden, but once Trump moves to the acceptance stage of his defeat, the urgent...
