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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 50 mln — Johns Hopkins University
NEW YORK: Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 50 million on Sunday, reported Xinhua news agency, based on data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 50,052,204, with a total of 1,253,110 deaths
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Kamala Harris: First US woman vice president-elect
ANKARA: With Joe Biden the projected winner of the 2020 White House race, his running mate, Kamala Harris, is set to mark several firsts in Americas’ political history despite being the first woman vice president-elect. Harris, 56, also makes history
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President-elect Biden pledges unity in victory speech
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden officially declared victory Saturday, pledging to be a president who will work to mend the nation’s divisions and “make America respected around the world again” Anadolu Agency reported. “The people of this nation have spoken,
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Shusha liberated from occupation, says President Aliyev
BAKU: President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced on Sunday that Azerbaijan’s ancient city of Shusha has been liberated from occupation, reported by the Azerbaijan State News Agency (Azertac). “Shusha, which was under occupation for twenty-eight and a half years, has been
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Largest US state of Georgia county to finish counting ballots tonight – official
WASHINGTON: The US state of Georgia will finish counting presidential election ballots in its largest Fulton County by Wednesday night, the county’s Elections Director Richard Barron told reporters. “We expect this to go probably until midnight or more. We are
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Biden narrows Trump lead in Georgia to under 1 pct with 98 pct of votes counted
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has narrowed President Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia by less than 1 per cent with nearly all votes counted, reported Sputnik news agency. Results from Fox News revealed Wednesday night that Biden trails Trump
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US presidential election: Campaign enters final day with nation on edge
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 – The US presidential campaign entered its final day Monday with a last-minute scramble for votes by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, drawing to a close an extraordinary race that has put a pandemic-stricken country on edge. Whatever
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U.S. coronavirus cases keep rising in grim march to Election Day
Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States on Sunday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations, as increasingly bitter rhetoric kept the virus front and center of campaigning two days before the presidential election. Nearly 87,000 cases were
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New Zealand new cabinet line-up focuses on COVID-19 recovery
WELLINGTON: Experienced ministers will hold key economic recovery and ongoing COVID-19 response portfolios in the new Cabinet line-up announced by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday, reported Xinhua news agency. “The next three years will be very challenging
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Over 80m vote early ahead of US presidential election
WASHINGTON: Over 80 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of the US’s Nov. 3 presidential election, reported Anadolu Agency. A running tally from the US Elections Project found Thursday that 80,721,858 early votes, with the vast majority – over 52
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