Month: November 2020

Read More Monday: Donald Trump hits the golf course and continues to make baseless claims of voter fraud. Plus: Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull join forces to welcome defeat of ‘Murdoch’s man’ Good morning, this is Imogen Dewey bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 9 November. Continue reading…Monday: Donald Trump hits the…

Read MoreEnglish high court dismisses UAE-based channel’s arguments to contest court’s competence, says it has jurisdiction.English high court dismisses UAE-based channel’s arguments to contest court’s competence, says it has jurisdiction.

Read MoreAlex Trebek, the beloved host of US quiz show Jeopardy!, had been battling cancer for some time.Alex Trebek, the beloved host of US quiz show Jeopardy!, had been battling cancer for some time.

Read More Writing in the Guardian, Labour leader says strategy that won back votes in the US can work in UK Biden will put the US back on the world stage, and Britain must stand with him The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has urged his party to learn from Joe Biden’s “broad coalition” which won…

Read More Stacey Abrams spent years working to convince political power players that Georgia is a genuine two-party battleground, a Deep South state where the left could compete if it organized Black voters, other sporadic voters and stopped apologizing for being Democrats. President-elect Joe Biden is on track to become the first Democratic presidential candidate…

Read More Trebek had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for some time Alex Trebek, the beloved host of the gameshow Jeopardy!, has died. He was 80. Trebek had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for some time. Continue reading…Trebek had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for some timeAlex Trebek, the beloved host of the gameshow Jeopardy!,…

Read More US close to 10m cases, with India second on 8.5m cases, followed by Brazil and Russia Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 50 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which showed that the US, India and Brazil have the highest…

Read MoreSenate seats in southern US state headed to runoffs on January 5 which could decide the balance of power in Washington.Senate seats in southern US state headed to runoffs on January 5 which could decide the balance of power in Washington.

Read More Research on patronage would benefit from a dialogue with Role Theory and Emotions Theory so that IR scholars can explore more about politics of gratitude.Research on patronage would benefit from a dialogue with Role Theory and Emotions Theory so that IR scholars can explore more about politics of gratitude.

Read MoreA reshuffle comes just days after the PM ordered a big military operation against Tigrayan forces.A reshuffle comes just days after the PM ordered a big military operation against Tigrayan forces.

Read MoreThe following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News election law expert David Becker that aired Sunday, November 8, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News election law expert David Becker that aired Sunday, November 8, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”

Read MoreCBS News foriegn correspondent Holly Williams reports on the worldwide reaction to President-elect Joe Biden’s projected victory to the White House.CBS News foriegn correspondent Holly Williams reports on the worldwide reaction to President-elect Joe Biden’s projected victory to the White House.

Read More WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is poised to unleash a series of executive actions on his first day in the Oval Office, prompting what is likely to be a yearslong effort to unwind President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda and immediately signal a wholesale shift in the United States’ place in the world.In the…

Read More The family of an 18-year-old who was in a coma for over two months were beginning to lose hope, when the teenager miraculously woke up after his brother mentioned his favourite food: chicken fillets. The teen from northwestern Taiwan fell into the coma after being involved in a serious accident while riding his…

Read More When Americans elected Kamala Harris Vice-President, they symbolically completed a 150-year project of recognizing the right of Black people to exercise the full franchise as citizens. In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. In 1920, the 19th Amendment secured the franchise for women. We commemorated both of…

Read More Parental consent required as tests offered to all pupils in the city over the age of 11 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The army is being sent in to help carry out mass testing of children in secondary schools in Liverpool this week, with public health experts considering rolling…

Read More Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. senator from Delaware in 1972. Biden represented the country at international…

Read More Tests will investigate whether virus evades antibodies from recovered patients and those in vaccine trials Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists in the UK are working to secure samples of a mutant form of coronavirus that arose in Danish mink farms and spread into humans, prompting ministers to ban…

Read MoreThe US National Hurricane Center warns of “significant, life-threatening” flooding in Cuba.The US National Hurricane Center warns of “significant, life-threatening” flooding in Cuba.

Read More Luis Arce takes power after landslide win for Movement for Socialism, but experts predict bumpy road ahead Bolivia’s new president, Luis Arce, has vowed to rebuild his country’s battered economy, revive ties with leftwing neighbours and serve one term only, as he prepared to take office after October’s landslide election. Speaking to the…

Read More Joe Biden shored up the Democrats’ “blue wall,” — more sturdily in Michigan, more tenuously in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — to rebuild the party’s path back to the White House. Trump had stunned the country four years ago by winning the three states that had been carried for decades by Democrats by a…

Read More President-elect Biden says ‘Plan will be to built on bedrock of science’ and promised ‘to spare no effort’ to fight pandemic As President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would name his own coronavirus taskforce on Monday, the US recorded its fourth consecutive record daily total of new Covid cases, close to 130,000. Related:…

Read MoreElections were first held in 1989 but Parliament’s power remains limited with the king choosing the PM and the senate.Elections were first held in 1989 but Parliament’s power remains limited with the king choosing the PM and the senate.

Read More Firecrackers erupted Sunday in a tiny village surrounded by lush green rice paddies in southern India, where Kamala Harris’ maternal grandfather was born. (Image credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images) Firecrackers erupted Sunday in a tiny village surrounded by lush green rice paddies in southern India, where Kamala Harris’ maternal grandfather was born.

Read More Independent Office for Police Conduct says Wiltshire police officers responded to reports of two men arguing in the street The police watchdog has opened an investigation into the death of a 57-year-old man who was shot after Wiltshire police were called to an incident in Swindon. On Sunday, the Independent Office for Police…

Read More Would you harm yourself just to get at someone else? Spite is in us all, but there are unexpected benefits to it On a memorable episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the curmudgeonly protagonist Larry David is angered by the lukewarm lattes at his local café so he opens a “spite” café. It is…

Read More The UK prime minister insisted there is scope for cooperation with the incoming Biden administration as he congratulated the Democrat and his running mate Kamala Harris. Biden, who has Irish ancestry, has made it clear there will be no agreement on a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal if a no-deal outcome threatens the Good Friday…

Read More On 8 November, the spokesperson for Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, has reported that its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. At the announcement, Shushan Stepanyan said that at around 13:40 Armenian Air Defense units of the Defense Army shot down another enemy Bayraktar TB2 in the southeastern direction in…

Read More Fed up with modern finance and Britain’s broken banking system, Anne Boden decided there was only one thing to do: set up a bank that ran in the way she wanted it to The first time I met Anne Boden was last December at a glitzy awards ceremony where I knew no one,…

Read More President Aliyev says country’s forces have taken Shusha, despite Armenian denials Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, has said his country’s forces have taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, though Armenian officials denied it had been captured. Shusha, which Armenians call Shushi, is nine miles (15km) south of the enclave’s largest city,…

Read More Biden has secured a victory and claimed the White House. We analyse who has swung to the Democratic party to help him win the presidency Joe Biden has won the majority of electoral votes and defeated incumbent Donald Trump. With a majority of the results now declared in the US presidential election, it…

Read More Joe Biden wins US election after four tumultuous years of Trump President-elect says ‘This is the time to heal’ in victory speech Trump refuses to concede defeat as recriminations begin Biden’s win marks the end of Trump’s war on democracy and truth Trump v Biden – full 2020 results as they come in…

Read More Here’s how to bring cheer to soggy winter days with hot soup and fritters The damp days of early autumn send me, spoon in hand, in search of soup. Cloudy miso broths the colour of fallen leaves, old fashioned leek and potato so hot it steams up my glasses, sweet pumpkin, and in…

Read More Partisan tactics once used to fight the Nazis have been turned against Alexander Lukashenko’s brutally repressive regime In Minsk, what people here call the Great Patriotic War is never far away. Monuments, street names and museums venerate the memory of the awful years from 1941 to 1945, when the Soviet Union was at…

Read MorePresident Ilham Aliyev says Azerbaijan has taken Shusha, but Armenia says fighting is ongoing.President Ilham Aliyev says Azerbaijan has taken Shusha, but Armenia says fighting is ongoing.