Lawmakers in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have all said they won’t intervene in selecting electors. Bob Christie and Nicholas Riccardi Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively […]
By James Oliphant, Simon Lewis WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden will continue to lay the groundwork for his administration on Thursday against the backdrop of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the United States, while President Donald Trump refuses to accept the election’s outcome. Biden named long-time adviser Ron Klain as his White House […]
The longtime Democratic adviser is a consensus pick in the Democratic Party. By Tara Golshan, HuffPost US Ronald Klain, who oversaw the Obama administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak, will be President-elect Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff, HuffPost confirmed with Biden’s campaign. Klain, a longtime Biden adviser who served as his vice presidential chief […]
Hong Kong anti-government protests IMAGE COPYRIGHT REUTERSimage caption The four lawmakers after they were disqualified Four opposition pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong have been disqualified with immediate effect. The expulsion came moments after Beijing passed a resolution allowing the region’s government to disqualify politicians deemed a threat to national security. The move is being seen […]
By By Reuters staff YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar voted in a general election on Sunday seen as a referendum on a fledgling democratic government that remains popular at home but which has seen its reputation collapse overseas amid allegations of genocide. Leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to win […]
US election 2020 The results are finally in and the world is reacting to the victory of Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US presidential election. For days, people around the world have been glued to the White House race. It is not just the US that the election of a new president affects […]
US election 2020 Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing “not to divide but to unify” the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Mr Biden defeated incumbent President […]
With a victory in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden secured his win over Donald Trump, the first U.S. president to lose reelection in 28 years. By Amanda Terkel, HuffPost US Joe Biden is projected to become the next president of the United States after an election that was historic, messy, chaotic and uncertain. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will […]
Ethiopia’s federal army is mobilising troops from across the country as it continues its offensive in Tigray. The army’s deputy chief of staff accused state troops loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of treason. The Tigray president said his troops were engaged in clashes along the border with the neighbouring state of Amhara. […]
In 2020, a common strand linking India and the United States was the world’s largest and oldest democracies punishing their citizens for resisting injustice. By Betwa Sharma Welcome to the year-end instalment of The Idea of India, HuffPost India’s monthly conversation about how we see ourselves as a people and as a nation. As we near […]
