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Covid: First round of US vaccinations to begin on Monday

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 22:03
related places: Monday

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved earlier this week and doses are being distributed this weekend.
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Covid: FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in US

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 15:50

The US Food and Drug Administration gave its approval late on Friday after White House pressure.
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Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 12:36
related places: San Francisco

A three-strong amateur team decodes one of several messages attributed to a US serial killer.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 5:10
related places: Trump

The lawsuit sought to invalidate results in four states where President Trump lost the US election.
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Mike Lee: Lone US senator blocks women's and Latino museums

Friday, December 11th 2020, 17:58
related places: Senate

The move to create two new Smithsonian museums was otherwise unanimously supported by the Senate.
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Biden and Harris named Time's Person of the Year

Friday, December 11th 2020, 5:44
related places: Harris, Time

The US president-elect and his running mate beat three other finalists, including Donald Trump.
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Plexiglass, sanitiser and masks: US mall Santas prepare for Christmas

Friday, December 11th 2020, 1:04
related places: Christmas, Santa

Malls that have hosted visits with Santa for over 100 years are being forced to change their approach.
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Muslim men on no-fly list have right to sue FBI, says US Supreme Court

Friday, December 11th 2020, 0:41

Three men say the FBI violated their religious beliefs by pressuring them to spy on other Muslims.
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Coronavirus: Trump hosts Hanukkah events as Covid-19 deaths soar

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 22:07
related places: White House

The White House events were held as coronavirus-related fatalities rose to 3,053 - a record daily US high.
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Morocco latest country to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered deal

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 21:45
related countries: Israel Israel, Morocco Morocco, Western Sahara Western Sahara

As part of the deal, the US agrees to recognise Morocco's claim over the disputed Western Sahara.
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Investors mob Airbnb listing giving it $100bn value

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 18:53

The firm's flotation is the biggest of the year in the US - despite the troubles it faces from the pandemic.
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Joe Biden's son Hunter says he is under investigation over taxes

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 7:47

US media say the inquiry relates to his business dealings with foreign countries including China.
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China-US relations: Beijing says Twitter hacked after Trump retweet

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 6:53
related countries: China China
related places: Beijing, Trump

The Chinese Embassy in the US said it didn't retweet the outgoing president's disputed fraud claims.
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US Covid vaccine: Three key questions answered

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 2:26

How will Americans receive the vaccine? Will it be free? And will enough people take it?
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Covid-19: The mask-wearing US city that bucked the trend

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 1:30

Compulsory mask-wearing has been highly controversial in the US.
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Dad steps in to sing national anthem when it fails to play at son's basketball game

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 23:58

When the US national anthem failed to play at his son's basketball match, this dad saved the day.
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Elon Musk's rocket crashes after return to Earth

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 23:45

The US entrepreneur's latest Starship rocket prototype impresses in flight, but crashes on landing.
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US drivers buy each other meals in random kindness

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 22:33

One driver offered to pay for the driver behind him at a drive-through and hundreds followed suit.
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Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 22:26

Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, is accused of taking illegal steps to crush rivals.
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Covid: Biden vows 100m vaccinations for US in first 100 days

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 9:04

The US president-elect says he cannot promise to end Covid quickly, but he can change its course.
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Covid travel nurse's six months on the road across the US

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 3:23

Nurse Laura Liffiton has travelled across the US for six months, helping in the fight against Covid.
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Saudi Arabia: Three campaigns MBS cannot win

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 0:10
related countries: Qatar Qatar, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Yemen

US President-elect Joe Biden will press Mohammed bin Salman to act on Yemen, human rights and Qatar.
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US cybersecurity firm FireEye hit by 'state-sponsored' attack

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 23:43

FireEye says tools used for testing clients' security have been stolen, without naming the culprits.
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Fort Hood: Soldiers fired and suspended after Vanessa Guillen probe

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 20:01

The US Army launched an investigation into the base after soldier Vanessa Guillen was killed there.
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Fauci: US mass Covid vaccinations could be days away

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 17:34

Vaccinations in the United States could begin in third or fourth week in December, says Dr Fauci.
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Safety data on Pfizer jab released by US

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 15:33
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

American regulators are yet to approve the vaccine, despite the UK pushing ahead with mass rollout.
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Lloyd Austin: Biden picks ex-general as defence secretary

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 7:55

Lloyd Austin, who oversaw US forces in the Middle East, would be the first African-American in the job.
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Chuck Yeager: First pilot to fly supersonic dies aged 97

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 5:50
related places: America

The US pilot broke the sound barrier in 1947, helping to pave the way for America's space programme.
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Civilians killed in air strikes in Afghanistan soars by more than 300%

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 2:17
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

In 2019 alone, more than two civilians each day were killed in airstrikes by the US or its allies.
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Covid: Fauci warns Christmas is 'greater challenge' than Thanksgiving

Monday, December 7th 2020, 21:32
related places: Christmas, Thanksgiving

The US diseases expert says a surge after Thanksgiving could be even worse after the longer holiday.
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US Supreme Court hears dispute over Nazi treasure trove

Monday, December 7th 2020, 20:43

The 12-year fight over a medieval church art collection may set a precedent for artwork restitution.
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Bob Dylan sells rights to all his songs to Universal Music Group

Monday, December 7th 2020, 15:05

The US singer-songwriter has given his entire back catalogue over to the Universal Music Group.
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US Covid rules objector 'hits policeman with car' while fleeing arrest

Monday, December 7th 2020, 12:22

Daniel Presti allegedly hit the officer after his bar was raided by police in New York City.
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Covid: Most of California under strict new lockdown as cases surge

Monday, December 7th 2020, 12:06
related places: California

Around 85% of the state's 40 million people are under a stay-at-home order that includes Christmas.
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Jeremih thanks doctors for 'saving my life'

Monday, December 7th 2020, 10:29

The US singer has now returned home from hospital after having been seriously ill with Covid.
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Covid: US vaccine chief Slaoui sees 'light at end of the tunnel'

Sunday, December 6th 2020, 18:58

Moncef Slaoui says life should get back to normal in spring as US approval of a vaccine edges closer.
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Trump campaigns in Georgia amid crucial Senate race

Sunday, December 6th 2020, 7:44
related countries: Georgia Georgia
related places: Senate

The president holds a rally in Georgia where two run-offs will determine control of the US Senate.
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'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves - US report

Sunday, December 6th 2020, 5:58
related countries: Cuba Cuba

The US report is the latest attempt to explain a mystery illness that affected diplomats in Cuba.
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Covid tensions in US hotspot of North Dakota: 'Grow up, mask up'

Sunday, December 6th 2020, 0:02

One in 800 North Dakotans has died from Covid, but people are split on how seriously to take it.
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Anti-doping bill: President Trump signs law allowing United States to prosecute dopers

Saturday, December 5th 2020, 11:37

A bill allowing the United States to prosecute anyone involved in doping at international events is signed into law by President Trump.
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Trump orders withdrawal of US troops from Somalia

Saturday, December 5th 2020, 10:50
related countries: Somalia Somalia

The US has about 700 personnel in the country targeting al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.
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Joe Biden: Covid vaccination in US will not be mandatory

Saturday, December 5th 2020, 0:00

It comes as the Centers for Disease Control urges "universal mask use" anywhere outside the home.
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Biden: 'I don't think Covid vaccine should be mandatory'

Friday, December 4th 2020, 23:57

The US president-elect says he'll do "everything in my power... to encourage people to do the right thing".
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US House passes federal cannabis decriminalisation bill

Friday, December 4th 2020, 21:27
related places: Congress

It is the first bill of its kind taken up by either chamber of Congress but faces an uncertain future.
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China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon

Friday, December 4th 2020, 15:48
related places: Moon

It becomes the second nation to unfurl its banner on the lunar surface, more than 50 years after the US.
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Plane makes emergency landing on US highway

Friday, December 4th 2020, 14:01
related places: Minnesota

A light aircraft is forced to make an emergency landing on an interstate in Minnesota, but no injuries are reported.
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Coronavirus: US doctor who has worked 258 days straight goes viral

Friday, December 4th 2020, 13:57

Dr Joseph Varon believes he is fighting two wars. A war against coronavirus and a war against stupidity.
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French Thalys train attacker 'tried to kill me three times'

Friday, December 4th 2020, 12:40
related countries: France France

American Spencer Stone tells a French court how he tackled the gunman on the Thalys train in 2015.
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Dune and Matrix 4 streaming plan prompts urgent talks from AMC cinemas

Friday, December 4th 2020, 10:41

Odeon owner AMC is alarmed by Warner Bros' plan to stream films in US as soon as they hit cinemas.
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Nasa to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moon

Friday, December 4th 2020, 10:29
related countries: Japan Japan

The US space agency has awarded two American and one Japanese firm contracts to pick up lunar soil.
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China is greatest threat to freedom - US intelligence chief

Friday, December 4th 2020, 2:53
related countries: China China
related places: Beijing

Beijing seeks to dominate the world, warns US intelligence director John Ratcliffe.
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Facebook sued for 'denying opportunities to US workers'

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 23:48
related places: Trump

The Trump administration accuses the tech firm of favouring foreign workers in its hiring policy.
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Coronavirus: US hits record Covid cases and hospitalisations

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 22:41
related places: Christmas

Two records are reached on Wednesday, amid fears the pace will not slow leading up to Christmas.
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Fauci apologises for UK vaccine approval comments

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 22:31
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The top US infectious disease expert had previously said the UK "rushed" approving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
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Dr Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 21:41
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: President

After apparent criticism from Dr Fauci, the UK defended the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
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Obama, Bush and Clinton pledge to film themselves getting Covid vaccine

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 18:15

Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton want to promote confidence in Covid vaccine safety.
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No more peacocks on planes after US ruling

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 16:01
related places: Only

Only dogs can qualify as psychological service animals, says the US transportation department.
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Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 14:29

The US National Labor Relations Board files a formal complaint against Google over staff firings.
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US pushes ahead with new rules for Chinese firms

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 6:01
related countries: China China

The move to delist non-compliant companies coincides with a wider push to ramp up pressure on China.
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'Stay home,' says US mayor at Mexico beach resort

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 4:42
related countries: Mexico Mexico

Steve Adler is the latest US politician accused of Covid-19 double standards, but he denies breaking rules.
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Chinese step up attempts to influence Biden team - US official

Thursday, December 3rd 2020, 2:43
related countries: China China
related places: Beijing

A US intelligence official says Beijing is targeting people close to the incoming US president.
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Trump pardons: US justice department unveils bribery inquiry

Wednesday, December 2nd 2020, 13:55

US prosecutors investigate claims that lobbyists sought a presidential pardon by offering kickbacks.
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Trump ally: 'No voter fraud to overturn election'

Wednesday, December 2nd 2020, 3:20
related places: Trump

The Trump campaign hits back that the attorney general's remark "appears to be without any knowledge".
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Qualcomm: Android phones to get 'lucky number' Snapdragon 888 chip

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 18:35
related countries: China China

The Californian firm is launching its chip at a time of trade tensions between the US and China.
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China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 2:51
related countries: China China
related places: Beijing, Washington

Beijing has introduced tough new laws which restrict the export of "controlled items".
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Biden to nominate Janet Yellen as US treasury secretary

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 0:29

She is among a diverse list of officials picked for top economic roles in the next US administration.
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Covid vaccine: Moderna seeks approval in US and Europe

Monday, November 30th 2020, 14:37

Regulators will decide if it is safe and effective enough to recommend for widespread use.
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Biden announces all-female senior press team

Monday, November 30th 2020, 1:36

Joe Biden has pledged to shape one of the most diverse US presidential cabinets ever.
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Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving

Monday, November 30th 2020, 0:35
related places: Thanksgiving

Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.
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Canada bans mass exports of prescription drugs

Sunday, November 29th 2020, 6:06
related countries: Canada Canada

The new policy comes in response to a US plan to import drugs from Canada.
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American football: Sarah Fuller makes history as first woman in a Power 5 game

Saturday, November 28th 2020, 22:34
related places: Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller becomes the first woman to play in an elite Power 5 match.
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Wilton Gregory: Pope appoints first African American cardinal

Saturday, November 28th 2020, 16:49

Wilton Gregory is one of 13 new cardinals installed by Pope Francis at a ceremony on Saturday.
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Carrie Lam: Hong Kong's leader says she has to keep piles of cash at home

Saturday, November 28th 2020, 11:13

Carrie Lam says she has no bank account due to US sanctions, and pays cash for everything.
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US election: Appeal court dismisses Trump camp's lawsuit in Pennsylvania

Friday, November 27th 2020, 22:26
related places: Pennsylvania, Trump, Appeal

The three judges said no specific allegations or proof of election fraud were given by Trump's team.
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Taiwan lawmakers throw pig guts and punches

Friday, November 27th 2020, 11:58
related countries: Taiwan Taiwan

Taiwan's opposition legislators exchanged blows in a heated row over the easing of US pork imports.
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US election: Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House

Friday, November 27th 2020, 9:29
related places: Trump, White House

The president has refused to admit defeat but says he will go if Joe Biden's victory is confirmed.
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Pig guts fly as Taiwan lawmakers brawl over US pork imports

Friday, November 27th 2020, 8:50
related countries: Taiwan Taiwan

Opposition legislators hurled the intestines in a bitter dispute over the easing of US pork imports.
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Citgo 6: US oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela

Friday, November 27th 2020, 6:15
related countries: Venezuela Venezuela

The men, who worked for a US company owned by Venezuela, were arrested in 2017.
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US election results: Why the most accurate bellwether counties were wrong

Friday, November 27th 2020, 0:56
related places: Why

Of the 19 places in the US that usually correctly pick the president, only one got it right this time.
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Searching 80,000 miles for the American dream

Friday, November 27th 2020, 0:30

Photographer Ian Brown travelled around the US in search of people's American dreams.
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Halima Aden quits runway modelling over religious views

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 16:43

The 23-year-old American has modelled for Vogue, Fenty Beauty and Kanye West’s Yeezy brand.
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'Please forgive me!': US tourist returns block of stolen Roman marble

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 12:31
related countries: Italy Italy
related places: Rome, Roman

In a letter, the traveller asks to be forgiven for taking a marble fragment from Rome in 2017.
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Covid-19: US Supreme Court backs religious groups over New York caps

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 10:01
related places: New York

It is one of the first major rulings since conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court.
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Biden Thanksgiving speech: We're at war with the virus, not each other

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 6:51
related places: Thanksgiving

US President-elect Joe Biden calls for an end to division in a speech for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Obama criticises Hispanic voters who picked Trump

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 2:00
related places: Trump

The ex-US president says some overlooked Mr Trump's rhetoric because of his stance on abortion.
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Covid: US doctor's video simulates what dying patient sees

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 0:46

This doctor made a video simulating what a dying Covid patient sees - to urge people to wear masks.
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Biden: 'I remember that first Thanksgiving, the empty chair'

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 21:04
related places: Thanksgiving

US President-elect Joe Biden calls on Americans to unite against Covid in his pre-Thanksgiving address.
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US election 2020: Biden says White House co-operation 'sincere'

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 17:01
related places: Trump, White House

The president-elect describes the Trump administration's help with the transition as not "begrudging".
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Russia 'threatened to ram' US ship in Sea of Japan

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 3:20
related countries: Japan Japan, Russia Russia

Moscow says a US Navy destroyer entered its territorial waters on Tuesday.
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US election: Daily Show comedian Jordan Klepper on Trump and his supporters

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 1:33
related countries: Jordan Jordan
related places: Trump

Jordan Klepper has become known for his Trump supporter interviews with Trevor Noah.
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US election 2020: ‘America is back’, says Biden as he unveils team

Wednesday, November 25th 2020, 1:00
related places: Trump

The president-elect says the US is "ready to lead the world", as his transition gathers pace.
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President Trump pardons US Thanksgiving turkey, Corn, at White House

Tuesday, November 24th 2020, 20:12
related places: Thanksgiving, White House, Corn

The US president officially pardons "Corn" in the annual White House tradition.
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Biden: 'It’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back'

Tuesday, November 24th 2020, 19:55
related places: America

US President-elect Joe Biden formally introduces his first choices for top cabinet positions.
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Biden cabinet: John Kerry named climate envoy as inner circle get key posts

Tuesday, November 24th 2020, 11:40
related places: Democrat, Trump

Joe Biden is nominating one of the leading architects of the Paris climate agreement as his climate envoy.
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Trump accepts US presidency transition to Biden must begin

Tuesday, November 24th 2020, 8:52

The president says a key federal agency should "do what needs to be done", but he vows to fight on.
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What Biden's new foreign policy team tells us

Tuesday, November 24th 2020, 1:38

US foreign policy experts weigh in on what the new slate of top diplomats means for global affairs.
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US election 2020: Trump ally Chris Christie urges him to accept defeat

Monday, November 23rd 2020, 9:18

Former Republican governor Chris Christie calls the president's legal team an "embarrassment".
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It’s ‘sweet relief’ to be home, says US boy forced to threaten Trump in IS video

Monday, November 23rd 2020, 1:44
related countries: Syria Syria
related places: Trump

An American boy made to appear in an IS propaganda video in Syria is back in the US and doing well.
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Covid in North Dakota: One day inside a rural US hospital’s fight

Monday, November 23rd 2020, 0:10
related places: Staff

Staff at a 14-bed hospital in North Dakota describe their fight to keep friends' family members alive.
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Covid: First Americans 'could get vaccine in December'

Sunday, November 22nd 2020, 21:49

US vaccine chief Moncef Slaoui says the vaccination programme could begin as soon as 11 December.
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