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Trump finally agrees to Biden transition – but still not conceding

24-11-2020 08:31 US President Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat Monday after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden's transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance.

Pandemic inflames gender violence against women

23-11-2020 15:58 No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such violence approaches on Wednesday.

Wealth taxes and extraordinary contributions – how other nations handle it

21-11-2020 10:14 Worldwide Germany and France are the two most practical examples of that class of taxes labelled “solidarity."

We don’t need no education

21-11-2020 09:38 Instead of campaigning to get their members back to work, Argentina’s teachers’ unions are determined to prolong the longest school holiday ever until everyone has been properly vaccinated.

by James Neilson

Global crop supply fears send soybeans to highest in six years

19-11-2020 10:27 Soybeans traded at the highest level in more than six years as increasing demand from top importer China and dry weather in the major producing areas of South America spur growing concerns over global supplies.

Firings, recount calls, angry tweets – Trump continues bid to invalidate election

18-11-2020 19:34 Firing the US election security chief and pressuring local officials to throw out valid votes, US President Donald Trump is continuing his efforts to invalidate Joe Biden's election win.

Aerolíneas Argentinas resumes regular international flights

16-11-2020 16:23 Argentina’s state airline announces return of several regular routes which had been suspended due to coronavirus pandemic. Price of ticket now includes medical insurance for positive Covid-19 diagnosis abroad, says flagship carrier.

In new breakthrough, Moderna's Covid vaccine nearly 95% effective

16-11-2020 12:58 US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, another major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.

'Time will tell': Trump hints at election loss, talks up vaccine efforts

14-11-2020 11:01 President comes close but stops just short of acknowledging he lost the November 3 election to Democrat Joe Biden.

Biden faces tall order reviving Washington's global role

14-11-2020 10:49 US President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to restore America’s moral authority in the world but after four years of norms-shattering by Donald Trump, he will have his work cut out for him.

British Cemetery honours fallen at Remembrance Service

14-11-2020 09:48 Community leaders ensure Covid-19 doesn’t prevent traditional Remembrance Day services from going ahead, though attendance was limited to just 20 people.

No Trump card in the disunited states

14-11-2020 09:09 When Charles I met his end, his studied dignity evoked that Shakespearian Macbeth line: “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it” – today in the United States, Donald Trump continues to resist any such epitaph to his presidency.

Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply

13-11-2020 14:17 While richer nations plan their vaccination programmes through the end of 2021, experts warn that poorer and developing countries face hurdles that could deny billions the first proven protection against the coronavirus.

China’s state grid makes a US$3-billion push into Latin America

13-11-2020 13:53 State Grid Corp of China will pay 2.57 billion euros for an electricity network company in Chile, its first overseas deal in almost a year and a move that resumes its expansion abroad.

Trump’s challenges: A state-by-state guide

11-11-2020 14:22 US President Donald Trump’s challenge to the 2020 US election results runs through six battleground states, five of which he won in 2016.

Vaccine innovation sparks hope, questions

10-11-2020 16:51 Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown highly promising results are a ray of hope for a world in the shadow of surging virus cases. 

Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine 90% effective in Phase 3 trial

09-11-2020 09:05 A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday. 

World leaders congratulate Biden, call for on unity, cooperation

08-11-2020 08:22 World leaders, including President Alberto Fernández, congratulate president-elect Joe Biden on victory in US election, with many expressing hopes of unity and cooperation following four years of Donald Trump diplomacy.

Biden has plenty of know-how – he’s going to need it

07-11-2020 14:21 The presidency is a management job and a political job, and Joe Biden appears to have the right experience and skills to succeed in both parts of it.

Joe Biden wins race for White House, ending Trump presidency

07-11-2020 14:00 Democrat Joe Biden has won the race for the White House, US media projected Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that has left the United States more divided than at any time in decades.

Biden takes lead in key state of Pennsylvania, reports US media

06-11-2020 11:09 Democrat Joe Biden has taken the lead in key battleground state Pennsylvania, where a victory for the former vice-president would push him past the threshold of electoral votes needed to win the White House.

BlackRock's Fink says Argentina won't soon regain investor trust

06-11-2020 08:15 Blackrock Inc. CEO Larry Fink said Argentina has a long way to go before it can regain investor confidence.

Trump spews out unverified claims as Biden closes in on US presidency

05-11-2020 21:41 Providing no evidence and taking no questions afterward from reporters in the room, Trump uses 17-minute White House address to deliver incendiary statements about the United States.

Without evidence, Trump again accuses Democrats of 'stealing' election

05-11-2020 21:36 Republican leader questions credibility of US election in White House address, complaining that polling had overstated Biden’s lead in many battleground states and the ongoing count of mail-in votes was eroding his lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia.

In Biden's hometown, supporters, journalists play waiting game

05-11-2020 15:26 In Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, everyone is anxiously waiting for the winner of the knife-edge presidential election to be announced. 

GOP shreds Democrats’ Senate hopes by holding key states

05-11-2020 14:24 The polls, the pandemic and the piles of campaign cash had Democrats tasting victory in the Senate heading into Tuesday’s election. But that may turn out to be an illusion, and Republicans are on the verge of extending their six-year control in the chamber.

Fact check: Trump's premature declaration of victory in US election

04-11-2020 22:59 In an address early Wednesday from the White House, after polls had closed but while ballots were still being counted in battleground states, US President Donald Trump falsely declared that he had won re-election.

Win or lose, Trump's movement stronger and bigger than ever

04-11-2020 22:47 The election is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain: the movement created by Donald Trump is alive and well, and more solid than pundits expected.