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More than a decade ago, Biden read President George W Bush’s PDB during Biden’s transition into the vice presidency. After that, he read President Barack Obama’s PDB for eight years. Now, after a four-year break, he’s reading President Donald Trump’s PDB. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3qionuj via IFTTT

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44-year-old Hitesh Madhu Bhai Patel was sentenced for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded American people of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3moHmRm via IFTTT

In a virtual briefing to the UN Correspondents Association on Monday, Red Cross president Francesco Rocca urged governments to combat “fake news” about Covid-19 vaccines. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fWatcy via IFTTT

Dr. Scott Atlas joined the White House this summer, where he clashed with top government scientists, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, as he resisted stronger efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2HVeVf1 via IFTTT

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The leaders hailed Sikhs around the world for speaking up for gender and racial equality, religious pluralism and fidelity to truth and justice. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JsTz9g via IFTTT

Iraqi security and local militia officials could not confirm the identity of the commander, who they said was killed alongside three other men travelling in a vehicle with him. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lpkOP5 via IFTTT

A shot developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE that was 95% effective in its pivotal trial is set to be reviewed by a panel of outside experts a week earlier. The FDA will decide on the emergency use authorizations (EUA)after the advisers make their recommendations. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33wGoLx via IFTTT

Governor Gavin Newsom said he may clamp new “stay-at-home” orders on California’s roughly 40 million residents in the face of infections and hospitalizations that are still rising weeks before emergency vaccines are predicted for release. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2VnfNw1 via IFTTT

Avian influenza was discovered at an poultry farm in Hyuga city in Miyazaki prefecture on Honshu island in southwestern Japan, the ministry said on its website. There is no possibility that humans will contract bird flu from eating poultry or eggs, the ministry said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Jf87cV via IFTTT

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Teams representing the Taliban and the Afghan government have been negotiating in the Qatari capital since September to reach a consensus on the modalities of peace talks, moving forward to help end decades of war in Afghanistan. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fSqj7L via IFTTT

Confirmation of the results by the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission started a five-day window for Trump to file a lawsuit. Trump on Saturday promised to file a lawsuit either on Monday or Tuesday, a longshot attempt to overturn the results by disqualifying as many as 238,000 ballots. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3loWTPV via IFTTT

Los Angeles County imposed a stay-at-home order for its 10 million residents, and Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley, banned high school, college and professional sports and decreed a quarantine for those who have traveled more than 150 miles outside the county. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Vn8e8B via IFTTT

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US President Donald Trump imposed the sanctions in August on Chinese and Hong Kong officials including Lam; Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China’s State Council; and Chris Tang, commissioner of the city’s police. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33rOOUt via IFTTT

Joe Biden, 78, twisted his ankle on Saturday when he slipped while playing with Major, one of his two German shepherd. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/37hOhp7 via IFTTT

Public approval could play into when he’ll call the next election, which must be held in less than a year, and dictate whether he can parlay his stop-gap position into a longer term in Japan’s top job. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3qbV2RY via IFTTT

Nearly 2,800 people from at least 28 villages were evacuated from the slopes of Mount Ili Lewotolok, which is located on Lembata island of East Nusa Tenggara province, as the volcano began erupting. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3leEvsY via IFTTT

Upbeat data released on Monday suggests that China is on track to become the first to completely shake off the drag from widespread industry shutdowns, with recent production data showing manufacturing now at pre-pandemic levels. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fO8J4K via IFTTT

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian shared the image on his Twitter handle Monday morning in which a special forces soldier is seen slitting the throat of an Afghan child with a knife and its head wrapped in an Australian flag. “Don’t be afraid we are coming to bring you peace,” the image states. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3moVBFR via IFTTT

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US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Neera Tanden director of the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the administration’s budget and federal agencies from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lmSIE2 via IFTTT

According to The Wall Street Journal, Tanden’s nomination is a part of Biden’s plan to build a team of liberal and centrist economic advisers to serve alongside planned Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33qstqe via IFTTT

The UK is poised to become the first country to approve the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE. The government had already indicated that it would move fast on any promising vaccine candidate and British doctors have been put on standby for a possible roll out before Christmas from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/39q3nLX via IFTTT

Earlier in his first post-election result interview, Trump told Fox News the entire world is watching over what is happening in the US. “I have to start by saying the whole world is watching, and nobody can believe what they’re seeing.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/37ef71u via IFTTT

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In order to avoid disrupting regularly scheduled appointments on Monday, arrangements were made for President-elect Biden to receive an x-ray and then an additional CT Sunday afternoon, with the expected delays involved when opening closed offices and giving personnel time to set up, a Biden spokesperson said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3qe094k via IFTTT

The announcement marks a major policy reversal for the nation’s largest school system, less than two weeks after de Blasio announced that schools were shutting down because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases in the city. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3loVdpn via IFTTT

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Kate Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director. Jen Psaki, a longtime Democratic spokeswoman, will be his press secretary. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JvgL6Q via IFTTT

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The fighting has threatened to destabilise Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa, and its neighbours. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36jPiOq via IFTTT

The baby was born this month without Covid-19 but with the virus antibodies, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the mother. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Vb6EGG via IFTTT

According to The Hill, The transition said in a statement that Jane Hopkins, Jill Jim and David Michaels are joining the team, which is co-chaired by David Kessler, former Indian American Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Marcella Nunez-Smith. The task force is charged with helping Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3qa3aCt via IFTTT

After years of being in the shadows, the image of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh suddenly was to be seen everywhere in Iranian media, as his widow spoke on state television and officials publicly demanded revenge on Israel for the scientist’s slaying. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/37lQH6p via IFTTT

The attack occurred in the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government forces. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fIr57q via IFTTT

Gross domestic product will likely be smaller than what it would have been had the UK stayed in the European Union regardless of the outcome. But reaching an accord would help avoid major trade disruptions come Jan. 1. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3o5nV0l via IFTTT

Officials were building firm anti-epidemic measures along border areas to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country, reported Korean Central News Agency. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2VdAr1t via IFTTT

China has imposed anti-dumping duties of up to 212% on Australian wine, the latest in a raft of measures that have affected imports from coal to copper to barley. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lbTzaM via IFTTT

Moderna’s experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36i3ck8 via IFTTT

China has been vocal about finding traces of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen on packaging and food, raising fears that imported items are linked to recent virus resurgences. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mnyCuQ via IFTTT

Payrolls probably rose by about a half million during the month after a 638,000 gain in October, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists ahead of government data due on Friday. The jobless rate is seen easing to 6.8% from 6.9%. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/39qaCDy via IFTTT

The Daily News reports that the man’s father called police in Piscataquis County on Thursday to report that he had found his cat’s body after he let his son stay with him the night before. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36hGyYR via IFTTT

The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, saying the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the expiration of a time limit in Pennsylvania’s expansive year-old mail-in voting law allowing for challenges to it. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36f9PUc via IFTTT

The accord’s restrictions on Iran’s atomic work had one objective: to extend the “breakout time” for Tehran to produce enough fissile material for a bomb, if it decided to make one, to at least a year from about two to three months. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JrdftP via IFTTT

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Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building with a height of 829.8 metre and asteroid 2000 WO107, which was discovered in 2000, has a diameter is 820 metre. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36lXzS1 via IFTTT

Sydney CBD surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Saturday while swathes of western New South Wales, South Australia and northern Victoria baked through even higher temperatures nearing 45 degrees. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/39qfB7o via IFTTT

The agreement also will boost surveillance using “drones, radar equipment, optronic binoculars and fixed cameras,” the U.K. said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36iv1IS via IFTTT

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The largest group congregated in Buenos Aires before the Congress, which is expected in the coming week to begin debating legislation on a matter that has bitterly divided the traditionally Catholic South American nation. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3q7FfUl via IFTTT

The suit from Carter Page alleges a series of omissions and errors made by FBI and Justice Department officials in applications they submitted in 2016 and 2017 to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to eavesdrop on Page on suspicion that he was an agent of Russia. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Ji7jUr via IFTTT

“The Wisconsin recount is not about finding mistakes in the count, it is about finding people who have voted illegally, and that case will be brought after the recount is over, on Monday or Tuesday,” tweeted Trump on Saturday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36dCmtg via IFTTT

The deal comes as relations between China and Australia deteriorate. Chinese power stations and steel mills were told to stop using Australian coal and ports were instructed not to offload the fuel. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lduWKD via IFTTT

Muhyiddin said he met UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi this week and they agreed to mend ties between their parties and avoid competing against each other when an election is called. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/37v6Mqv via IFTTT

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Motegi made the comments condemning Wang’s remarks in the Diet in response to ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hiroshi Yamada, who asked why the minister did not immediately respond to the remarks in the press event. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36d9FfW via IFTTT

Iranian officials have blamed Israel for the killing. Israel, long suspected of killing scientists a decade ago amid tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program, has yet to comment on the killing Friday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mhXEeH via IFTTT

“The people of Wisconsin have been entrusted to select our state’s presidential electors, and they made their decision on November 3, 2020,” Attorney General Joshua Kaul said in court filing Friday. “In a representative democracy like ours, that choice must be respected.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33lcaLd via IFTTT

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The actual account of the conversation was far more amicable, as it read that they “discussed the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as vaccine distribution in Canada” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3ljLOj0 via IFTTT

“Know that” Biden “will be a president who represents the best in us. A leader the world will respect and our children can look up to,” Harris said in a tweet. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3nVtVsC via IFTTT

The companies are Chengdu Best New Materials Co Ltd and Zibo Elim Trade Co, Ltd. in China and Nilco Group, which is also known as Nil Fam Khazar Company and Santers Holding and Joint Stock Company Elecon in Russia for transferring sensitive technology and items to Iran’s missile programme. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33pE2hw via IFTTT

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The order affecting the United States’ second-largest city will take effect Monday and last at least three weeks, until December 20, the county’s public health department said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lg9xRg via IFTTT

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the head of research and innovation at Iran’s Ministry of Defense and widely seen as having a major role in the country’s nuclear program. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lfg7Ya via IFTTT

HT learns that Oli has told his supporters he is open to a split in the party – an eventuality China has been working to avert. China has been seen as playing the role of a peacemaker in the NCP in the past. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36ca2HA via IFTTT

French authorities are investigating allegations that the music producer, who has given his identity as Michel, was assaulted and racially abused during a police check after CCTV footage of the incident was released. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JkW25o via IFTTT

Trudeau said earlier this week Canada will have to wait for a vaccine because the first ones are likely to be given to citizens of the countries they are made in. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2VhkC9T via IFTTT

Images published by the Loopsider website showed how music producer Michel Zecler was repeatedly beaten by police for several minutes and subjected to racial abuse as he tried to enter his studio on Saturday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mfXYe6 via IFTTT

Vaccines by Pfizer and BioNtech, as well as Moderna and AstraZeneca have shown promising results in large clinical trials, but there is no question of “cutting corners”, said Thomas Cueni, director-general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA). from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/39zDr0L via IFTTT

The letter asks the MHRA to assess the vaccine for authorisation under Regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations, which enables the temporary supply. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/37hACyf via IFTTT

The potential for violence was illustrated after their last rally on Wednesday, when two men were reportedly shot and critically wounded. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Jfja5I via IFTTT

Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room after holding a teleconference with US military leaders stationed across the globe. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36cbCJu via IFTTT

Trump’s lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the judges’ assessment that the “campaign’s claims have no merit.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3o7LXbf via IFTTT

After the October 30 earthquake in which more that a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand people were injured, another quake hits eastern Turkey. No damage has been reported so far. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2HHhzVr via IFTTT

The supply, to be paid for by the private sector, will inoculate just over 1 million Filipinos as the British drugmaker’s vaccine requires two doses, as per a government business adviser. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2V7bwN1 via IFTTT

The pandemic forced North Korea to seal its border with China, its biggest trading partner and aid benefactor, in June. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3q7cDKQ via IFTTT

North Korea’s government also ordered diplomats overseas to refrain from any acts that could provoke the United States because it is worried about President-elect Joe Biden’s expected new approach toward North Korea, lawmakers told reporters after attending a private briefing by the National Intelligence Service. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33o9cFX via IFTTT

It is up to the court to decide the punishment. The judge may order chemical castration or the punishment under the Pakistan Penal Code. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mbcXWN via IFTTT

In an argument set for Monday, the Trump administration will seek the right to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to divvy up congressional seats and federal funds. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3o255Y8 via IFTTT

Germany recorded 21,951 new infections in the 24 hours through Friday morning, taking the total to 1,017,830, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths rose by 430, the biggest gain since April 16’s record of 510. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/39iOafN via IFTTT

Brazil has the second highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world, and Bolsonaro has for months played down the seriousness of the pandemic despite being infected with the virus in July. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fDbk1o via IFTTT

Australia will be among a handful of western nations that can look forward to Christmas with limited restrictions on family gatherings and what authorities are calling a Covid-normal summer. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2V9FG26 via IFTTT

Australia’s trade minister Simon Birmingham said the tariffs were unjustifiable and it was a distressing time for hundreds of wine producers because it “will render unviable for many businesses, their wine trade with China”. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lcjkb0 via IFTTT

Germany’s parliamentary budget committee of lawmakers agreed after 17 hours of talks, saying it is the second largest amount of net new borrowing in the history of post-war Germany. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3od5CGT via IFTTT

“Certainly, I will, and you know that,” Trump said when asked by reporters if he will leave the White House. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2V9mkdD via IFTTT

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Sau Paulo governor Joao Doria in an interview on Thursday said Sinovac could be rolled out without approval from the national health regulator, in comments described by health experts as ‘empty threat.’ from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JeSnpJ via IFTTT

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he had asked the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to determine whether the vaccine “meets rigorous safety standards.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36aR4kU via IFTTT

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Americans are marking the Thanksgiving holiday amid an unrelenting pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people in the United States. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33haP8k via IFTTT

Donald Trump took questions for the first time since Election Day and angrily denounced officials in Georgia and Pennsylvania.Trump said he would hold a rally with thousands of supporters in Georgia on Saturday to support a pair of Republican candidates from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3fEb6qN via IFTTT

Kim Jong Un is one of the few world leaders who has yet to congratulate -- or even acknowledge -- the president-elect, particularly after Chinese President Xi Jinping did so on Wednesday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/369Zl8w via IFTTT

The company said on Thursday that it would pay full-time operations workers $300, and part-timers $150, if they are employed by the e-commerce giant for the entire month of December. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33kIpKG via IFTTT

Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the November 3 vote, spreading wild theories about stolen ballots and launching baseless legal challenges that have been thrown out by courts across the country. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/368dx1K via IFTTT

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Chinese importers bought more than one-third of the USD 32.9 billion in Taiwanese exports from the grouping of products that include semiconductors. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3ma5Bm7 via IFTTT