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Topic2020 US election

Topic: 2020 US election

Not ready to recognise Biden’s victory, says Putin, will wait for ‘results to be confirmed’

Russia, accused by US intelligence agencies of intervening in 2016 to help get Trump elected, has been wary of Biden.

US court throws out Trump lawsuit seeking to block Pennsylvania from certifying Biden win

Pennsylvania is the latest instance of judges declining to toss out millions of votes based on vague assertions from Trump campaign and allies about a Democratic conspiracy.

Trump’s fight to overturn election narrows after 2 more legal defeats, case withdrawal

Trump needs to flip at least 3 states that voted for Biden to win. He’s pushing Republican legislators to overrule voters, but most have rejected those overtures so far.

Joe Biden’s win reaffirmed in Georgia as state completes vote recount

After a hand recount of nearly five million votes, that lasted for several days, Joe Biden won by 12,284 votes over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state.

Trump’s gambit to overturn states’ election results is running out of time

Donald Trump's campaign has mounted legal challenges but states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin seem on track to certify their election results.

Trump and allies dial back voter fraud claims after defeats

The Trump campaign Sunday revised its highly touted suit to block certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s projected Pennsylvania victory, abandoning its claims of voter fraud.

Zuckerberg, Dorsey to face angry Republicans, defend charges of silencing conservatives

The two are scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The session is likely to focus on Twitter & Facebook’s handling of Trump’s statements on election process.

US adversaries had seen a weakened country even before election results, Barack Obama says

Obama says the 'humouring' of Trump’s position by Republican officials 'is one more step in delegitimising not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally.'

Twitter says changes ahead of US election curbed spread of misinformation

Twitter said the 300,000 posts it labeled for misinformation accounted for just 0.2% of all election-related posts on the service between 27 October and 11 November.

Telegram or phone call, Taiwan ponders ‘appropriate’ way to wish US president-elect Joe Biden

Four years ago, Donald Trump became the first US president-elect to have spoken to a Taiwanese head of state since Washington broke ties with Taipei in 1979.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.