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Washington, Dec 19: US President-elect Joe Biden has named Indian-American Vedant Patel to be the Assistant Press Secretary as he announced the additional members of the White House Communications and Press Staff.

Washington, Dec 19: Boeing improperly influenced a test designed to see how quickly pilots could respond to malfunctions on the Boeing 737 Max, and Federal Aviation Administration officials may have obstructed a review of two deadly crashes involving the plane, Senate investigators say.

Washington, Dec 18: US President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during which they discussed regional security and key bilateral issues, the White House has said.

Baltimore, Dec 18: The world COVID-19 caseload is nearing 75 million cases, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University.

Paris, Dec 17: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday.

Washington, Dec 16: Almost no place has been spared and no one.

London, Dec 15: Britain's capital will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday amid a "very sharp" spike in COVID-19 cases in London and its surrounding areas and a new variant of coronavirus being identified as responsible for the "faster spread", the UK government announced in Parliament on Monday.

Washington, Dec 14: Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president.

Washington, Dec 13: Pro-Trump demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters and police in Washington on Saturday evening after groups of US President Donald Trump's supporters marched to protest the outcome of the 2020 US presidential elections.

Washington, Dec 12: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday flagged a series of tweets posted by US President Donald Trump, who still disputes the outcome of the November 3 election that has projected his Democratic rival Joe Biden as the winner, within a span of an hour.