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Washington, Nov 7: Joe Biden’s advisers accelerated their transition planning Friday as election results showed him with an advantage in battleground states that could hand him the presidency, with the first senior officials in a potential Biden White House possibly named as early as next week.

Moscow, Nov 7: The United States has registered over 128,000 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the epidemic, US media reported.

New York, Nov 7: Champagne bottles are going pop in the Joe Biden camp but they're keeping it low key for now.

Washington, Nov 6: US President Donald Trump launched a tirade of unsubstantiated claims that he had been cheated out of winning the US election, as vote counting across battleground states early Friday showed Democrat Joe Biden closing in on victory.

Phoenix, Nov 6: Backers of President Donald Trump ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against an election they believe was rigged or being stolen, in some cases bringing guns or clashing with counter-protesters as they rallied in battleground states.

New Delhi, Nov 5: A group of miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Sindh province. The miscreants also tried to attack over 300 Hindu families but was stopped by Muslims from entering the century-old neighbourhood.

New York, Nov 5: Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won more votes than any other presidential candidate in the US history, shattering a record set by former President Barack Obama, according to a media report.

The undecided presidential election entered a new phase on Wednesday as former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin, two key swing states that President Donald Trump won four years ago.

Close contests in five key states mean the US presidential election may not be decided for days, or longer, even as President Donald Trump’s falsely claimed victory over Democrat Joe Biden with millions of ballots still to be counted.

Washington, Nov 4: Democrat Party’s Ritchie Torres has made history by becoming the first openly gay Black man elected to the US Congress.