Tag: Joe Biden

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Lords strike a heavy defeat to Boris Johnson on proposed laws to breach UK's EU exit treaty

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament's upper chamber on Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain's EU exit treaty – a plan that has been criticized by US president-elect Joe Biden.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

  

  There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  US pandemic cases over 10 million; Biden will announce a 12 scientific task force Monday

  

  The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus surges across the nation. The grim milestone came on the same day as global coronavirus cases exceeded 50 million.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Beijing's message to Biden, “Drop illusions over China-US relations, but don’t give up efforts”

  

  Even when the Chinese government and chairman Xi Jinping have still to congratulate president elect Joe Biden on his victory, Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party English language newspaper published on Sunday a set of suggestions and warnings on the future relations with a new US Democrat administration in Washington, but also ”popping some of the bubble’s from the rough times with president Trump.

• Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Biden's victory speech: time for healing, “let's lower the temperature and listen to each other again”

  

  President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede. Biden made his speech to the Nation from HQ in Wilmington, Delaware, the state he represented in Congress since first elected at age 27.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 18:45 UTC

  Biden defeats Trump and will become President of the United States

  

  The Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, was elected on Saturday the 46th President of the United States elections after taking definitive lead in the key state of Pennsylvania, making him the new president-elect of the United States. However, the current president and defeated candidate, Donald Trump, refuses to acknowledge defeat by Biden.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden makes a conciliatory speech, but no victory celebration as vote counting continues

  

  Democrat Joe Biden said on Friday that he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Markets confident US Senate will remain under Republican control

  

  United States stocks jumped on Thursday as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate profits.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  US Supreme Court unwilling to be the arbiter of the election, constitutional experts said

  

  While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  US officially becomes first nation to quit the Paris climate accord; if Biden wins the measure will be reversed

  

  The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the country’s presidential race remains undetermined. President Donald Trump, who’s fighting for re-election, moved to withdraw from the landmark environmental accord exactly one year ago, abandoning a global effort to curb carbon emissions and slow global warming. The U.S. exit formally took effect Wednesday, the day after the vote.