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USA: Biden launches presidential transition website

NEW YORK, November 5. /TASS/: US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign has launched a presidential transition website.

According to a message published on the website, "votes are still being counted in several states around the country." "The transition team will continue preparing at full speed so that the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One," the message adds.

Saudi to US: Don’t use universal jurisdiction to prosecute crown prince

05 Nov 2020; MEMO: Saudi Arabia yesterday told the US “not to use the principle of universal jurisdiction” to prosecute Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman as the royal was summoned a part of a lawsuit into an alleged assassination attempt of a Saudi dissident.

Biden gains ground in White House vote count as Trump mounts legal challenges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the U.S. presidential race on Thursday as election officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets.

President Donald Trump alleged fraud without providing evidence, filed lawsuits and called for recounts in a race yet to be decided two days after polls closed.

US will reverse Trump-era policy, restore relation with Palestine: Kamala Harris

03 Nov 2020; MEMO: The administration of US Presidential candidate Joe Biden will reverse a number of President Donald Trump’s controversial policies on Palestine and the broader Middle East, according to Kamala Harris. The Democratic Party candidate for vice president made numerous pledges in an interview over the weekend with the Arab American News.

Trump claims 'major fraud' being perpetrated; says he will fight election in Supreme Court

Washington, Nov 4 (PTI) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a "major fraud" is being perpetrated on the American people and said he will fight the election in the Supreme Court, even as the counting of votes were in progress in the battleground states.

Addressing a select gathering of his supporters in the East Room of the White House at 2 am on Wednesday, Trump asserted that he has won the 2020 presidential election.

Trump, a Republican, is being challenged by Democratic Party's nominee Joe Biden.

USA: Biden vows to rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

Washington, Nov 5 (PTI) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has pledged that his administration would rejoin the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.

Biden, 77, has not won the presidential elections yet, but is inching closer to be declared the winner by garnering 253 electoral votes out of the required 270. His Republican rival and incumbent US President Donald Trump has got 213 electoral votes, according to latest projections released by the US media.

Biden wins more votes than any other presidential candidate in US history

New York, Nov 5 (PTI) 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.

As of November 4, Biden had got over 70.7 million votes, more than anyone who has ever run for president, the National Public Radio (NPR) reported.

USA: With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Perhaps only in Florida is a loss by fewer than 4 percentages points considered a public drubbing.

In a state famous for razor-thin margins, the size of former Vice President Joe Biden’s loss to President Donald Trump was humiliating for Democrats and sent many searching for answers to how they failed to close the deal with voters — again.

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