China congratulates Biden and Harris on election
BEIJING – China has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden, who won the Nov. 3 election that President Donald Trump has not conceded, nearly a week after the former vice president clinched enough states…
Election Day unfolds smoothly, despite fears of disruption
DETROIT/ATLANTA – Americans turned out by the millions to vote on Tuesday (local time) in a mostly calm show of political determination and civic duty amid the coronavirus pandemic and…
US surpasses 95 million early ballots on eve of Election Day
WASHINGTON – More than 95 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election by Monday (local time), according to a tally by the US Elections Project at…
Trump celebrates at White House as Supreme Court nominee confirmed
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has reveled in one of his signature achievements at a White House ceremony to celebrate US Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy…
Hong Kong leader to visit Beijing to discuss plans to revive economy
HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will travel to Beijing next week for a three-day visit to discuss plans to revive the global financial hub’s economy which has…
Vietnam PM urges Trump to take objective view in trade dispute
HANOI – Vietnam‘s prime minister has said the country’s exchange rate policy was not aimed at helping its exports and asked that US President Donald Trump have “a more objective assessment…
Russia not planning lockdowns, Putin says, despite record high COVID deaths
MOSCOW – Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, President Vladimir Putin said, even as the country reported a record new daily death…
Italy’s daily coronavirus cases soar to new daily record above 15,000
ROME – Italy has registered 15,199 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the highest daily tally since the start of the country’s…
Thai PM backs down on protest ban, protesters say he must go
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has backed down over emergency measures he imposed last week to stop three months of protests, but demonstrators said it was not enough…
With eye on China, Japan’s Suga seeks tighter ties with Vietnam, Indonesia
TOKYO – Japan’s new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijing’s growing assertiveness, but he is likely…
