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And what to expect from Biden | Francis Owusu and Padraig Carmody | Donald Trump was propelled to the U.S. presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules. This included restricting trade when it directly hurt the U.S., clamping down on immigration, and reducing commitments to the global order. His administration’s …

From Samuel Tilden to Al Gore | ROBERT SPEEL | As states continued to count their ballots in the 2020 election, it seemed possible that Democrats and Republicans would end up in court over whether President Trump won a second term in the White House. President Trump had said he’s …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday called for cessation of the U.S. economic pressures against the country. The U.S. administration “must make up for its past measures and stop its economic war against the Islamic Republic,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told Iran’s state TV. “We …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China on Tuesday refuted accusations made by a senior U.S. official concerning China’s cooperation with the United Nations, saying that China always firmly upholds multilateralism and defends the goals of the UN Charter. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks in response to …

Washington, US | Xinhua | 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Thursday that any country which interferes in U.S. elections will pay a price. “I made it clear that any country, no matter who it is, that interferes in American elections will pay a price,” Biden said during …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday offered strikingly different visions in their final debate before Election Day, one that was more policy-focused and less rancorous than the pair’s first encounter some three weeks ago. Held at Belmont University in …

New York, UK | Xinhua | Wall Street’s major averages eked out modest gains in the week as investors monitored updates about a U.S. coronavirus stimulus bill, while poring through a batch of key economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow inched up 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 rose …

New York, US | Xinhua | Global oil market will rely more on the Middle East as U.S. shale oil production is expected to continue to fall, according to industry experts. U.S. shale oil production will fall by 900,000 barrels per day in 2020 and drop another 1.1 million barrels per …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The second U.S. presidential debate appears in limbo as the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are at odds over its format. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced on Thursday that the second Trump-Biden encounter, originally scheduled for Oct. 15, …

New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 6.8 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 200,005 as of 11:23 a.m. local time …