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Washington, Dec 19: US President-elect Joe Biden has named Indian-American Vedant Patel to be the Assistant Press Secretary as he announced the additional members of the White House Communications and Press Staff. Patel is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden inaugural committee and has been a part of the Biden campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director. During

Washington, Dec 19: Boeing improperly influenced a test designed to see how quickly pilots could respond to malfunctions on the Boeing 737 Max, and Federal Aviation Administration officials may have obstructed a review of two deadly crashes involving the plane, Senate investigators say. In a report released on Friday, the Senate Commerce Committee also said the FAA continues to retaliate against

Washington, Dec 18: US President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during which they discussed regional security and key bilateral issues, the White House has said. "President Trump thanked King Salman for his leadership and expressed his optimism towards resolving the Gulf Rift,” the White House said in a readout of the call on Thursday. The two leaders discussed

Baltimore, Dec 18: The world COVID-19 caseload is nearing 75 million cases, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported that the world tally stands at 74,952,221 and 1,662,127 fatalities due to the virus, as of 9:56 am IST. About 42,318,910 patients -- who tested

Paris, Dec 17: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” his office said in a statement. “This diagnosis was made following an PCR test performed at the onset of the first symptoms.” The presidency said he would isolate for the next seven days. It was not

Washington, Dec 16: Almost no place has been spared and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death. And an abiding, relentless fear. But each

London, Dec 15: Britain's capital will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday amid a "very sharp" spike in COVID-19 cases in London and its surrounding areas and a new variant of coronavirus being identified as responsible for the "faster spread", the UK government announced in Parliament on Monday. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs in the House of

Washington, Dec 14: Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College. In reality, electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots. The results will be sent to Washington and tallied in a January 6 joint session of

Washington, Dec 13: Pro-Trump demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters and police in Washington on Saturday evening after groups of US President Donald Trump's supporters marched to protest the outcome of the 2020 US presidential elections. The demonstrators in the US capital marked the second time since November 3 that Trump supporters flocked to Washington to protest President-elect Joe

Washington, Dec 12: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday flagged a series of tweets posted by US President Donald Trump, who still disputes the outcome of the November 3 election that has projected his Democratic rival Joe Biden as the winner, within a span of an hour. The tweets said: "So, you're the President of the US, and you just went through an election where you got more votes than any