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Congress certifies Biden’s win over Trump

At about 4 a.m., Vice President Mike Pence announced before a joint session of Congress that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had won 306 votes over his and Trump’s 232…reports Asian

January 7, 2021

-Top News·USA

Trump finally concedes defeat

“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.” said Trump…reports Asian Lite News

January 7, 2021

-Top News·USA

Tokyo enters state of emergency to tackle pandemic

The state of emergency will come into effect on Friday until February 7…reports Asian Lite News Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan

January 7, 2021

Asia News

Twitter, FB gag Trump

US President’s speech taken down by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Trump temporarily suspended from the social media sites, reports Asian Lite News Social media giants Twitter and Facebook have temporarily blocked US

January 7, 2021

-Top News·USA

UN envoy meets Yemeni President in Riyadh

During the meeting on Wednesday, they discussed a UN-brokered plan to push forward peace in Yemen…reports Asian Lite News UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths met with President Abd Rabbu Mansour

January 7, 2021

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Washington D.C. imposes Curfew as chaos engulfs

In a statement late Wednesday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the curfew, which came into effect at 6 p.m., would last until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning…reports Asian Lite News In

January 7, 2021

USA

Congress rejects GOP objection to Biden’s Arizona win

The objection was overturned by the Senate in an overwhelming vote of 93 to 6 late Wednesday night..reports Asian Lite News Following the violent protests at the Capitol building, the US Congress

January 7, 2021

-Top News·POLITICS·USA

Ireland announces more measures

The measures include a mandatory requirement for all travellers coming into Ireland from Britain and South Africa to provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test taken 72 hours prior to taking a

January 7, 2021

EU News

EU nod for 2nd Covid vaccine

EC has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for the vaccine developed by Moderna, an American pharmaceutical company, and the decision was endorsed by the EU member states…reports Asian Lite News The European

January 7, 2021

-Top News·EU News

New Zealand top world test rankings for first time

New Zealand achieved the feat following a dominant win by an innings and 176 runs against Pakistan in the second and final Test at the Hagley Oval on Wednesday…reports Asian Lite News

January 7, 2021

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