Ottawa is extending a slew of travel restrictions and rules meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic into the new year as case counts continue their steady rise across the country.more
The White House is considering lifting the US entry ban for most travelers arriving from the EU, UK and Brazil, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources in the US administration and the airline industry.more
The General Services Administration has declared president-elect Joe Biden the apparent winner of the US election, clearing the way for the formal transition from Donald Trump’s administration to begin after weeks of delay.more
The head of the United States government’s coronavirus vaccine effort has said that the first doses of the drug will “hopefully” be administered by mid-December.
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The United States officially pulled out of another arms control pact with Russia on Sunday, marking the end of a six-month notification process informing Moscow, U.S. officials told Fox News.more
Canada's border with the United States will remain closed until December 21, which is another month, said Canadian Public Security Minister Bill Blair.more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed President Donald Trump's campaign election complaint, ruling that officials in Philadelphia did not breach state law by maintaining a distance of at least 4.5 meters between observers and vote counters.more
Jodi Doering, a nurse from South Dakota, says some of her coronavirus patients often don't want to believe that Covid-19 is real, even in their dying moments.more
President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result.more
SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA’s first full-fledged mission to send a crew into orbit on board a privately owned spacecraft.more
Leaders from 15 countries have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a pan-Asian trade agreement, after a decade of negotiations.more
Before Joe Biden is sworn in, the election results will be certified by individual states, the vote of the Electoral College and the approval of this result by Congress - reminds the NPR radio portal in the article "How the president-elect becomes president".more
Donald Trump is considering running in the 2024 presidential election if Joe Biden is officially declared as the 2020 winner, according to diverse US news outlets.more
For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold.more
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden yesterday evening. As reported, they discussed Brexit and the Good Friday agreement, the fight against climate change, but also Biden's Irish roots and Gaelic football.more
President-elect Biden knows Poland and the Polish reality well. He has been to Poland so many times that he was nicknamed "Joe Bidenski" - admits Steve Mull, former US ambassador to Warsaw. As he adds, Biden will openly talk about democratic values.more
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Joe Biden on his US election win. Mr Biden called the PM ahead of the leaders of other major European countries. Mr Johnson said he looked forward to "strengthening the partnership" between the US and UK.more
The White House has been a pet-free zone for the past four years but the new First Family are expected to bring the patter of eight tiny feet with them - making history in the process. German Shepherds Champ and Major are set to move into 1600 Pennsylvannia Avenue when President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill take up residence.more
Disappointed with the results of the presidential elections in the US, Republicans claim that they were abused and falsified. They are demanding a recount of votes and audits of the vote.more
The EU will not comment on cooperation with Washington until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said today.more
Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election could have an impact on a crucial week of trade talks between the EU and the UK after his recent speech in support of Ireland's stance, Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said today.more
Boris Johnson has said there is "more that unites than divides" him and Joe Biden as he pledged to work together to defend "common values and interests". The UK prime minister told broadcasters he and the US president-elect shared a belief in democracy, human rights, free speech and free trade.more
