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Joe Biden declares 'we're gonna win'
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After Biden made the claim at a rally of his supporters in Delware shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Trump asserted that he will have a "big win".
Joe Biden addresses crowd Delaware
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Delaware, which has already projected Biden as a winner, has been his hometown since he moved there as a young boy from Scranton, Pennsylvania. The state went to former Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton in 2016.
It's going to be a long night amid nail biting contest
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Pennsylvania still needs to count upwards of 80 per cent of the total vote. It's going to be taking a while. So far, pollsters' forecasts of wide margins (corrected for 2016 flubs) are not showing up. Instead, what we see is a colour coding that's all too familiar.
Twitter restricts Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman's tweet
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Twitter added a warning label on the tweet on Tuesday, saying that "some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.
With Joe Biden 118, Donald Trump 114 US heading towards nail biting finish
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President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden opened their tally with a predictable string of victories while key prizes including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania remain too early to call.
Sarah McBride becomes 1st transgender US state senator
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With the win on Tuesday night, the 30-year-old Democrat has also become the country's highest-ranking transgender official.
Global Covid-19 cases reach 47.3 million
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As of Wednesday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 47,320,376 and 1,211,996, respectively, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
Harris, Biden pick Delaware as election night HQ
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Harris headed there after campaigning in battleground Michigan, which Trump won by less than 1 point in 2016. "Today is election day. Today is the day, let's get this done," Harris told supporters in the final hours before polls close.
Plea seeks early hearing petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370
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The application moved by Shakir Shabir, one of the petitioners in the matter, argued that against the backdrop of repeated internet shutdowns, along with other restrictions are damaging the economy, which is impacting the people of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Vienna Terrorist Attack: Death toll reaches 4, manhunt on for suspect 
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After the Islamic terror in France, Austria has seen new revelations as the gunmen in Austria were described as Islamic State (IS) sympathizers.
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