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Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate
A 38-year veteran of Congress who first came to the Senate during President Bill Clinton's impeachment, Schumer is a 70-year-old bundle of energy with one overriding mandate: Help Joe Biden become a successful president. To do so, he'll have to leverage the narrowest possible majority a 50-50 Senate with the incoming vice president, Kamala Harris, delivering the tie-breaking vote.
Xi Jinping asks Starbucks' Howard Schultz to help repair US-China ties
A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency was a rare direct communication from China's paramount leader to a foreign business figure. Schultz opened Starbucks' first China outlet in 1999 and is a frequent visitor.
Farm bills have potential to represent significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India: IMF
Gerry Rice, Director of Communications at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said the new measures will reduce the role of the middlemen and enhance efficiency. "We believe the farm bills do have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms in India," Rice said at a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
3 killed after 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia
The quake forced about 2,000 residences in Mamuju city and Majene district to flee their homes and take shelters in safer grounds. At least 62 houses, a health clinic and one military office were destroyed in the quake, he added.
Joe Biden unveils $1.9 trillion stimulus package to jumpstart Covid-hit US economy
The aid package includes $415 billion to support the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, around $1 trillion in direct relief to households, and roughly $440 billion for small businesses and communities particularly hard hit by the pandemic.Biden campaigned last year on a promise to take the pandemic more seriously than President Donald Trump.
Garima Verma named digital director for Jill Biden
Making the announcement about Verma and other additions to her staff, President-elect Joe Biden' wife Jill Biden said, "Together, we will work to open the White House in new, inclusive and innovative ways, reflecting more fully the distinct beauty of all our communities, cultures and traditions."
Joe Biden's Sunday inauguration rehearsal postponed: Report
In the wake of the deadly January 6 riots staged by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump at the Capitol building in Washington D.C., the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about plans of armed protests from January 16 through January 20 at all the 50 state capitols, and from January 17 through January 20, the day of the inauguration, at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
US government blacklists Xiaomi as 'Communist Chinese military company'
In a fresh list, the US Department of Defense has targeted Xiaomi, which means that the company is also vulnerable to the outgoing President Donald Trump's executive order that bans the US firms from investing in such companies.
Covid-19 Update: Global caseload tops 93 million
In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 93,051,654 and 1,991,997, respectively. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 23,308,712 and 388,529, respectively, according to the CSSE.
IMF chief praises India for taking 'very decisive' steps to deal with Covid-19 pandemic
The International Monetary Fund is scheduled to release its World Economic Update on January 26. Talking about India, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said it was a very dramatic lockdown for a country of this size of the population with people clustered so closely together.
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