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EU urges Biden to help draft joint rule book to rein in tech giants

The European Union has called on Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech...

Lloyd Austin confirmed as first black US defence secretary

Lloyd Austin has received US Senate confirmation to become the nation’s first black secretary of defence. The 93-2 vote gave President Joe Biden his second...

Tens of thousands protest in Nepal over dissolution of parliament

Tens of thousands of people in Nepal have protested against the prime minister for dissolving Parliament and ordering new elections in an escalating feud...

Dr Anthony Fauci describes ‘liberating feeling’ working in Biden administration

The US’s leading infectious-diseases expert has called it “liberating” to be backed by a science-friendly administration that has embraced his recommendations to battle Covid-19. Dr...

Joe Biden sworn in as he replaces Donald Trump as US president

Joe Biden declared that “democracy has prevailed” after he was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Mr Biden’s inauguration came at...

‘It’s been a great honour,’ says Trump as he leaves White House

Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One on Wednesday for the last time as US...

Biden’s first act: Orders on pandemic, climate and immigration

In his first official acts as US president, Joe Biden is signing executives orders on a broad range of issues, from the coronavirus pandemic...

Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playground in US

A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a community playground in Vermont, US. The oddball idea...

Kamala Harris chooses Sonia Sotomayor to swear her in as vice-president

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a history-making event in which the first black, South Asian...

Bobi Wine says military has entered his home

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says the military has entered and “taken control” of his home and “we are in serious trouble”. He tweeted...

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