Tag: Biden

Putin finally congratulates Biden on US election victory

While many world leaders congratulated Biden within days of election, Kremlin says at the time that it deemed it correct to wait for the official results.

Biden: ‘More people may die’ as Trump transition stalls

President-elect Biden, a Democrat, has 306 votes in the electoral college, surpassing the 270 threshold needed to win.

Chinese government avoids answering question on when it will congratulate Joe Biden

More than 24 hours after US media declared Biden victorious, China remains one of the few major countries yet to send a message of congratulations to Biden.

Biden pulls ahead in Pennsylvania

Democratic Joe Biden has taken the lead over Trump by 5,587 votes, with 95% of the state’s precincts reporting.

Trump declares ‘phenomenal’ results

Trump claims a lead in Pennsylvania – just like rival Joe Biden did earlier on election night. It is still too early to determine a winner in the state.

Trump wins Florida, locked in other tight races with Biden

The two men were locked in tight races across the country, with Trump taking Texas, Ohio and Iowa while Biden won Minnesota and New Hampshire.

Trump maintains a Chinese bank account, says New York Times

Mr Trump has been critical of US firms doing business in China and sparked a trade war between the two countries.