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President-elect Donald Trump vows to dispense with the system of daylight saving time in the United States

"I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three," he said on Tuesday at a polling station in Palm Beach, Florida, near his Mar-a-Lago home. He said that it would be "crazy," to think that he would not concede if the election was fair

Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as Vice-President, is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, both immigrants to the US

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the diplomatic blunder he committed when he openly campaigned for former US president Donald Trump during his 2019 ‘Howdy Modi’ programme in Houston. “Is the US election some Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation election? How can Modi give a call for ‘Abki baar […]

The Russian president was one of the last remaining leaders of major world countries to have held back on congratulating Biden.

"It's time to turn the page." "I'm convinced we can work together for the good of the nation," he said.

China was previously among a handful of major countries including Russia and Mexico that had not congratulated the president-elect.

According to the company, 456 of those Tweets were also covered by a warning message and had engagement features limited (tweets could be Quote Tweeted but not Retweeted, replied to or liked).

Bush, as president and Biden then as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had worked together on a number of issues during the Bush administration.

The villagers had earlier held special prayers for Harris' win and once they were answered, celebrated it with much fanfare on Sunday.

Netanyahu said he and Biden had "a long and warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel."

Biden defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought presidential election, according to the American media.

Biden, 77, and Harris, 56, would be sworn in as the president and vice president of the United States on January 20, 2021.

Harris vowed to fight to "root out systematic racism" but, like Biden, made a broad appeal to unity, saying that Americans "have elected a president who represents the best in us."

Promising "not to divide but unify," Biden reached out directly to Trump supporters, declaring "they're not our enemies, they're Americans."

The development comes as President Trump has made controversial broad allegations of voter fraud in Tuesday's election.

The November 3 election saw a record voter turnout of 66.9 per cent, which is the highest turnout rate since 1900. The 1900 election had recorded 73.7 per cent voter turnout.

According to Trump, Democrats were using "illegal votes" to "steal the election from us." "If you count the legal votes, I easily win," he claimed.

"We did win this election," Trump said in an extraordinary speech from the ceremonial East Room of the White House.

When last reports came in Biden had received 237 electoral college votes as against 213 of incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party.