President-elect Joe Biden’s lead is getting bigger, some Republicans are urging Donald Trump to concede, and Boris Johnson has called the commander-in-chief the “previous president”. But the current US leader is still claiming on Twitter that he won the election. What will it take for Mr Trump to admit defeat? Can the election result be
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Johanna Geron | Reuters Facebook told advertisers its temporary post-election ban on political ads is expected to continue for another month. Its temporary pause on social issues, electoral or political ads in the U.S. will continue to help prevent confusion or abuse on its platform, according to emails viewed by CNBC. Facebook told advertisers they
A horizontal drilling rig and a pump jack sit on federal land in Lea County, New Mexico, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Callaghan Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — OPEC on Wednesday trimmed its global oil demand forecasts both for the remainder of this year and 2021, citing a weaker-than-expected economic
The green energy industry is obviously delighted about Joe Biden’s US presidential win. Biden wants to rejoin the Paris Accord, rapidly accelerate green energy, and create millions of green energy jobs. Here’s what five CEOs had to say about the president-elect. Green energy CEOs on Biden Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO, Solar Energies Industries
Georgia has confirmed there will be a full hand recount of its US election votes after the result in the state remains too close to call. President-elect Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes out of nearly five million votes counted. Nearly all of the ballots have been processed. Election officials announced an
Amazon Alexa is introducing a new feature called Care Hub, designed to make help people to care for aging family members. The company said it has been hearing from customers for years about using Alexa’s voice assistant to monitor aging relatives, who are increasingly looking to stay in their residences rather than move to a
6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR’s most popular driver is now a Cup champion, too. Chase Elliott took the torch from teammate Jimmie Johnson by winning his first Cup title Sunday, driving from the back of the field to Victory Lane at Phoenix Raceway. The win for Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet
8:49 PM ET Just call it manifold destiny. Sunday evening at Phoenix Raceway, the coronation of Chase Elliott became official. The promise that became the potential finally resulted in the payoff. The kid is still a couple of weeks shy of his 25th birthday, but to longtime NASCAR fans he feels so much older than
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been charged with drink-driving after a car crash in Malibu, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The Dracula star was arrested on Sunday afternoon, after officers were called to a minor collision, reportedly involving one vehicle. The 43-year-old was taken to a local police station and released the
Boris Johnson has branded Donald Trump the “previous president” and hailed his “refreshing” conversation with successor Joe Biden. Mr Trump is continuing to claim he won last week’s US presidential election and has made multiple unsubstantiated claims of fraud. But the prime minister consigned Mr Trump’s presidency to the history books on Wednesday, as he
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has joined Instagram and used his first post to introduce his baby girl to the world. The 32-year-old actor shared a selfie of him sitting in a big yellow chair holding his daughter in his arms. Grint also revealed the six-month-old’s unusual name in his message, writing: “Hey Instagram….only 10
A Brexit deal is “unlikely this week” and trade talks are “likely to move into next week”, according to Ireland’s foreign minister. Simon Coveney said he was hopeful he would be “proven wrong” but played down the prospects of a breakthrough in the next few days. He also warned of “real problems” if a deal
Pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong say they are resigning en masse after four of them were disqualified under a law imposed by China banning independence campaigners from holding office. Authorities in Hong Kong said in a statement the four legislators – Kwok Ka-ki, Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung – were expelled from the
The number of people who have died with coronavirus in the UK has passed 50,000, according to government figures which highlight the devastating impact of the virus on the country. A further 595 deaths were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total to 50,365. It marks a significant moment in the pandemic for the UK,
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has notched up sales of more than £42bn for its annual Singles’ Day sales event – but the extravaganza threatened to be overshadowed by plans for new regulation. The running total announced by the company shortly after midnight showed the event was already 16 times bigger than US online retailer Amazon’s
Three NASA crew and one Japanese astronaut are set for launch aboard a SpaceX rocket Saturday, bound for the International Space Station in the program’s first six-month routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight in May after nine years of reliance on Russia. NASA on Tuesday officially certified as safe the