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Trump under pressure to work with Biden's transition team

WILMINGTON, Nov 09 (AP): President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden's team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January.The General Services Administration is tasked with formally recognizing Biden as president-elect, which begins the transition. But the agency's...

Rouhani calls on Biden to return to N deal

TEHRAN, Nov 09 (AP): Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the U.S. to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency reported Sunday.Hassan Rouhani's comments mark the highest-level response from Iran to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris clinching...

French minister affirms respect for Islam

CAIRO, Nov 09 (Reuters): The French foreign minister asserted his country's "profound respect for Islam" during a visit to Cairo on Sunday in a dispute with the Muslim world over France's defence of the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit comes in the wake...

Virgin Hyperloop pod tests first passenger journey

NEW YORK, Nov 09 (BBC): Virgin Hyperloop has trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada.The futuristic transport concept involves pods inside vacuum tubes carrying passengers at high speeds.In the trial, two passengers - both company staff - travelled the length of a 500m test track...

Indian diver who saved more than 100 lives

NEW DELHI, Nov 09(BBC): For years, Shiva helped police find bodies in Hussain Sagar lake in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. And then one day, he stopped someone before they jumped, saving a life for the first time. BBC Telugu's Balla Satish reports.Shiva, who uses only one name, says...

Johnson seeks new UK bond with Biden

LONDON, Nov 09 (AP): Boris Johnson's famous charm worked wonders on Donald Trump, but he faces a tougher audience in Joe Biden.Britain's prime minister promised Sunday to work with the U.S. president-elect to spread democracy, defend human rights and combat climate change, as he sought to woo a leader who...

119 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast

TRIPOLI, Nov 09 (Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday said that 119 illegal immigrants, among them women and children, have been rescued off Libyan coast."While IOM staff were at the disembarkation point to provide emergency assistance, we reiterate that Libya cannot be considered a safe port," the...

Four Indian soldiers, three militants die in Kashmir clash

SRINAGAR, Nov 09 (Reuters): Four Indian army soldiers and three militants were killed in Kashmir on Sunday, an Indian Defence Ministry spokesperson said, in the bloodiest gunbattle in the disputed region since April this year.An army patrol noticed suspicious movement along the LOC in the early hours of Sunday, Defence...

Plane carrying humanitarian aid crashes in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 09 (Xinhua): At least two people were killed on Sunday when a small plane airlifting food to victims of tropical storm Eta crashed, the Municipal Firefighters of Guatemala City said.The plane crashed around noon, minutes after taking off from the capital's La Aurora International Airport on its...

Three Russian soldiers killed in shooting on base

MOSCOW, Nov 09 (BBC): Russian soldier is on the run after he hacked an officer to death with an axe then shot and killed two more soldiers at a base near the southern city of Voronezh, investigators say.The military is searching for the fugitive - named as Private Anton Makarov...