US Elections 2020 LIVE: Biden, Harris call for unity, healing of America

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States

6:18 PM

Beijing noodle restaurant remembers Biden's 2011 visit

The Yaoji Chaogan noodle restaurant beneath Beijing's 600-year-old Drum Tower knows Joe Biden.
 

Management has hung up photos of the US president-elect from when, as vice president, he stopped by for a bowl of noodles and dumplings in 2011.
 

We are very happy that Biden was elected, manager Yao Yan said Sunday. We have already met each other, and we can say that we are old friends. Biden was visiting Beijing with his granddaughter Naomi. They were being shown around by then-American Ambassador Gary Locke.

6:07 PM

Andhra CM congratulates Kamala Harris on victory

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday congratulated Kamala Harris on becoming the US Vice President-elect.
 

"Democrats or Republicans, politics apart, we are happy and proud to have in Kamala Harris, someone of Indian origin as the Vice President of America. Congratulations and best wishes. May God bless you and guide you," the Chief Minister tweeted.

5:57 PM

UK looks forward to working closely with new team in White House: Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said the US is an important ally of the UK and he looks forward to working closely with the new team at the White House on "shared priorities" from climate change to trade and security.
 

Johnson congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and wished vice-president-elect Kamala Harris on her "historic achievement" in the bitterly-fought presidential election.

5:43 PM

POTUS-elect Biden to bring ‘DOTUS - Dogs of the United States', to White House

US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will bring two German Shepherds, including a rescue dog, to live with them in the White House, the first time in four years when pets are heading back to the famous Washington DC address.

 

Biden and Jill adopted ‘Major' in 2018 from the Delaware Humane Association after fostering it, NBC News reported.

 

The canine will become the first rescue dog to live in the White House where it will be accompanied by the Bidens' other German Shepherd ‘Champ', the report said.

5:31 PM

Kamala Harris as vice president was long overdue: Joe Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he would be honoured to be serving with a "fantastic vice president" Kamala Harris, who scripted history by becoming the first woman and first daughter of immigrants ever elected to national office in this country.
 

 

The 56-year-old Democratic Senator from California, who on Saturday became America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power.
 

 

"I will be honoured to be serving with a fantastic vice president — Kamala Harris — who will make history as the first woman, first Black woman, first woman of South Asian descent, and first daughter of immigrants ever elected to national office in this country," Biden said in his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday night.

5:21 PM

Jerusalem Municipality offers Trump new employment options

With Donald Trump on his way out of the White House, Jerusalem Municipality has urged him "not to worry" as it may have a number of open positions that he could be eligible to apply for, a media report here said.
 

"For the attention of the follower Donald J. Trump - you don't need to worry! Our new Jerusalem job board is updated with worthwhile offerings every day, and will make Jeruz great again. (In fact it always has been)," the municipality's Facebook page said, attaching a link to the job board.

5:11 PM

OPEC would miss 'friend Trump', wary of strains under Biden: Report

Key members of OPEC are wary that strains in the OPEC+ alliance could reemerge with Joe Biden as U.S. President, sources close to the organisation said, and would miss President Donald Trump who went from criticising the group to helping bring about a record oil output cut.
 

Biden could modify U.S. diplomatic relations with three members of OPEC - de facto leader Saudi Arabia, and sanctioned countries Iran and Venezuela, as well as with key non-OPEC producer Russia. Russia is the leader of oil producers allied with OPEC, a group known as OPEC+.

5:01 PM

Modi-Biden will take Indo-US relationship to next level: BJP

Congratulating US President-elect Joe Biden on his poll victory, BJP leaders on Sunday said Indo-US relations are based on the principles of democracy, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Biden will take the ties forward to the next level.
 

BJP leader Ram Madhav said the people of America have made their choice and now it is for the rest of the world to welcome their decision and congratulate their leadership.

4:51 PM

America is a 'beacon for the globe': Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden has said that America is a "beacon for the globe" and that efforts must be made to "restore the soul" of the country.
 

"Tonight the whole world is watching America, and I believe that at our best, America is a beacon for the globe. We will lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example," Biden said while addressing the nation for the first time as president-elect.

4:31 PM

Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal

Iran's president called on President-elect Joe Biden to compensate for past mistakes and return the US to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency reported on Sunday.
 

Hassan Rouhani's comments mark the highest-level response from Iran to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris clinching the November 3 election.

4:20 PM

Biden recites deceased son's favourite Catholic hymn in victory speech

US President-elect Joe Biden concluded his victory speech by reciting his deceased son Beau's favourite popular Catholic hymn "On Eagles' Wings", hoping that the carol will give comfort to many Americans grieving the loss of their loved ones due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
 

Biden, 77, who is a practising Catholic, said the hymn has inspired him through the final days of his election campaign.
 

He would be the second Catholic to hold the office of the President after John F Kennedy in 1960.

4:08 PM

Netanyahu congratulates Biden, Harris on election victory in US

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election.
 

"Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. Joe, we've had a long & warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel. I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the U.S. and Israel," Netanyahu said on Twitter.

3:53 PM

Ashraf Ghani congratulates Biden, Harris on US election victory

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential elections and said he looks forward to continuing and deepening multilayered strategic partnership between Kabul and Washington.
 

"Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden & Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris. Afghanistan looks forward to continuing/deepening our multilayered strategic partnership w/ the United States--our foundational partner--including in counterterrorism and bringing peace to Afghanistan," Ghani said on Twitter.

3:40 PM

'It's a victory of Tamils': People in Madurai celebrate Kamala Harris' win

As Kamala Harris, of Tamil descent, makes history by becoming the first woman and first person of Indian origin to be elected as US Vice-President, ecstatic people here on Sunday have termed her winning as a victory of the Tamils and expressed hope that India-US will become "even better" under her vice-presidency.
 

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden along with his running mate Harris clinched the winning threshold of 270 Electoral College votes in the US Presidential elections.

3:26 PM

Indian IT industry looks forward to working together with new US administration

Nasscom on Sunday welcomed Joe Biden's win in the US Presidential election, and said the Indian IT industry looks forward to working with the new administration in pivoting technology, skills and digital transformation for the US.
 

The US is the biggest market for the Indian IT sector, accounting for a lion's share of the industry's revenue.