Morning news brief: With Biden inching towards inauguration, a lot is happening in US
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A lot has been happening in the United States. Democrat Joe Biden has officially clinched the electoral college win, and Donald Trump has still not conceded. The Trump administration has opted to not grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikTok's US assets. Also, US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis asked the Trump administration Friday to fully reinstate the programme that protects from deportation immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. Start your day with WION's daily morning news brief.
Joe Biden now officially has more than the 270 Electoral College votes -- which he needs to claim the US presidency -- after California certified its election results | READ MORE
The Trump administration has opted to not grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikTok's US assets | READ MORE
The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme that protects young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge in the United States has ruled | READ MORE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that the country will impose visa restrictions on Chinese nationals who are engaged in overseas influence operations or have tried to silent dissent via threatening or any other coercive tactics | READ MORE
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Friday once again reiterated his stance on farmer protests in India amid worsening ties with New Delhi | READ MORE
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, days after the United Nations removed it from the list of world's most dangerous drugs | READ MORE
Bahrain said on Friday it has granted emergency use authorisation for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the second country after Britain to approve it | READ MORE
The United States has registered a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours -- for the second day in a row, reaching 225,201 new infections | READ MORE
Matthew Perry is all set to help the Corona-warriors as Chandler Bing | READ MORE