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The upcoming US president Joe Biden will be updated by security experts in his hometown of Wilmington on Tuesday.   This is not an official briefing on national security, as the responsible government agency GSA has not yet designated the Democrat as the winner of the election. Biden must prepare for the presidency and is forced to seek advice from experts who have worked for the administration of Barack Obama, the predecessor of current President Donald Trump. According to an initiate, the Democrat is also supported by people who have left the government in recent years. The transfer of power is difficult because President Trump refuses to admit defeat. American media have concluded that the victory can no longer escape Biden and many foreign leaders have already congratulated t...

President Donald Trump has hailed the report that the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer's corona vaccine is 90 percent effective in preventing infection as "big news."   According to him, a vaccine is coming soon. He has previously said several times that a vaccine would become available this year. Trump also referred on Twitter to upward stock market prices. The number of corona infections and deaths in the US continues to increase. According to some observers, the president has lost the election partly because his government has responded inadequately to the corona pandemic. Winner Joe Biden will present a task force on Monday with experts to create a plan to combat the outbreak.

The United States on Monday approved the sale of 100 Harpoon coastal defence systems worth $ 2.4 billion to Taiwan.   Earlier in the day, China announced it would impose sanctions against US companies involved in previous arms sales to the island, which China contemplates a renegade province. The proposed transaction "will improve Taiwan's defence capabilities," the US State Department said in a statement. Last week, the ministry already approved the sale of 135 air-to-ground missiles to the island. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian previously urged the US to "stop the sale of weapons to the island."

The number of corona infections diagnosed in the United States is over 8 million. Authorities registered one million new corona cases in less than a month, Reuters news agency calculated.   The death toll stands at 217,000. The virus is spreading all over the country, according to the latest figures. 60,000 infections were diagnosed in the US last Wednesday, the highest number since August 14. On Thursday, ten states reported a record number of new corona infections. In Wisconsin, the state's secretary of health raised the alarm about the growing number of infections. "There are now more than 1,000 patients in hospital with Covid-19. In some areas of our state, 90 percent of intensive care beds are occupied," warned Secretary of State Andrea Palm. Authorities in Wisconsin, which...

Two men suspected of plotting the kidnapping of the Michigan governor are not released without payment of $ 10 million.   The judge set bail for the arraignment of 42-year-old Pete Musico and 26-year-old Joseph Morrison. Both come from the village of Munith about 25 miles southeast of Michigan's capital, Lansing. They are members of a gang called the Wolverine Watchers, named after a powerful mammal for its small size that is called wolverine. The Wolverine Watchers also reportedly planned to storm government buildings in Lansing. The Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FBI) and Michigan Police have targeted a total of 13 suspects in this case. It is still unclear how many are stuck. The main suspect is a man from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Adam Fox. According to FBI investig...

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has argued in the debate with Mike Pence that the US government's approach to the coronavirus is "the greatest failure" in US presidential history.   Harris said the vice president and president were aware of the severity of the pandemic. "They knew it was deadly, that it was viral and had an effect on young people. They knew what was happening and didn't tell you anything. They knew it and covered it up. And despite all that, they still don't have a plan." Pence responded that Trump has been working on fighting the outbreak from "day one". Before more than five cases were known in the United States, all of them returning from China, President Trump did something unprecedented: he suspended air traffic from China, the second-la...

US President Trump will refuse to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election to rival Joe Biden on Nov. 3.   He said this throughout a press conference at the White House. His statements provoked strong reactions. "He says the most irrational things," said Biden. "I don't know what to state about this." Trump has long hinted that he has no intention of just leaving the White House, even if he loses the election. "We will see what happens," he said last night, after being asked if he would guarantee a peaceful transfer of power in that case. "The ballots are a disaster. We have to get rid of the ballots, and then it will be peaceful because then there will be no handover. Then we just continue. But the ballots are out of control. You know that."