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President-elect Joe Biden said Trump's refusal to acknowledge him would not help the President's legacy.

'Nothing' is going to stop us: Biden calls Trump refusal 'an embarrassment'

Democrat Senator Chris Murphy called Trump's refusal to concede "an epidemic of delusion that is spreading out from the White House" as Biden asks for security briefings.

  • by Matthew Knott
Donald Trump's new political action committee will raise funds for future Republican election battles - including, perhaps, his own.

Trump's new 'Save America' fund could bankroll a 2024 campaign

Before the election, Trump told advisers, sometimes joking and other times not, that he might run again in 2024 if he lost to Biden. Now he's started a fund.

  • by Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmatcher

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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in Moscow last year.

What's in it for them? China and Russia stay silent on US election

"They have the most to gain in terms of the US continuing to be distracted and continuing its own turmoil."

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Indonesia is already planning how to spend its $1 billion loan from Australia.

Indonesia banking on Australia's $1b loan to tackle COVID-19

The loan could help Australia maintain influence in a country that China has courted with medical and financial assistance throughout 2020. 

  • by James Massola and Karuni Rompies

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A protester holds a banner that reads in Spanish: "No to the coup, let's defend Peru," in favour of President Martin Vizcarra in Plaza San Martin in Lima.

Peruvian president pushed out in impeachment 'coup'

Martin Vizcarra's ousting and the immediate inauguration of Manuel Merino amounts to a return of the political chaos that has long plagued the country.

  • by Simeon Tegel and Anthony Faiola

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