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A President-Elect Shaped by Tragedy and Tradition
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Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump

By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns

Joseph R. Biden Jr. achieved victory offering a message of healing and unity. He will return to Washington facing a daunting set of crises.

A President-Elect Shaped by Tragedy and Tradition

A President-Elect Shaped by Tragedy and Tradition

By Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has spent his career devoted to institutions and relationships. And those are the tools he will rely on to govern a fractured nation.

Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color as Vice President

By Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember

Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country's leadership than any woman ever before her.

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Victory for Joe Biden, at Last

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Victory for Joe Biden, at Last

By The Editorial Board

Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman to serve as vice president.

Along the Seine, Booksellers Try to Hold Off an Unhappy Ending

World | Paris Dispatch

Along the Seine, Booksellers Try to Hold Off an Unhappy Ending

By Liz Alderman

The coronavirus lockdowns have taken a steep toll on Paris's "bouquinistes," whose bookstalls stretch for miles along the Seine. "We are barely making enough to eat."

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Watch: Biden Addressed Supporters, and the Nation

Video Video: Watch: Biden Addressed Supporters, and the Nation

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed the nation from Wilmington, Del.

Harris Pays Tribute to Women Who Came Before Her

Video Video: Harris Pays Tribute to Women Who Came Before Her

By The New York Times

"I stand on their shoulders," Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in her victory speech on Saturday night.

Cheers Ring Out in Cities Across the Nation After Biden's Win

Video Video: Cheers Ring Out in Cities Across the Nation After Biden's Win

By The New York Times

Mass celebrations and smaller protests broke out around the country after Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated President Trump in the election for the presidency of the United States.

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Documents show DUP minister Edwin Poots’ officials building Irish Sea border – which he says he opposes

Your weekly news roundup from the Belfast News Letter
 
 
     
   
     
  Nov 8, 2020  
     
 

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

 
     
  Documents show DUP minister Edwin Poots' officials building Irish Sea border – which he says he opposes  
     
  Edwin Poots' officials are heavily involved in constructing the Irish Sea border infrastructure, new documents reveal – despite the DUP minister's insistence he fundamentally opposes that border.  
     
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Joe Biden as US president would be a disaster for the UK
 
Donald Trump claims voting irregularities are being carried out by supporters of Joe Biden's Democratic Party, to determine who will be the next US president.
 
     
 
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Ben Lowry: If this is the end of the Trump presidency, then good riddance
 
American presidential terms begin in January, two months after the election in November.
 
     
 
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Boris starts study into rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland
 
Unionists have given a warm welcome to a plan by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to conduct a review of a possible rail tunnel between Stranraer and Larne.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: DUP and Sinn Féin unity around a slogan is empty – they still can't agree a plan to tackle the pandemic
 
The oft divergent DUP and Sinn Féin positions on the pandemic have over recent weeks settled into one of their infrequent periods of apparent unity.
 
     
 
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Fancy an LVF duvet or an IRA phone cover? Multinational retailer Redbubble has what you want
 
A giant multinational retailer is marketing hundreds upon hundreds of pieces of paramilitary-themed apparel, the News Letter has discovered.
 
     
 
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Civil servant memoir: 'As officials explained the impact of loyalist strike, Brian Faulkner decided to go'
 
In the sixth part of his memoir, SINCLAIR DUNCAN recalls 1974 Ulster Workers' Council Strike:
 
     
 
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Unionism has been largely mute about the major trade border that is being set up in the Irish Sea
 
The former DUP leader Peter Robinson wrote the second in his bi weekly columns for the News Letter yesterday.
 
     
 
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Supermarket evacuated as firefighters respond to gas leak concerns
 
Emergency services are at the scene of a suspected gas leak in Portstewart.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
 
 
   
 
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