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Presidentelect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, his transition team said late on Thursday.

Pence's decision to publicly defy Trump was a first for the notoriously deferential vice president, who has been unflinchingly loyal to Trump since joining the GOP ticket in 2016.

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U.S. online lending startup Social Finance Inc (SoFi) said on Thursday it has agreed to go public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V, a blankcheck acquisition company led by venture capital investor Chamath Palihapitiya.

France will keep its restaurants, cinemas and ski resorts closed while it cranks up its COVID19 vaccination rollout because the coronavirus is still spreading too fast and hospitals remain under severe pressure, Prime Minister Jean Castex said.

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Mathan Shunmugaraja had taken his former employer, Royal Mail, to the tribunal over unfair dismissal and allegations that despite being a Hindu he was mistaken for a Muslim and was called a sly dog by a former colleague.

As the case was assigned to a new court recently, special judge for cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases, S H Sathbhai, had sought appearance of the accused, a lawyer said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said heavy to very heavy rainfall was observed at isolated places over Kerala and Mahe while heavy rainfall also occurred over isolated coastal and south interior Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.

The house was located on the third floor of a building. The incident took place when welding work was being carried out on the terrace of the three-storey building, they said.

An incoming Kansas lawmaker who faced a possible attempt to oust him once he took office has reached a legal agreement with a woman who accused him of harassment to end an antistalking court order against him, an attorney says.

Flight no AI-850 from Pune to Delhi will carry the first the consignment of the vaccines to the national capital, an official said.

Soon after the lockdown was announced in March and regular train services were suspended due to the pandemic, the time limit for ticket cancellation was extended from three days to three months and in May it was extended to six months.

The number of Americans filing firsttime claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dipped last week while staying extremely high, with the labor market recovery appearing to stall as a raging COVID19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm the country.

Australia's financial watchdog is reviewing its calculation that transfers worth US$1.8 billion had been sent to the country from the Vatican since 2014, after Vatican and Australian Church calls for clarification.

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