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You can believe your eyes and ears but our experts and their words are more accurate, defense lawyers are telling the 12 jurors in the Minneapolis murder trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the murder of George Floyd by keeping his knee on the victim’s neck for over nine minutes.

Both Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden travelled to Atlanta to express empathy for the victims of a racist attack and in support of the nation’s Asian and Pacific Islanders community now increasingly the target of hate crimes.

The Impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump provides a unique situation as the 100 Senate Jurors include 54 with law degrees.

Though the Democrats have now captured the commanding heights in the House of Representatives and a majority of the Senate in the US, they still require support from Republican senators to impeach Donald Trump

Whatever may be the outcome of the Senate trial to impeach Donald Trump, the president has had his comeuppance. There is no way he can obliterate the legacy of shame which will his personal hallmark.

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy, a total sham and a travesty. We should have a revolution in this country.

Can it get any crazier in America? The FBI is warning of a massive uprising by Trump supporters to disrupt the swearing in of a new President.

The eyes of the world are on the President-elect and the new team he has assembled to help him restore America’s global standing, badly undermined by Donald Trump. What lies ahead, judging by the names on his A Team, for India and a new world order?

More than four days before the actual election date, the early voting and mail-in ballots have surpassed more than 50% of all the votes cast in 2016. The exact number is difficult to calculate because mail-in ballots are at unusual levels because of the pandemic impact on behaviour.