The 74-year-old real estate mogul-turned politician, who radically changed politics in the corridors of power in Washington, DC over the past four tumultuous years, was impeached for a second time on the charges of 'incitement of insurrection' for the violent storming of the United States Capitol by his supporters just days before the end of his four-year term.
Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath of office to Biden just after the clock strikes 12 (local time) at the West Front of the Capitol -- the traditional location -- under the unprecedented security umbrella of more than 25,000 National Guards, who have transformed the capital into a garrison city, mainly because of the threat of violent protest by Trump's supporters.
We present here glimpse of toy manufacturing factories from around the globe.
The photograph/s that we post, the comments and likes that we share on other people's timelines are all important reference points for hiring managers and recruiters, says Aashish Taneja.
Former United States President Barack Obama has been free from the pressures of running the nation for two years now. However, while in office and even out of it, Obama has always enjoyed each moment. As he celebrates his 57th birthday (August 4), here are some of his lighter moments enjoying life.
Trump reiterated his offer to help the two South-Asian neighbours only if both of them want.
Belgium and France meet in the World Cup semi-final at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday.
Croatia made heavy weather of beating Denmark in their worst performance of the tournament, but will seek to rediscover their fluency in a weekend showdown against Russia for a place in the World Cup semi-finals.
Kasper Schmeichel could hardly have done more for his team in their World Cup clash with Croatia on Sunday but the Denmark goalkeeper ended up in the unusual position of being both man of the match and a loser.
Pragmatic, difficult to beat, spearheaded by talismanic forwards and led by veteran, battle-hardened coaches -- few teams have as much in common with each other as Uruguay and Portugal who meet in a World Cup round of 16 tie on Saturday.
Wray, 50, received an overwhelmingly bipartisan support -- 92-5 votes -- on the Senate floor.
'If the Russian forces do capture Kyiv and set up some sort of provisional government, they might run into an insurgency, for which the geography is just right, it could prove costly for them.' 'In that event, the whole exercise could turn out to be counter-productive -- and costly in both foreign policy and domestic terms.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been voted as the seventh most popular leader in the world in a new poll topped by US President Barack Obama.
Trump also attacks Russia uranium deal, calling it 'modern-day Watergate'.
The selection of a woman Senator with an Indian background as the Democratic party's vice-presidential nominee should normally be a matter of elation in India, especially for those who boast of their nationalistic credentials such as the BJP followers, notes Amulya Ganguli.
The documents obtained from the cyberattack on Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was released by a hacker known as Guccifer 2.0.
'We want to make sure that we are certainly targeting the entire Indian American community.'
Lonely Planet unveiled its list of Asia's Top 10 destinations for 2018.
France coach Didier Deschamps was relieved to come through his side's 2-0 quarter-final win over Uruguay without losing any of his players to an unnecessary suspension, he said after Friday's match in Nizhny Novgorod.
This is the first time North Korea has fired what is thought to be a ballistic weapon over Japan.
Biden has urged the Senate not to act on the vacancy until the American people select their next president and the next Congress.
While doing a side-by-side comparison, Deadspin's Timothy Burke pointed out that a part of the Trump's address was similar to what Bane told the people of Gotham after taking control of their city.
Accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Obama lay flowers at the cenotaph in Hiroshima, which sits in the shadow of a domed building, whose skeleton has been left standing in silent testament to the victims of the first ever nuclear attack.
Former head of McKinsey & Co,c, is not alone in writing a book on his life after serving a prison term.
According to CNN, just before Obama stepped from Air Force One, he sent a message to Cubans through Twitter.
Monday's moon is the brightest moon in almost 69 years.
Trump said the sanction will deny the Iranian Supreme leader access to financial instruments.
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.
Bannon also denied that he was fired from the key position.
Washington might occasionally make some noises about alleged human rights violations and related issues but commonality of interests will only see the Indo-US ties grow stronger, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Seoul said North Korea launched the missile apparently to 'provoke' Trump.
After being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, in his inaugural address, vowed to fight for the 'forgotten' Americans.
Thousands of Hong Kong citizens want the region's 2017 leadership election to include a range of candidates, not just those approved by China.
The prime minister thanked Trump for the welcome.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 12 images.
"I am not going to sugarcoat it. These have been very, very tough days," Clinton told her campaign members and volunteers in a conference call.
There is no one in the world like this Champion. As he bids farewell to sprinting, Laxmi Negi looks at the invaluable life lessons UB taught the world.
'Chinese experts estimate that the new US administration is 'at the crossroads of how to re-manage and control' Sino-American differences and strategic divergences and Biden's bottom line is that the US would have 'extreme competition with China, but won't allow competition to develop into conflict',' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The first tweet noted the new president's relatively small inaugural crowd compared to the number of people former president Barack Obama drew to the National Mall when he was sworn into office in 2009.
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