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  • Trailblazer Kamala Harris: America's first woman vice president

    Washington (AFP) - Kamala Harris smashed through one of America's highest glass ceilings Wednesday, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first person of Asian heritage to be appointed vice president, blazing a trail in the most diverse White House ever. As running mate to now-President Joe Biden, she helped bring Donald Trump's turbulent rule to an end, assailing him for his chaotic bungling of the Covid-19 pandemic, last year's unrest over racial injustices and his crackdown on immigration. Harris, 56, enters the post having already forged a unique path, as California's first Bl...

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  • Mike Pence, Kamala Harris spoke by telephone Thursday: source

    Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Mike Pence held a telephone conversation with his successor Kamala Harris on Thursday, a source confirmed to AFP Friday, as Donald Trump's deputy moves ahead with the presidential transition. No more verified details were immediately available about the call, which was confirmed five days before Harris and President-elect Joe Biden are sworn in to office. But The New York Times said Pence offered his congratulations and belated assistance to Harris, and described it as "gracious and pleasant." It was the first time the pair had spoken since they debated one...

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  • India hails Kamala Harris as history maker

    Thulasendrapuram (India) (AFP) - Residents set off firecrackers in the ancestral home of Kamala Harris on Sunday as India celebrated the vice president-elect's victory in the US election, with her uncle hailing her achievement as historic and an inspiration to women and girls.Harris -- daughter of breast cancer specialist Shyamala Gopalan from the southern Indian city of Chennai -- paid tribute to her late mother, who "believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible" in a national address with president-elect Joe Biden on Saturday. At Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nad...

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  • India hails Kamala Harris as history-making VP-elect

    Thulasendrapuram (India) (AFP) - Residents set off firecrackers in the ancestral home of Kamala Harris on Sunday as India celebrated the vice president-elect's victory in the US election, as others hailed her achievement as historic and a "proud moment" for the country.Harris -- daughter of breast cancer specialist Shyamala Gopalan from the southern Indian city of Chennai -- paid tribute to her late mother, who "believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible" in a national address with president-elect Joe Biden on Saturday.At Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu state,...

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  • Making history, VP-elect Harris tells women she won't be last

    Wilmington (United States) (AFP) - Kamala Harris on Saturday shattered barriers to become the first woman vice president and, in a symbolism-heavy victory speech, told girls she would not be the last.Introducing President-elect Joe Biden in an optimism-fueled outdoor rally, Harris -- also the first Black woman and Indian-American as vice president -- sported a white suit in recognition of the suffragist movement that fought to give US women the vote a century ago."While I may be the first woman in this office, I won't be the last," she said to cheers and honks from the crowd gathered in social...

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  • Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff to be first 'second gentleman'

    Washington (AFP) - When Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and first Black US vice president, her husband Doug Emhoff will break his own new ground: as the original "second husband."Harris and Emhoff, who married in 2014 -- she for the first time, he for the second -- will also be the first mixed-race couple to occupy their positions. He is white while she is the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants. Both are 56.The contours of Emhoff's new role as the nation's "second husband" -- some prefer "second gentleman" -- have yet to be determined; he has been vague about his plans s...

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  • Kamala Harris: America's first woman vice president

    Washington (AFP) - Kamala Harris crashed through one of the world's highest glass ceilings on Saturday to be elected America's first woman vice president, making history and helping bring to an end Donald Trump's turbulent rule.Harris came into Tuesday's election already a repeat trailblazer as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate.By winning the vice presidency, she will be a heartbeat away from leading the United States and poised on a stepping stone to the ultimate prize.With the 77-year-Biden expected to serve only a ...

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  • Kamala Harris suspends travel after staffer contracts Covid-19: campaign

    Washington (AFP) - US presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris suspended travel Thursday after her communications director tested positive for Covid-19, the campaign said, adding that Harris had not come into "close contact" with the staffer.A non-staff flight crew member also tested positive, campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement.Harris did not need to quarantine, O'Malley Dillon added, but "out of an abundance of caution" would cancel travel and campaign virtually before hitting the road again on October 19.Both individuals flew with the Democratic sen...

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  • Trump calls Kamala Harris a 'monster'

    Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday called Kamala Harris, who is making US history as the first Black woman vice presidential candidate, a "monster."Trump, far behind in the contest for the White House on November 3 and doing especially badly in polling of women voters, used the word twice, calling the Democrat "this monster."Speaking to Fox Business News for almost an hour in his first interview since falling sick with the coronavirus, Trump said Vice President Mike Pence "destroyed" Harris in their debate Wednesday in Utah."Everything she says is a lie," Trump said.Harri...

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  • VP pick Harris, arguing 'open and shut' case against Trump and Pence

    Washington (AFP) - Democratic Senator Kamala Harris will be in the spotlight Wednesday debating Vice President Mike Pence, an opportunity for her to prosecute the case against four more years of a Donald Trump administration in the United States.At age 55, the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket is a dynamic and youthful asset to her 77-year-old running mate Joe Biden.On the debate stage she intends to use her skills as a former California attorney general and prosecutor to argue an "open and shut" case against Trump and Pence, as she described it in August upon accepting...

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