Biden 'to get right to work'Emmanuel Macron, far left, Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel have all congratulated Joe Biden. AFP, AP Previous NextVowing "to get right to work,'' Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the US election outcome as "inconsequential,'' even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican leader's actions were dangerous. The Republican resistance, Biden said, "does not change the dynamic at all in what we're able to do.'' French President Emmanuel Macron met with Biden via videoconference. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among six world leaders overall, congratulated Biden on his election.

Source: The Standard November 11, 2020 19:07 UTC