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Biden vows to aid workers hit by Covid-19 pandemic while Trump hints at 2024 run

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Biden vows to aid workers hit by Covid-19 pandemic while Trump hints at 2024 run

A video screen for members of the news media featuring US President-elect Joe Biden as he sits in a nearby room in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 2, 2020, on a video call with small business owners and workers impacted by the current economic crisis. © Leah Mills, Reuters Biden, who has pledged to act quickly to […]

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Putin orders start of Russia’s mass COVID vaccination programme Russian president says country will have produced two million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine within the next few days.

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Putin orders start of Russia’s mass COVID vaccination programme Russian president says country will have produced two million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine within the next few days.

© kremlin.ru; (bottom left) © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko; (bottom right) © REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of large scale vaccination against coronavirus in Russia, by the end of next week. Medics and teachers will be the first to get the shots and participation will be voluntary. Russia’s pharma industry is ready […]

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Sudan hands over 50 Ethiopian fleeing troops to Addis Ababa

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Sudan hands over 50 Ethiopian fleeing troops to Addis Ababa

December 1, 2020 (GADAREF) – Sudanese army handed back 50 Ethiopian soldiers who crossed the border area of Al-Fashaqa in Gadaref state, Sudan Tribune has learnt on Tuesday. The Ethiopian force consists of 31 soldiers belonging to the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), 13 from the Ethiopian Federal Police, 6 from the Ethiopian Customs Authority, […]

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US Attorney General Barr says no evidence of decisive election fraud

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US Attorney General Barr says no evidence of decisive election fraud

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend, a federal program to help cities combat violent crime in St. Louis. (AP Photo) US Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has found no evidence of voter fraud significant enough to reverse […]

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Sweden: Woman arrested on suspicion of holding son captive for 28 years in Stockholm flat 

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Sweden: Woman arrested on suspicion of holding son captive for 28 years in Stockholm flat 

Stockholm’s Haninge suburb outside the house where a mother reportedly locked her son up for 28 years, leaving him undernourished and with almost no teeth   –   Copyright  AFP A 70-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of locking her son inside their apartment for 28 years in eastern Stockholm in Sweden. The man, who is 41 years old, […]

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UK becomes first in world to approve Covid vaccine as Pfizer gets green light

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UK becomes first in world to approve Covid vaccine as Pfizer gets green light

The UK had previously secured 40 million doses of the jab (Picture: Reuters) The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine. The Department of Health said it will be rolled out from next week after being approved for use by the UK’s health regulation authority. A spokesman […]

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Turkey to start COVID-19 vaccination drive after Dec. 11

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Turkey to start COVID-19 vaccination drive after Dec. 11

A volunteer is vaccinated with CoronaVac, in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey, Nov. 25, 2020. (DHA Photo)  Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed the date of the first coronavirus vaccination on Tuesday, saying health care workers will be the first to be inoculated after Dec. 11. “We will be delivered at least 10 million doses of the vaccine […]

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Iran urges IAEA to clarify position on Fakhrizadeh assassination

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Iran urges IAEA to clarify position on Fakhrizadeh assassination

TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clarify its position on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. “The IAEA is first expected to pronounce clearly its position in relation with the terrorist act and strongly condemn it in […]

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Biden nominates former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as treasury secretary

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Biden nominates former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as treasury secretary

FILE PHOTO: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a panel discussion at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) 2019 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, January 4, 2019. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday unveiled his economic team, nominating Janet Yellen, former Federal Reserve chair, to lead the Treasury […]

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BREAKING: Two dead after car hits pedestrians in German city of Trier

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BREAKING: Two dead after car hits pedestrians in German city of Trier

Police secures the scene where a car drove into pedestrians in Trier, southwestern Germany, on December 1, 2020   –   Copyright  HARALD TITTEL/AFP Several people have been killed in western Germany after a car was driven into a pedestrianised area in the city of Trier. Several others were injured in the incident, the police said on Twitter.  German news […]

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