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'Numbers don't lie:' Walls close in on defiant Trump
Insisting against all odds that a path to victory remains viable, US President Donald Trump was meeting Friday with Michigan lawmakers in a bid to pressure districts in key states to overturn the voters' will.
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Virus infection creates immunity for at least six months: study
The finding comes as part of a large-scale study into COVID-19 reinfection after observations from healthcare professionals that the phenomenon was relatively rare.
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Pfizer/BioNTech to seek emergency use approval for coronavirus vaccine
The companies this week announced that a completed study of trials of the product showed it was 95% effective in protecting people from coronavirus infection.
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WHO advises against remdesivir for coronavirus treatment
The United States, the European Union and other countries have granted temporary approval for the use of remdesivir after initial research showed it may shorten recovery time in some coronavirus patients.
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India's coronavirus cases pass nine million as Delhi struggles
India has now registered more than 132,000 deaths, according to the latest official figures, which are widely seen as understating the true scale of the pandemic.
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South Australia to end lockdown early after pizza parlour blunder
Premier Steven Marshall indicated a tough lockdown for the state's almost two million people would end late on Saturday, at least two days earlier than planned.
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Biden denounces 'irresponsible' Trump fight to reverse election
Trump has refused to accept his loss on 3 November, despite his opponent getting over six million more votes.
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Taxi to nowhere: virus measures hit London black cab business
Many London taxi drivers rent their instantly-recognisable black cabs from fleet companies such as GB Taxi Services, where Georgiou is one of the owners.
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Ethics charter for French porn scene after abuse claims
The charter will set out how to deal with issues of consent for sex, actors' physical and psychological health, legal protection, human dignity, and distribution rights.
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Google launches strong encryption for Android messages
The move brings additional privacy and security to Google's messaging application, but comes amid rising complaints from law enforcement agencies around the world that strong encryption may enable criminals to hide their tracks.
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Global economic recovery from COVID-19 'remains difficult' - IMF
The IMF expects global growth to contract by 4.4% this year before rebounding 5.2% in 2021. However, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva noted third-quarter growth was better than expected in the US, Japan, and European countries.
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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine safe for older adults: results
The vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, produced fewer side effects in people aged 56 and over than in younger people - a significant finding given that COVID-19 disproportionately causes severe illness among seniors.
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Australian special forces 'unlawfully killed' 39 in Afghanistan
The military's own inspector general produced the harrowing 465-page official inquiry into events between 2005 and 2016 that detailed dozens of killings "outside the heat of battle".
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Western allies say China broke Hong Kong deal by ousting lawmakers
The removal of four opposition lawmakers triggered the en masse resignation of their remaining colleagues, the latest move in a deepening crackdown against Beijing's critics following last year's huge and often violent democracy protests.
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Bahrain urges Israel-Palestinian peace in historic Jerusalem meet
Bahrain's Abdellatif al-Zayani said the historic US-brokered deals the Gulf kingdom and the United Arab Emirates had struck to normalise ties with Israel would help foster a dawn of "peace for the entire Middle East".
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Will Biden be a one-term president?
If he were to run and be reelected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029.
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Nancy Pelosi wins bid to lead Democrats in US House
Pelosi has led her caucus since 2003. Two years ago, she agreed to serve in the post through 2022 at most, a move that may have cleared the way for her easy re-nomination Wednesday.
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UK's Labour party at loggerheads again over handling of anti-Semitism
The internal row comes as Keir Starmer tries to draw a line under the culture of anti-Semitism in Labour, and make his party more presentable to the electorate, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson under pressure because of his coronavirus response.
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French bill clamps down on radical Islam
The bill, which was seen by AFP, also makes it an offence to share the personal information of a person in a way that allows them to be identified or located by people who want to harm them.
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France 'still far' from ending partial COVID-19 lockdown
Declines in daily new COVID-19 cases since a second nationwide lockdown began on 30 October have sparked a chorus of calls from business associations to let stores open as soon as 27 November for the 'Black Friday' sales that kick off the holiday shopping season.
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Putin 'alarmed' by Russia's spike in COVID-19 deaths
Russia has recently registered a sharp rise in new infections but has stopped short of introducing strict measures like some European countries.
