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Updates and information on global events as well as daily incidents in countries which rock and stir into action the rest of the world.

Joe Biden
US President-elect Joe Biden on December 3, 2020 said he had asked the government's top infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci to remain in his post and join his Covid-19 team after he takes office. "I asked him to stay on in the exact same role he's had for the past several presidents," Biden said in an interview with CNN, referring to the expert who outgoing President Donald Trump had suggested he would fire after the election. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
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Grim milestone

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- Global virus toll passes 1.5 million as nations plan for vaccine WASHINGTON, Dec 4, 2020 (AFP) - The world passed the grim milestone of

Chang'e-5 spacecraft
Image of the ascender stage of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft lifting off from the lunar surface. A Chinese space probe blasted off from the surface of the Moon on December 3 to return to Earth, an ambitious effort to bring back the world's first lunar samples in four decades. - China OUT / AFP / China National Space Administration (CNSA) via CNS / STR
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Chinese probe leaves Moon for return to Earth

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BEIJING, Dec 4, 2020 (AFP) - A Chinese space probe has lifted off from the surface of the Moon to return to Earth, an ambitious

Boris Johnson
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, north Wales, on November 30, 2020. Britain's Government in August announced a deal with global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt, to increase capacity in a crucial part of the manufacturing process for Covid-19 vaccines. Britain has been Europe's worst-hit country during the pandemic, recording more than 57,000 deaths from some 1.6 million cases. Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP
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In historic first, UK to introduce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week

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LONDON, Dec 2, 2020 (AFP) - Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout

Zhou Xiaoxuan
Zhou Xiaoxuan, a feminist figure who rose to prominence during China’s #MeToo movement two years ago, reacts amongst her supporters as she arrives at the Haidian District People’s Court in Beijing on December 2, 2020, in a sexual harassment case against one of China's best-known television hosts. Noel Celis / AFP
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Harassment

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- China's #MeToo movement gets its moment in court BEIJING, Dec 2, 2020 (AFP) - A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure