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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.

Patient
A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York on November 13, 2020. Bars and restaurants in New York will shut early on November 13 under fresh curbs designed to slow soaring Covid-19 infections as the number of daily deaths across the globe topped 10,000 for the first time since the pandemic began. Kena Betancur / AFP
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New York fights virus resurgence as Trump touts vaccine breakthrough

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 14, 2020 (AFP) - New York battled to fend off a second wave of coronavirus infections with new restrictions on bars and

Covid test
Workers help residents perform a COVID-19 test at a test site run by CORE at St. Benedict the African Catholic Church in the Englewood neighborhood on November 12, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Illinois. Today Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a stay-at-home advisory as the city topped a 14 percent positivity rate, recording nearly 2,000 new case a day. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
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Worst virus spike

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- After Europe, Covid-19 restrictions make a comeback in the US WASHINGTON, Nov 12, 2020 (AFP) - The mayor of the United States' third biggest

Aung San Suu Kyi
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party sit in a truck with the image of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi as they celebrate in Yangon on November 10, 2020, as NLD officials said they were confident of a landslide victory in the weekend's election. / AFP / Sai Aung Main
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Suu Kyi’s party wins absolute majority in Myanmar polls

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YANGON, Nov 13, 2020 (AFP) - Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's election, official results showed Friday, in a

Joe Biden
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on November 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Biden also answered questions about the process of the transition and how a Biden Administration would work with Republicans. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
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Biden tells world leaders ‘America is back’ but Pompeo digs in

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WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2020 (AFP) - The leaders of close US allies on Tuesday telephoned President-elect Joe Biden and pledged to work together but in

Pfizer
Pfizer stock surged higher on November 9, 2020 prior to the opening of Wall Street trading after the company announced its vaccine is "90 percent effective" against Covid-19 infections. The news cheered markets worldwide, especially as coronavirus cases are spiking, forcing millions of people back into lockdown. Kena Betancur / AFP
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Despair and Hope

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- Record number of US cases as Covid vaccine offers glimmer of hope WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2020 (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday registered