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South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to immediately go into a 10-day quarantine. Called ra...
Dec 07, 2020
Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown
LONDON - Netflix has "no plans" to add a disclaimer to "The Crown" stating that its lavish drama about Britain's royal family is a work of fiction. In a statement Saturday, Netflix said it has always ...
Dec 07, 2020
The Dylan catalogue, a 60-year rock 'n' roll odyssey, is sold
NEW YORK - Bob Dylan's entire catalogue of songs dating back 60 years is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. The catalogue contains 600 song copyrights including "Blowin' In The Wind,"...
Dec 07, 2020
Asia Today: South Korean minister warns of virus 'war zone'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's health minister said Monday that the Seoul metropolitan area is now a "COVID-19 war zone," as the country reported another 615 new infections and the virus ap...
Dec 07, 2020
Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was "doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giulian...
Dec 07, 2020
In Georgia, Loeffler again refuses to say Trump lost
ATLANTA - Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that President Donald Trump lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, ahead of twin Geo...
Dec 07, 2020
Egypt's El-Sissi, France's Macron at odds over human rights
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Monday "disagreements" with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi over human rights, but said it will not prevent France from reaching economic...
Dec 07, 2020
WHO tries to bolster fragile funding with new foundation CEO
PARIS - Hoping to strengthen its funding, the World Health Organization is appointing a CEO to a foundation intended to bring in more private donations, which should leave the global health body less ...
Dec 07, 2020
Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?
NEW YORK - As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not - a comprehensive national testing strategy. Such...
Dec 07, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest 8 over university protest
Hong Kong authorities arrested eight people Monday in connection with an unauthorized protest at a university campus last month, amid a widening crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese ter...
Dec 07, 2020
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