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December 3, 2020
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Positive Covid-19 test results for K-pop stars Yiren and Sihyeon of girl group Everglow raise fears about an industry-wide cluster

Yiren and Sihyeon, two members of K-pop girl group Everglow, have tested positive for Covid-19, raising concerns about a potential industry-wide cluster.China-born star Yiren reportedly came into contact on November…
December 3, 2020
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Coronavirus: Joe Biden issues dire warning for US as 2,731 die on worst day of pandemic

US President-elect Joe Biden has issued a dire warning about the spread of the coronavirus over the next two months, predicting another 250,000 deaths.White House coronavirus task force member Anthony…
December 3, 2020
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Vote fraud claims, rising Covid-19 deaths prompt South Koreans to ask: how did the US lose its way?

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Catherine Kim on politico.com on December 2, 2020.In South Korea, the United States is called…
December 3, 2020
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Australia politics live: NSW reports one new Covid case, and Germany joins China criticism

Cleaner who worked at two Sydney hotels, including a quarantine hotel, returns positive result; Greg Hunt says vaccine rollout still on track for March; coronavirus traces found in sewage in…
December 3, 2020
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Coronavirus live news: former French president dies of Covid complications; global deaths near 1.5m

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was 94 and served as France’s leader from 1974 to 1981; Lilly to supply 650,000 more doses of bamlanivimab to US government; Spain caps parties at 10…
December 3, 2020
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Covid deaths at highest level since April as Biden pledges to ‘fight like hell’ for US investment – live

President-elect says economic relief is his top priority CDC reduces quarantine period for asymptomatic exposures Barr: no evidence of fraud that would change election outcome US braces for Covid surge…
December 3, 2020
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AIA launches telemedicine platform with HKT, Gleneagles Hospital as fourth wave of Covid-19 grips Hong Kong

AIA Group Limited, Hong Kong’s largest publicly traded life insurer, has launched the city’s first hospital-backed telemedicine service just as the urban centre with one of the world’s fastest greying…
December 3, 2020
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‘Do not resuscitate’ orders caused potentially avoidable deaths, regulator finds

Care Quality Commission says orders were wrongly applied in English care homes in early part of pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Do-not-resuscitate orders were wrongly…
December 3, 2020
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Staggered return planned for university students after Christmas

Studies will continue online for many over five-week period to minimise risk of Covid transmission Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Students in England will be asked…
December 2, 2020
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Ex-French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies of Covid-19 at 94

Former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who led his country into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path, died late Wednesday of Covid-19, his family said.Giscard, who…