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President-elect Joe Biden focused on the coronavirus pandemic, setting meetings with vaccine developers as the crisis intensifies. The number of U.S. coronavirus cases passed 11 million on Sunday, a million more new cases than a week ago and the fastest increase since the pandemic began. Biden defe…

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency or KDCA posted 223 cases as of Sunday midnight, marking the eighth straight day of triple-digit increases and the highest since early September. Health authorities warned of re-strengthening distancing curbs which were relaxed about a month ago to the…

President Rodrigo Duterte flew to Tuguegarao province to assess the situation in Cagayan Valley region, which was heavily flooded after Typhoon Vamco dumped rain over swathes of the main Luzon island, including the capital, metropolitan Manila. Twenty-two fatalities were recorded in Cagayan, 17 in …

Following the tabulation of all the votes in Palau, including the absentee ballots,  Senior garnered 5,112 while her opponent, Sen. Frank Kyota, got 4,671 votes. The first woman to become Palau’s vice president was Sandra Pierantozzi who was elected in 2000. In an interview, Senior thanked the supp…

A draft document of the measures, seen by Reuters, also said people would be urged to abstain from private parties completely until Christmas. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of Germany’s 16 states are expected meet on Monday. Germany this month imposed a set of measures dubbed a “lockdown l…

Johnson, who was admitted to intensive care in a London hospital earlier this year with the novel coronavirus, is well and does not have any symptoms, a spokesman for the prime minister said on Sunday. “He will carry on working from Downing Street, including on leading the government’s response to …

Dozens of health officials and ports workers are in isolation following the outbreak which has put the spotlight on the risk the shipping industry brings to Pacific ports. Bekiri Sitki Ustaoglu, head of the Asia Pacific Section at the International Maritime Organization, said the Pacific can’…

North Dakota joined 38 other states this month in reporting record daily jumps in new cases, 17 others with record deaths and 25 others with a record number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals, according to a Reuters tally. “Our situation has changed, and we must change with it,” North Dakota’s Repub…

Hours later, after night fell in the nation’s capital, demonstrators favoring Trump clashed in the streets with counterprotesters, videos posted on social media showing fistfights, projectiles and clubs. Police arrested at least 20 people on a variety of charges, including assault and weapons…

The GOP crossed the mark Friday night when The Associated Press declared Republican Young Kim the winner against Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in Southern California. Democrats have nailed down at least 219 seats and could win a few others when more votes are counted. That ensures they will hold the…