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'''Armed conflicts and attacks''' '''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
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**A TV anchor and her driver are shot dead in Afghanistan on their way to work in ], ]. Journalist Malalai Maiwand, who was also an activist for women's and children's rights, was shot as she left her home in eastern Nangarhar. No group has claimed responsibility as multiple agencies condemn the killings. **Journalist Malalai Maiwand, an activist for ] and ], and her driver are shot dead on their way to work in ], ]. The ] claimed responsibility for the attack.
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**A large ] is held in ] to celebrate ]'s victory over ] in ]. ] ] is among the foreign attendees. The parade includes thousands of soldiers, flyovers from helicopters and ]s, and a ] brigade.

'''Business and economy'''
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**The ] expands its ] by €500 billion to €1.85 trillion and extends the scheme to March 2022, saying it expects "a more pronounced near-term impact of the pandemic on the ] economy and a more protracted weakness in ] than previously envisaged".
*] and ] cut financial ties with ] following an investigation by '']'' into ] content and ] on the website. Pornhub says that the moves are "exceptionally disappointing" as well as crushing news for the "hundreds of thousands of models who rely on our platform for their livelihoods".


'''Health and environment''' '''Health and environment'''
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****] reports a record 602 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the prefecture to 45,529. ****] reports a record 602 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the prefecture to 45,529.
****] reports a record 2,973 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to official figures released by the government.
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****] reports a new single-day record of 2,234 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide number of confirmed cases to 78,499.
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****The ] said that a suspected ] case aboard a "cruise-to-nowhere" was a false alarm after a passenger aboard ]'s '']'' cruise ship who tested positive for COVID-19 has been found not to have contracted the virus.
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****] surpasses 40,000 total cases of COVID-19. ****] surpasses 40,000 total cases of COVID-19.
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⚫ ***] reports a new single-day record of 23,679 new cases, according to ], bringing the total of confirmed cases nationwide to 1,242,203.
****] reports a new single-day record of 1,939 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 154,392.
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****] ] announces the expansion of the ]'s partial ] measures to 31 other ], beginning tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. local time. This comes after the country reports a record 3,132 new cases in the past 24 hours.
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****] ] announces that the ] will delay the reopening of cultural venues and introduce a night-time curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time, where stay-at-home order will be lifted as planned on December 15 as it struggles to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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⚫ ****] reports a new single-day record of 23,679 cases, according to the ], bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,242,203.
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****] reports a record 7,935 new cases in the past 24 hours.
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*****] reports a new single-day record of 1,983 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 134,783.
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*****] reports a record 28 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial death toll to 587.
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*****] ] announces that the ] has extended their ] and limits on gatherings until January 18.
****TV personality ] announces that she has contracted COVID-19. Her contraction of the virus prompts production of her show, '']'', to be halted until January 2021.
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****] ] announces the purchase of 10 million doses of the ]n ] vaccine, and says that he will be the first person to receive the vaccine in order to prove that it is safe. An initial shipment of 600,000 doses will be received before the end of the year.
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****An expert panel advising the ] recommends granting Tozinameran ] for usage in the ].
****] approves Tozinameran as a safe vaccine.
***] announces that they will begin testing their vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, on adolescents aged 12–17 years.
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**The ] reports a new cases of a highly pathogenic strain of ] (]) at poultry farms in ] and ]. In aftermath, 56,000 chickens at the farm in ] and related facilities, as well as about 67,000 chickens at the farm in ] will be culled. **The ] reports new cases of a highly pathogenic strain of ] (]) at poultry farms in ], ] and ], ]. Authorities have started culling 56,000 chickens at the farm in Saiki as well as about 67,000 chickens at the farm in Kinokawa.


'''International relations''' '''International relations'''
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**Morocco made diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab country to do so in recent months. **The ] says that ] will normalize diplomatic relations with ], becoming the fourth ] to do so in recent months, in an agreement mediated by the United States. ] ] also says that he recognizes "Moroccan sovereignty over the entire ] territory". Morocco says that the United States "will open a consulate in Western Sahara as part of Morocco’s deal with Israel".
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**]'s ] votes to lower the country's financial assistance package to the ] and the ] by ]3.4 million over concerns of anti-Semitic content and incitement to violence in Palestinian school curricula.
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**The ] expels two ]n diplomats based in ], who it accuses of being part of a ]-led "espionage network" targeting the high-tech sector. Russia describes the Netherlander accusations as "unfounded", and says that the expulsion of its citizens was "provocative".

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**]'s ] passes a bill decriminalizing ]. The bill will need to be approved by ] ] in order to become law.

'''Politics and elections'''
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**The ] agrees on a compromise deal to unlock €1.8 trillion for the ] and for the ] recovery plan.


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