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  Global toll rises to 14,95,205

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:32am on December 04, 2020

  The novel coronavirus has killed at least 14,95,205 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled...

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  Azerbaijan says 2,783 soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

  Agence France-Presse. Baku | Updated at 05:51pm on December 03, 2020

  Azerbaijan said Thursday that nearly 2,800 of its soldiers were killed in recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the first details it has released of military losses...

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  Ex-French president Giscard d’Estaing dies of COVID-19

  Agence France-Presse .Paris | Updated at 10:40am on December 03, 2020

  Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, a leading advocate of European integration who led his country into a new modern era, has died of COVID-19,...

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  Sweden mother kept son locked up for decades

  Agence France-Presse . Stockholm | Updated at 12:19am on December 03, 2020

  A woman in Sweden suspected of holding her son captive inside their apartment for decades has been arrested, police said on Tuesday, with reports claiming...

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  Global COVID-19 death toll rises to 14,82,240, over 2,500 US deaths in 24 hours

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:42pm on December 02, 2020

  The novel coronavirus has killed at least 14,82,240 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled...

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  WHO for masks indoors if ventilation poor

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 11:40pm on December 02, 2020

  The World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommended wearing facemasks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate, in an update to...

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  UK approves COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech for general use

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 02:22pm on December 02, 2020

  Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s jab from next week...

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  Two dead after car hits pedestrians in German city

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 12:07am on December 02, 2020

  At least two people were killed and several injured when a car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on...

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  Mum arrested in Sweden for locking son up for decades

  Agence France-Presse . Stockholm | Updated at 10:37pm on December 01, 2020

  A mother in Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of locking her son inside their apartment for 28 years, leaving him undernourished and with almost...

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  Azerbaijani forces raise flag in last district handed back by Armenia

  Agence France-Presse . Lachin | Updated at 10:34pm on December 01, 2020

  Azerbaijani soldiers on Tuesday hoisted their country’s flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting...