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Germany says COVID vaccinations will begin in early January
Infection figures in Germany have more or less stabilized at a high level since a partial shutdown started on November 2 but haven't decreased. Merkel said the country is in a "very hard situation" and will not be able to "get through the winter" with current measures, a source close to a meeting of her Christian Democratic Union party told AFP. [Full Article...]
Walz orders flags flown at half-staff for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Monday marks the 79th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, which sank the battleship USS Arizona and sparked the USA involvement in the Second World War. Every year, remembrance events are held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on December 7. "We're excited to offer these virtual resources in lieu of our usual on-site Pearl Harbor Day activities"... [Full Article...]
Biden unveils health team that will lead pandemic response
Dr. Anthony Fauci will serve as chief medical adviser to the President on Covid-19 and will also continue in his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Biden transition co-chair and former Obama administration official Jeff Zients will serve as coordinator of the Covid-19 response and counselor to the President and Natalie Quillian, another Obama administ... [Full Article...]
Ontario hits another record with 1,924 new COVID-19 cases
The province logged 1,924 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing above the 1,859 case record hit a day earlier. Additionally, Peel Region is reporting 512 cases, although not in lockdown, and York is reporting 167. Maxwell Smith. Middlesex-London and Thunder Bay moved into the "orange" zone of the province's colour-coded, tiered pandemic response plan. Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge Distr... [Full Article...]
Iran's top leader office denies rumors about bad health
The health of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is deteriorating, and he has transferred his duties and powers to his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, according to a report by Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze on Saturday. In addition, the Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts issued a statement denying that it had summoned an emergency meeting of its members, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. [Full Article...]
Melbourne Sees First International Flight Landing in 5 Months
Victoria has not accepted global flights since the end of June, when it was revealed a number of hotel quarantine workers had contracted COVID-19 from guests. There will also be no limit on the number of people attending weddings and funerals. The State Government has announced the WA border will reopen to Victorian and New South Wales travellers, effective from midnight tonight. [Full Article...]
Psychiatrist stops short of saying van attack killer is not criminally responsible
He described this, however, not in the angry rhetoric of the incel movement he claimed to adhere to, but rather for "sensationalism" to add to his killing spree "narrative", making it more interesting and memorable. "When he describes this stuff, he's describing it completely flat in the same way you or I would describe going shopping and the order of things we purchased when we went shopping", he... [Full Article...]
Southern California goes into coronavirus lockdown
His protest video came after a stay-at-home order was triggered by ICU bed capacity in the area dropping below 15 per cent. The order applies to the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco and the city of Berkeley, covering almost 6 million people. [Full Article...]