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Raphael Warnock's roots showed little promise of a future that led to the U.S. Senate.

Germany intends to stick to recommendations by BioNTech and Pfizer regarding the administration of a second dose of their COVID19 vaccines rather than delaying it, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday.

As Donald Trump is on his way out, this election will determine whether Republicans or Democrats have control of the US Senate.

South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases, the health minister said on Wednesday.

Over 50 prodemocratic activists in Hong Kong were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of breaking the city's national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the democratic opposition under the new law.

Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer of criminal charges in the shooting a Black man from behind in the presence of his young children, leaving him paralyzed and triggering deadly protests that inflamed U.S. racial tensions.

The arrests in the Asian financial hub included well known democratic figures and former lawmakers James To, Lam Cheuk Ting and Lester Shum, according to the Democratic Party’s Facebook page and public broadcaster RTHK.

The final outcome is not in doubt: The results will eventually be certified for Biden, who will be sworn in as the nations 46th president two weeks later. But what comes next for the Republican Party is anything but clear.

Japan will decide this week whether to impose a state of emergency in the Tokyo area, a top official said on Tuesday as daily COVID19 infections hit a record, a move some derided as too little, too late in a nation set to host the Olympics.

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday before deadlocked talks between major producers about potential changes in February output are set to continue later in the day while fuel demand concerns lingered amid new COVID19 lockdowns.

Most OPEC+ oilproducing countries oppose plans to increase output from February as winter lockdowns to contain the coronavirus choke demand, four OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Monday.

President Donald Trump travels to Georgia on Monday in a bid to keep the U.S. Senate in the hands of his Republican Party, after his efforts to overturn his own defeat in the state have injected new uncertainty into a pair of races that are seen as too cl...

Britain's National Health Service late on Sunday denied a media report that claimed it has not committed to delivering two million COVID19 jabs a week.

Oil prices touched multimonth highs on Monday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February as the coronavirus pandemic keeps worries about firsthalf demand elevated.

South Korea is reviewing AstraZeneca's request for approval of its coronavirus vaccine, as it expands a ban on private gatherings of more than four people to the whole country with daily cases topping more than 1,000 in four days.

The Southeast Asian country has previously agreed to get a Russian vaccine though also said it would not rush to secure vaccine deals, citing the potential for high financial costs and after managing to contain its coronavirus outbreaks to only 1,494 cas...