SEOUL: South Korea grappled with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, as a senior official warned it could be the country's largest wave of infections if the spread is not quickly contained.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 386 new daily coronavirus cases as of midnight on Friday, bringing total infections to 30,403, with 503 deaths.

New cases topped 300 for the fourth day in a row, after Tuesday saw the highest since August."We are at a critical juncture; if we fail to block the current spread, we could be facing a large nationwide infection that surpasses" the first two waves, senior KDCA official Lim Sook-young told a news briefing.

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Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events

TOKYO – The postponed Tokyo Olympics are getting a kickstart.Local organizers on Friday announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May.The Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23, 2021, after being postponed eight months ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The announcement in an online news conference came the same day that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported a one-day record of 570 new coronavirus infections in the capital.Although Japan has handled the pandemic better than most countries, cases have been surging recently with about 2,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in a country of 125 million.Officials said at least four of the test events will involve athletes from abroad, including tests in

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Another week gone, Brexit trade talks remain stuck

BRUSSELS – The European Union said Friday that another week of talks with Britain on a new trade deal has gone with barely any progress. Its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is heading to London for ever-more pressing weekend negotiations to avoid chaos when Britain's trade agreements with the EU end at New Year.Barnier emerged from a COVID-19 quarantine on Friday and said that after a week of remote video talks the “same significant divergences persist."The lack of progress is frustrating since the EU had sounded optimistic about a deal last Friday and had committed to be “creative" in its approach during the final stages of the talks.

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PM Modi to go on a 3-city visit tomorrow to review Covid-19 vaccine development

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit on Saturday to "personally review the (coronavirus) vaccine development & manufacturing process", said Prime Minister's Office on Friday.He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune, PMO said.Tomorrow, PM @narendramodi will embark on a 3 city visit to personally review the vaccine development & manufacturing process.

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Russia to vaccinate more than 4 lakh armed forces against COVID-19

Russia has the fourth-largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world behind the United States, India and Brazil. It has recorded 38,558 deaths related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.Meanwhile, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Indian pharma firm Hetero have agreed to produce over 100 million doses per year in India of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, Russia's sovereign wealth fund said in a statement.

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Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

DORI – Balkissa Barro’s been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes might once again stop.Children returning to school in Burkina Faso’s volatile Sahel region have to practice safety drills to prepare for potential jihadist attacks that have ravaged the West African nation, killing more than 2,000 people this year. For Barro, the simulation of dropping to the ground and hiding under desks brings up memories of when gunmen stormed her village last year and killed seven relatives, forcing her family to flee.“I’m afraid of being chased away from school,” said Barro as she slung a bag on her back and walked hesitantly to class in Dori town, where she now lives.

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COVID-19 vaccine: Delhi has infrastructure to inoculate all in state, said health minister Jain

COVID-19 vaccine is available, state health minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday."In Delhi, three times testing is being done as compared to the rest of the country. We have the infrastructure and capacity to inoculate the entire population of Delhi as soon as the vaccination is out," said health minister."Do not worry about the storage of the vaccine.

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Canadians showing coronavirus fatigue, though most still support government measures: poll

novel coronavirus, according to a new poll — though almost half say they are getting tired of those same precautions.According to new polling from Ipsos, over seven out of 10 Canadians indicated support for a four-week shutdown of non-essential businesses in order to combat Canada’s growing numbers of new COVID-19 cases, while another 87 per cent say they intend to continue taking health precautions seriously until the spring.

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Coronavirus: Canadians show strong support for non-essential business shutdowns, Ipsos poll shows

Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News shows Canadians’ support for government measures remains strong with 72 per cent of those saying they agree with a four week shutdown of non-essential businesses in order to get COVID-19 under control.

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Ethiopians flee Tigray capital in fear of imminent assault

NAIROBI – People continued to flee the capital of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in fear of an imminent assault after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the army had been ordered to move in for the “final phase” of an offensive to arrest the defiant regional leaders.Fighting reportedly remained well outside Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who had been warned by the Ethiopian government of “no mercy” if they didn’t separate themselves from the Tigray leaders in time. Abiy on Thursday told residents to stay indoors and disarm as the army, with tanks, was given the order to move in.

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Unfazed Indian farmers press on protests against new laws

NEW DELHI – Thousands of agitated farmers in India faced tear gas and baton charge from police on Friday as they resumed their march to the capital to protest new laws that they fear will give more power to corporations and reduce their earnings. Heading toward New Delhi, the farmers used tractors to clear concrete blockades, walls of shipping containers and horizontally parked trucks, after police had set them up and dug trenches on highways to block roads leading to the capital.

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AP PHOTOS: Greece puts faith in online schooling

ATHENS – There’s just 10 minutes left to come up with a story using items scattered on the prep table: Leaves and ferns from the schoolyard, scissor-cut scraps of colored paper, a glue stick, and two hand puppets — a long-tailed squirrel and a blue hedgehog. When class begins, two teachers put on raspy play-voices and let the puppets, Jo the hedgehog and Joo the squirrel, greet their preschool students — except the desks in front of them are all empty.

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Grandad says he'll die from 'ticking cancer timebomb' as life-saving op delayed by Covid

A grandfather-of-11 says he is living with a 'ticking timebomb' after his life-saving cancer operation has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Germany becomes 12th country to surpass 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases

COVID-19 infections in Germany surpassed the one million mark and the daily death toll hit a record of 426, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.The figures reflected the reality that Germany was at best keeping new infections stable, which Chancellor Angela Merkel has said would not suffice to ease restrictions and eliminate the risk of overwhelming hospitals.

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70% of India's active Covid-19 caseload contributed by 8 states, UTs

active coronavirus caseload is contributed by eight states and Union Territories, according to a statement by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.The list includes Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh.Currently, there are 4,55,555 active infections, and the contribution of active caseload to India's total positive cases is 4.89%. Maharashtra leads the tally with 87,014 total active Covid-19 cases.

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South Korea says North Korea tried to hack its coronavirus vaccine developers

South Korea’s intelligence agency foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, lawmakers said on Friday.Ha Tae-keung, a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee, said after being briefed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) that the agency did not specify how many and which drugmakers were targeted but said there was no damage from the hacking attempts.

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Russia's Sputnik V covid vaccine to be produced in India

covid vaccine is expected start in the beginning of 2021.“We are pleased to collaborate with RDIF as a manufacturing partner for the most anticipated Sputnik V vaccine for the treatment of Covid-19. While we look forward to the clinical trial results in India, we believe that manufacturing the product locally is crucial to enable swift access to patients," B.

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The Latest: Australian state marks 28 days with no new case

Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores— Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving— UK asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions— The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. Toy companies are targeting stuck-at-home grown-ups with latte-smelling Play-Doh and Legos that turn into Warhols.

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No. 3 Villanova beats No. 18 ASU 83-74 to win Empire Classic

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Coming into this season, Villanova coach Jay Wright wondered who might replace Saddiq Bey as the Wildcats' go-to player.After two games, Wright thinks Jeremiah Robinson-Earl may have answered that question for him.Robinson-Earl followed up an 18-point performance in the season opener with a career-high 28 points on Thursday night to lead No. 3 Villanova over No.

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Top California air, climate regulator hopes to run Biden EPA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Over four decades, Mary Nichols has been the regulator behind some of the nation’s most ambitious climate policies and, in recent years, she’s been their staunchest defender against President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle them.With Joe Biden heading to the White House, Nichols hopes she is not done yet. Nichols, 75, ends her second tenure as chair of the California Air Resources Board next month, a job that’s made her the top air and climate regulator for the nation’s most populous and economically influential state.

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Germany's coronavirus infections pass one million

Germany has seen its total number of coronavirus infections pass one million, the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said.

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Aberdeen skipper Joe Lewis urges Nicola Sturgeon to follow England's fan return lead as Covid crisis rages on

Aberdeen skipper reckons it doesn’t make sense that some areas down south will allow up to 4000 supporters to return to stadiums from December 2 while the majority of fans here are locked out.SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster has made a public plea for the Scottish government to follow England’s lead to avert a financial disaster which could kill clubs. That view is echoed by Lewis who believes the cash crisis has reached critical mass.The keeper said: “Clubs are wanting to get the ball rolling.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Canada could approve Pfizer's vaccine 'around December'

Covid-19 vaccine "around December," about the same time as the United States and the European Union, a senior official at Canada's drug regulator said.Health Canada earlier had said that an approval would likely come early in the first quarter, under a new accelerated review process very similar to that in place in the United States, reports a news agency.Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine is most advanced in Health Canada's reviews, Supriya Sharma, senior medical adviser at Health Canada, said at a press briefing in Ottawa.Asked whether any Canadians could receive a shot before the end of the year, Sharma said several things are happening at the same time - regulatory reviews, manufacturing, distribution - which makes it difficult to pinpoint

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31 school students and staff test positive for Covid-19 in past week

A total of 2,384 students and staff underwent testing for Covid-19 at 147 schools around the country last week, with 31 people, or 1.3% of the total, being found to have the virus.

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South Korea scrambles to avoid hospital bed shortage amid new coronavirus surge

South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Friday, a level unseen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infections spread nationwide, leaving authorities scrambling to provide more hospital beds.“The situation is extremely serious and acute, as all of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces and especially all the 25 districts in Seoul are reporting new cases,” Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a meeting on COVID-19 responses.The daily tally of 569 came a day after the numbers hit the highest level since March 6, when South Korea was reeling from the first major COVID-19 outbreak outside China.

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Policies, procedures in place ahead of Black Friday shopping

At Vaughan Mills in York Region, officials are preparing for Black Friday shoppers coming to stores for holiday deals, but amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new procedures have been put in place to ensure safety of staff and shoppers.

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Families of 6 Americans convicted in Venezuela cry foul

CARACAS – Hopes of families for a quick release for six American oil executives detained in Venezuela for three years over an alleged corruption scheme have evaporated, with a judge finding them all guilty and quickly sentencing them to prison.Attorneys and relatives of the so-called Citgo 6 said the men were wrongly convicted, and the defense lawyers vowed to appeal Thursday's verdicts. Alirio Rafael Zambrano, whose two brothers were among the defendants, said they were “undeniably innocent” and victims of “judicial terrorism.” No evidence presented in the case supports a guilty conviction, he said.

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Reports: Ravens QB Lamar Jackson tests positive for COVID-19

BALTIMORE – Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple media outlets.Last year's NFL MVP is the biggest star to become infected by the virus.The Baltimore Sun and ESPN, both citing unidentified sources, reported that Jackson was among four more Ravens players to test positive Thursday.Outside linebacker Pernell McPhee was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday, joining running backs Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins and defensive tackle Brandon Williams.

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At least 5 dead after fire breaks out at Indian hospital treating COVID-19 patients

coronavirus patients in western India, killing at least five of them and injuring 28 others.Police officer K.N. Bhukan said fire engines restricted the blaze to one floor of the hospital and extinguished it within 30 minutes.

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U.K. to assess AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as questions swirl over data

British government said Friday it has formally asked the country’s medicines regulator to assess whether a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University should be authorized for use.The step comes amid questions about preliminary results from trials of the jab, after the company and the university acknowledged that the most encouraging part of their findings stemmed from a dosing error. AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing error raises questions U.K.

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Not going to take coronavirus vaccine, it's my right: Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro

Covid-19 vaccine. "I'm telling you, I'm not going to take it.

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Delhi night curfew: HC asks Delhi govt to decide urgently to contain Covid-19

Delhi High Court (HC) has asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government to take a call immediately without delay as to whether night curfew should be imposed in the entire national capital or just some parts of it amid a huge Covid-19 surge.The HC has also asked the Delhi government to decide whether other measures are needed to contain coronavirus in the capital territory.The remark of the division bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad came after the HC asked the Kejriwal government as to whether it is proposing to follow up the request made to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India."It is now for the Delhi government to take a call on whether night curfew is required to be imposed in Delhi or some parts of Delhi

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Venezuelan refugee Kenney cited in COVID-19 news conference says interaction was less dramatic

A post shared by Food Truck & Restaurant (@arepasranch)De La Torre said Kenney got her feelings right.She said it’s true that the couple put their money into the business and closing the economy would be bad for them. But she understands it’s about people’s health, which is what she told Kenney.“What I said is, ‘There has to be a balance between the economy and the health.

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Horgan asked about political interference in B.C. COVID response

Global’s Keith Baldrey reports on Premier John Horgan being asked if his government has ever interfered politically with B.C.’s COVID-19 response.

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Australia COVID-19 hotspot goes 28 days infection-free after long lockdown

COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community.The state also has zero active cases after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital this week, a far cry from August when Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in one day and active infections totaled nearly 8,000.

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Colorado-USC canceled by COVID cases; Buffs book SDSU

LOS ANGELES – No. 19 Southern California’s scheduled home game Saturday against unbeaten Colorado has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests for the Trojans.Colorado (2-0) immediately booked a replacement game against San Diego State in Boulder on Saturday afternoon.In a statement Thursday night, the Pac-12 said USC (3-0) didn’t have the minimum number of scholarship players available at a specific position group as a result of at least two positive COVID-19 cases and the resulting isolation of additional players under contact tracing protocols.

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Asia Today: South Korea cases stay above 500 for 2nd day

SEOUL – South Korea’s daily virus tally hovered above 500 for the second straight day, as the country’s prime minister urged the public to stay home this weekend to contain a viral resurgence.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday it’s found 569 new cases over the past 24 hours, raising the country’s total to 32,887 with 516 deaths.South Korea on Thursday registered 583 new cases, the first time its daily tally had exceeded 500 since March.

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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon tests positive for COVID-19

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest governor to test positive for the disease this year. "Governor Mark Gordon received results today of a COVID-19 test that showed he is positive for the virus," the governor's office said in a statement.

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Hospitalized teacher from shuttered, COVID-stricken Surrey school speaks out

COVID-19 is back home, and sharing her story.Darlene Lourenco teaches at Cambridge Elementary, the Surrey school that was closed for two weeks amid an outbreak of the virus.She spent two weeks in hospital, more than half of it in the intensive care unit.“I wasn’t on a ventilator but I was on ever-increasing oxygen,” she told Global News.“It’s not just a flu.

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Trudeau unable to answer premiers’ questions on coronavirus vaccine rollout: sources

Justin Trudeau was unable to provide more details on how a coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out across the country early next year during a call with Canada’s premiers Thursday, sources told Global News.According to several people in various premiers’ offices, Trudeau was reluctant to provide details when asked about federal contracts with vaccine makers, including shipments and delivery commitments for initial doses of a vaccine.Trudeau also didn’t provide a clear answer when premiers asked who will be paying for vaccine doses and their distribution, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of a private call.

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COVID-19 Community Transmission

Community transmission continues to play a major role in Manitoba’s Covid-19 cases. Will Reimer reports.

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Leaked recordings renew calls for Alberta’s top doctor to be more independent

Audio recordings of civil servants, including Dr. Deena Hinshaw, and elected officials were leaked on Thursday.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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