2020-11-23

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Seegene’s molecular diagnosis leads the way in South Korea’s COVID response

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Korea’s capability to control the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely praised. South Korea’s fast turnaround on testing and analysis followed by immediate quarantine and treatment for confirmed cases was regarded as one of the best responses by countries around the world.

23/11/2020

World

Spanish NGO eases poverty crisis by collecting millions of pesatas

The crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic will push over a million people into poverty acording to Oxfam. In Spain, food banks are serving 40% more people than last year. Now a charity is converting million worth of Spain's former currency into food for those who need it the most.

23/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK top court to rule on Shamima Begum's demand to return to Britain

Begum left her parents' home in East London in 2015 when she was just 15 to travel to Syria to join IS. She was stripped of her nationality in 2019, a decision she is legally challenging.

23/11/2020

Serbia

Euroviews. Belgrade's Biden conundrum: How US-Serbian relations will shape up post-Trump ǀ View

Serbia's president Aleksandar Vučić had hoped for a Trump victory in the US presidential election. The elevation of Joe Biden to the presidency poses many challenges for him, both domestically and internationally.

23/11/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: England arrivals will be able to cut quarantine with test

Passengers arriving in the UK from COVID-19 high-risk areas will soon be able to more than halve their quartine period by taking a private test.

23/11/2020

France

Two-thirds of French teenagers spend too much time on screen

Two-thirds of French teenagers spend more than two hours sitting on their phones or computers and do not get enough exercise, the country's health and safety agency warned in a statement released on Monday.

23/11/2020

France

Coronavirus: France postpones Black Friday to help locked down shops

Although the rest of the world will kickstart their end of year shopping on Friday, Black Friday will be held on December 4 in France, after a national lockdown is expected to be lifted.

23/11/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Oxford candidate vaccine is 70% effective, trial shows

The vaccine was 90% effective if administered at a half dose and then at a full dose and 62% effective if administered in two full doses.

23/11/2020

China

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea

Wong, together with fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow, pleaded guilty to charges related to organising, taking part in and inciting protesters to join an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters last June.

23/11/2020

USA

US election: Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state

The US president-elect is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state.

23/11/2020