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A car crash into the gate of the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, November 25, 2020

09:16 GMT 25 November 2020 / updated: 12:19 GMT Europe

German Police Detain Man Who Drove Car With Anti-Globalist Message Into Gate of Merkel's Chancellery

A bookmaker holds a wad of cash during the Grand National Festival at Liverpool's Aintree racecourse.

As the British Government’s Borrowing Hits £500 Bln, Where Does the Money Come From?

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media as he departs from his transition headquarters in the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 24, 2020.

Biden Says Trump Administration's Outreach on Transition Process Has Been 'Sincere'

Deadly Conflict in Ethiopia Escalates as Tigray Rejects PM Ahmed's Ultimatum

This file photo taken on November 6, 2020 shows mink looking out from their cage at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen as they have to kill off their herd, which consists of 3000 mother mink and their cubs on their farm near Naestved, Denmark. - A mutated version of the new coronavirus detected in Danish minks that raised concerns about the effectiveness of a future vaccine has likely been eradicated, Denmark's health ministry said Thursday, November 19, 2020.

Return of the Dead: Swollen Mink Cadavers Emerge From Their Graves in Denmark

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