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  Last update: 23:13 GMT 23.11.2020

  23:13 GMT 23.11.2020

  US

  General Services Administration Tells Biden Transition Can Formally Begin

  Biden has already named several persons for the top-ranking positions in the projected administration, including the White House chief of staff and secretary of state, to be possibly occupied by Ron Klain and Antony Blinken, respectively.

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  Last update: 20:13 GMT 23.11.2020

  20:13 GMT 23.11.2020

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  Biden Reportedly to Choose Janet Yellen as US Treasury Secretary

  Projected president-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as his treasury secretary, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the decision.

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  Last update: 21:11 GMT 23.11.2020

  21:11 GMT 23.11.2020

  Society

  Hundreds of Bodies From New York City’s Spring COVID-19 Surge to Remain Inside Morgue Trucks

  At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City, New York, became a bustling hotspot for the deadly respiratory disease, as the Big Apple’s death toll numbered in the tens of thousands. Unable to keep up with the spikes, medical officials eventually resorted to the use of refrigerated trucks that were converted into makeshift morgues.

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  Last update: 04:25 GMT 23.11.2020

  04:25 GMT 23.11.2020

  World

  Live Updates: UK Aims to Inoculate People Most at Risk From Coronavirus by Easter, PM Johnson Says

  Currently, people with a positive COVID-19 test result in the UK are required to stay home for 10 days, while their "close contacts" must stay home for two weeks. Repeated self-isolation is not excluded.

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  Last update: 23:38 GMT 23.11.2020

  23:38 GMT 23.11.2020

  US

  South Dakota Authorities File Lawsuit Against Voter-Approved Recreational Marijuana Amendment

  While the legalization of medical marijuana received widespread voter support in South Dakota’s November 3 election, voters were nearly split on a more potentially unconstitutional referendum that included hemp-related legislation, the regulation of recreational weed and weed taxation.

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  Last update: 23:36 GMT 23.11.2020

  23:36 GMT 23.11.2020

  Tech

  Israeli Researchers Use Gene Editing to Destroy Cancer Cells in Mice - Study

  CRISPR-Cas9, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats, is a technique that involves identifying the location of mutations in genes and then using Cas9, a gene-editing enzyme, to cut and remove unwanted portions of DNA along a gene sequence.

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  Last update: 22:12 GMT 23.11.2020

  22:12 GMT 23.11.2020

  Africa

  Video: East Africa Threatened With Famine as Locust Swarms Once Again Descend on Region

  Amid a new armed conflict and subsequent refugee crisis in East Africa, a new batch of locust swarms has arisen, even further threatening the food security of millions of people.

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  Last update: 23:15 GMT 23.11.2020

  23:15 GMT 23.11.2020

  Society

  Pope Francis Holds Unprecedented Meeting With NBA Players to Discuss Social Justice Efforts

  In recent months, there have been several instances of police brutality against Black Americans, including the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.