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The stock exchanges in New York have started the shortened session on Black Friday with small profits. Investors seem to be taking it easy after the boom in recent days caused by vaccine heap. Nevertheless, the mood has also been somewhat depressed by fears of the economic consequences of lockdowns in the short term. Trading is thin as many investors also take a day off the day after…

President Donald Trump's campaign team has asked Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani to plead the appeal in the federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania over the state's election results. Trump's team aims through the lawsuit to overturn the approval of President-elect Joe Biden's victory there. The Trump campaign asked the U.S. court of appeal in Philadelphia on Wednesday to schedule a hearing and…

China claims the launch of a missile for an uncrewed mission to the moon, Tuesday morning local time, was successful. The moon mission took off from a space base on the South China island of Hainan. After a few days of flying, the Chang'e 5 must arrive at its destination. The European space agency ESA supports the Chinese colleagues in the mission. A robot explorer will collect and…

The national lockdown in England ends on December 2, after which regional infection figures will be leading for measures to contain the coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined in a speech to parliament on Monday what the new three-category system will look like, while the so-called COVID Winter Plan was published. Johnson regrets expecting that some regions will have a…

A top adviser to US President-elect Biden says President Trump is in a "hopeless legal position." Rob Bauer refers to Trump's plans to try to hold on to power with the help of politicians from his Republican Party in the state of Michigan. No state has ever done what Trump intended, says legal adviser Bauer. What Trump wants to do is not allowed, he says. The constitution does not allow…

Mike Pompeo was the first US Secretary of State to visit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Earlier in the day he also paid a controversial visit to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Palestinians reacted furiously. Israel captured the strategically vital Golan Heights near Syria in 1967, during the Six-Day War. The US recognized Israeli sovereignty over that area last year. That…