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Britain has recorded 16,171 new cases of coronavirus within 24 hours, according to government data published on Saturday, compared with 15,650 the previous day.

China’s disease control authority said on Saturday that contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection.

The lawsuit accused NY Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo of making negative, false, and discriminatory statements about the Jewish Orthodox community as he imposed new restrictions.

Senator Cory Booker, made an impassioned appeal to Republicans to halt Barrett’s nomination process, appealing to them to commit “an act of heroism”.

Britain is on course for a long winter. A prolonged national lockdown, however, remains unlikely. That’s one part of the problem.

With polls showing the President behind Biden nationally and in key states, Trump appears to be emboldening the worst impulses of his supporters.

Decisions about Donald Trump’s Facebook posts, including the President’s claims that the coronavirus was less deadly than the flu, are taken at the highest level of the company.

Australia warns China of ‘potential breach of international undertakings’ as fears mount that Australian produce is being specifically targeted by Beijing in latest tit-for-tat.

Trump’s promotion of conspiracy theories stunned moderator Savanna Guthrie, who said “You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever.”