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Trump fires US cybersecurity chief

US president says statement by Chris Krebs on security of recent election ‘highly inaccurate’

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Canada proposes major fines for firms that violate privacy laws

Fines would max out 5% of company's revenue or even higher

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Iota, weakened but deadly, rips through Central America

Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, left six dead in Nicaragua

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Palestinian authority restores coordination with Israel

Meanwhile, Hamas says the move is ‘a stab in the back’

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US to slash troop levels in Iraq, Afghanistan

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said around 2,000 troops would be pulled from Afghanistan by January 15

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UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2030 in green 'revolution'

The government will also spend £525 million on developing large and smaller-scale nuclear plants

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US Senate blocks Trump's controversial Fed candidate

Two Republicans joined Democrats in opposing Judy Shelton

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Twitter CEO says no bias on platform against conservatives

Social network’s filtering of US election campaign was not a sign of bias, despite claims to the contrary by conservatives

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Pakistani Islamists end anti-France demos

Protest leaders say Islamabad agrees to kick out French ambassador, boycott French goods

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UK PM Johnson under fire over Scottish parliament criticism

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reported as saying the creation of devolved parliament in Edinburgh had been ‘a ‘disaster’ 

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Global Covid-19 cases break 55 million mark

Europe and Americas see surge in infection numbers

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ADB allocates more that US$20mil for Covid-19 vaccines

Bank says funds will be available for developing members to access, introduce, deploy, deliver, and monitor vaccines 

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Ethiopia forces begin ‘final push’ into Tigray

This comes as deadline for insurgents’ surrender expires