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Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost sixmonth Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday as health authorities looked to apply lessons from the successful response to the fight against COVID19 in Africa.

Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to build an administration that reflects the diversity of the country, and is expected to announce his choices for some key White House posts in the next few weeks.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longestserving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus.

The Russian economy is set to lose $44 billion to cyber crime in 2020, according to estimates published on Tuesday by Russian bank Sberbank, with the shift to online during the COVID19 pandemic posing new challenges.

A German man whom investigators suspect of murdering British toddler Madeleine McCann was injured while being taken to a parole hearing, a German court said on Tuesday.

Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to build an administration that reflects the diversity of the country, and is expected to announce his choices for some key White House posts in the next few weeks.

The figure, revealing the scale of alleged abuse committed over decades by scout leaders, dwarfs the roughly 11,000 complaints believed to have been filed in recent years against the Catholic Church.

Biden was declared winner of the November 3 election but Trump has not conceded, and his administration has so far failed to formally acknowledge the veteran Democrat as the president-elect.

While Victor Oladipos future with the Indiana Pacers remains murky, he's found a franchisealtering deal elsewhere.

U.S. Roman Catholic leaders called on Monday for greater transparency and vetting in the appointment of bishops after the scandal of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who rose through the ranks despite repeated allegations of sexual misconduct.

Some African and European nations pressed Ethiopia behind the scenes on Monday to allow mediation of a war in a northern region that has spilled into neighbouring Eritrea and rocked the wider Horn of Africa, diplomats said.

"He has spent his life gaming the system, so it’s no surprise that he can’t accept defeat," writes New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow.

Asian equities hit a record high on Monday as investors set aside fears about rising coronavirus cases and bought stocks, cheered by data showing a robust recovery in China and Japan.

Oil prices edged up in early Asian trade on Monday, recouping some losses from the previous session as hopes that OPEC+ will continue to curb output offset concerns of weaker fuel demand amid rising COVID19 cases and higher production from Libya.

The dizzying rise came as cities and states across the United States were implementing new restrictions to try to halt the spread of the virus, with stay-at-home orders set to be imposed on Chicago Monday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is selfisolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID19, a fresh setback after infighting amongst his top advisers plunged Downing Street into chaos last week.