U.S President-elect Joe Biden has said outreach from the White House over the transition has been “sincere”.

He spoke as he unveiled his choice of top officials for when he takes over from Donald Trump in January.

READ ALSO: France to ease strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Trump finally agreed to allow the formal transition process to begin on Monday, nearly three weeks after the presidential election.

Yet he still refuses to admit defeat, repeating unsubstantiated claims that the November 3 vote was “rigged”.

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France President, Emmanuel Macron says the country will begin to ease its strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions this weekend, allowing shops and cinemas to reopen.

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He said that France had passed the peak of the second wave of virus infections.

The country has reported almost 2.2 million cases and more than 49,000 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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The UK parliament on Monday 23rd November 2020 demanded the UK government to consider imposing sanctions on officials of government of other countries who are found culpable in varying degrees of unwholesome activities and corruption.

These sanctions range from visa bans to assets freezing as contained in an e-petition upon which the parliament’s debate was based.

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In the course of deliberation, one of the parliamentarians alleged that a former Nigerian military ruler, Yakubu Gowon took half of the Central Bank of Nigeria to London to hide stolen funds, arguing that their country must begin to take actions towards ensuring that looters of public funds, who hide the stolen funds in foreign accounts are exposed.

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A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president’s legal team a “national embarrassment”.

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President Donald Trump has refused to concede the election, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread electoral fraud.

Many Republicans have supported his legal efforts, although a small but growing number have broken ranks.

Voting in the US election ended on November 3 and Biden is projected to beat President Trump by 306 votes to 232 in the US Electoral College when it meets to formally confirm the winner on December 14.

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US President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump’s allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states.

The Democrat beat his Republican rival in Georgia by 12,284 votes, according to the audit required by state law.

Biden’s victory margin in the public vote overall stands at more than 5.9 million. His victory in the US Electoral College system, which determines who becomes president, is projected to be 306 to 232 – far above the 270 he needs to win.

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ELSEWHERE – Mexico has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 – the fourth country to pass the sombre milestone.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the country has suffered 100,104 deaths since the pandemic began.

The news comes just days after the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country reported more than one million infections.

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China has congratulated US President -elect Joe Biden on his victory against incumbent President Donald Trump, nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election.

China was previously among a handful of major countries including Russia and Mexico that had not congratulated the president-elect, with Beijing commenting earlier this week simply that it had “noticed Mr Biden declared he is the winner”.

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“We respect the American people’s choice,” said China Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a regular news conference.

“We congratulate Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris.” Wang said China understands “the result of the US election will be determined in accordance with US laws and procedures,”

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U.S President Donald Trump and democratic challenger Joe Biden have been travelling across the nation as the US election race enters its final hours.

74year old Republican President Trump, visited five battleground states while his 77-year-old Democratic challenger spoke at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where the race also looks tight.

Biden, a former vice-president, has a healthy national lead in the latest polls ahead of Tuesday’s election. But his advantage is narrower in key states which could decide the result. More than 90 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century.

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IN AFGHANISTAN – Gunmen stormed Kabul university today ahead of the opening of an Iranian book fair, firing shots and sending students fleeing.

A spokesman for the ministry of interior Tariq Arian, told reporters that security forces were in the area trying to control the situation, while also advancing carefully to prevent any harm to the students.

The Taliban said they were not involved, but in recent years several education centres have been attacked by extremist groups such as Islamic State.

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US Supreme Court nominee Amy Barrett has evaded questions about her views on key issues on day two of her Senate confirmation hearing.

She stated she had “no agenda” and vowed to stick to “the rule of law”.

If Judge Barrett passes the committee hearing, the full Senate will vote to confirm or reject her for a lifelong place on the top US court.

ELSEWHERE – Johnson & Johnson has paused its Covid vaccine trial to investigate why one participant in the study fell ill.

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The company said an independent review would check if the person’s unexplained symptoms were related to the jab.

It has suspended recruitment to the phase three trial as a precaution.

The company said that for privacy reasons, it could not give more details about the participant.

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