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News in brief ‘Our divisions u Australian run deep,’ Japan’s Suga to host Australian Prime Minister Biden ignores Trump to build team PM in first visit by foreign leader Scott Morrison TOP Seven dead as Typhoon Obama says in will travel to Tokyo next week to meet his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide President-elect Joe Biden names longtime adviser chief-of-staff in first key hire new book Suga against the backdrop of increasing TWEETS4 tensions with China. Morrison said he was “honoured” to be the first foreign leader Biden eyes on to pay an official visit to Japan since Suga Vamco lashes Philippines pandemic• response as took office in September. “Our relationship 01 with Japan over the past few years has really hospitalisations soar gone from strength to strength,” he told Typhoon Vamco triggers Manila’s worst floods in years reporters in Canberra. Reuters | Washington u Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the Ethiopian army The typhoon is the eighth to resident-elect Joe Biden west of Tigray state, Prime • ‘liberated’ west Tigray: PM will press on with build- hit the Philippines in the past Minister Abiy Ahmed says, accusing ing his governing team on Klain’s deep, two months and 21st of the year his foes of atrocities during a week of P yesterday, ignoring President varied experience fighting that threatens to destabilise R Donald Trump’s refusal to ac- and capacity to work the Horn of Africa. Air strikes and Reuters | Manila Barack Obama cept defeat. with people all across ground combat have killed hundreds, AFP | Washington New records for coronavirus the political spectrum sent refugees flooding into Sudan, infections and hospitalizations is precisely what I need stirred Ethiopia’s ethnic divisions and hilippine President Rodrigo Duterte ensured that the transition will in a White House chief yesterday ordered government agen- ormer president Barack raised questions over the credentials of be dominated by the response to of staff as we confront cies to hasten relief efforts after a Obama says in the first Abiy, Africa’s youngest leader who won P F the pandemic, which has accel- this moment of crisis powerful typhoon killed at least seven peo- volume of his upcoming a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. erated since the Nov. 3 election. and bring our country ple and unleashed some of the worst flood- memoir that the divisions in Libyans agree preliminary u Libyans agreed in Trump remains in office until together again. ing in years in the capital Manila. America “run deep” and the UN-led talks a plan to hold Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. @JoeBiden Duterte cut short his attendance of a vir- departure of Donald Trump plan for elections: UN elections within 18 months, On Wednesday, Biden, who Ron Klain (L) and Joe Biden (R) during a meeting regarding Ebola in 2014 (file photo) tual meeting of Southeast Asian leaders to from the White House will as diplomatic efforts grow to end has shrugged off Trump’s chal- on Wednesday with more than World leaders congratulate inspect the damage from Typhoon Vamco, not be enough to bridge the a decade of violence in the North lenge to his victory, named long- 142,000 new coronavirus infec- Biden moments after a speech during which he divide. African country. Delegates from across time adviser Ron Klain as his tions and nearly 65,000 hospi- 02 urged his counterparts to urgently combat In an excerpt from “A Libya “reached a preliminary roadmap White House chief of staff, his talizations, according to a Reu- Biden has claimed enough the effects of climate change. Promised Land,” which for ending the transitional period and His deep, varied first major appointment. ters tally. The death toll rose by experience and of the battleground states to The typhoon, the eighth to hit the Phil- goes on sale on Tuesday, organising free, fair, inclusive and Attention is now expected to 1,464, approaching the levels surpass the 270 electoral votes ippines in the past two months and 21st of Obama, America’s first credible presidential and parliamentary shift to Biden’s picks for cabi- reached during a catastrophic capacity to work with needed in the state-by-state the year, forced residents to scramble onto Black president, reflects on elections,” interim UN envoy Stephanie net posts, though aides have so first wave early this year. people all across the Electoral College that deter- rooftops to await rescue after tens of thou- A man carrying a child on his shoulders wades through a flooded street following Typhoon Vamco the four years since he left Williams told journalists. far given few clues about when In Klain, Biden brings in a political spectrum is mines the presidency. He is also sands of homes were submerged. Reuters. office. u Kyrgyz Prime Kyrgyz PM to step down as announcements will be made. trusted and experienced oper- precisely what I need winning the popular vote by s president, @Joe- Those killed across the main island of “Aside from some clothes and laptops, “Our democracy seems Minister Sadyr On foreign policy, Antony ative who also served as Vice in a White House chief more than 5.2 million votes, or ABiden will make Luzon, home to half of the country’s 108 nothing is left.” to be teetering on the brink Japarov said he acting president, run in election Blinken, a diplomat and long- President Al Gore’s top aide of staff as we confront 3.4 percentage points, with a corporations and the million population, included people who The typhoons have battered the Phil- of crisis -- a crisis rooted would step down as acting president of time confidant, is seen as a during Bill Clinton’s adminis- this moment of crisis few states still counting ballots. wealthiest finally pay drowned, an elderly man hit by a tree and ippines as it faces an uphill struggle to in a fundamental contest the Central Asian nation in the coming possible choice for Secretary tration. World leaders have recog- their fair share—and he three workers crushed when a warehouse KNOW WHAT breathe life into its withering economy between two opposing vi- days in order to run in the January 10 of State or National Security “He was always highly in - and bring our country nized Biden’s victory, with Aus- won’t ask a single person collapsed. while keeping coronavirus infections under sions of what America is presidential election. Parliamentary Adviser. formed and his advice was al- together again tralia, Japan and South Korea making under $400,000 It struck areas still reeling from Goni, the control. and what it should be,” the speaker Talant Mamytov, a close ally of Whoever is chosen for Treas- ways grounded in exceptional JOE BIDEN joining the list of allies congrat- per year to pay a penny most powerful typhoon in the world this Roughly 40,000 homes had either been 59-year-old Obama said in the prime minister, will take over as acting ury Secretary will have to cope command of the policy process, ulating Biden in phone calls and more in taxes. year, which killed 25 people and destroyed Typhoon Vamco, the sixth fully or partially submerged in the Mariki- the excerpt published yes- head of state in line with the constitution, with a recession and jobless- the merits of the arguments, and reaffirming plans to form close @KamalaHarris thousands of homes earlier this month. storm to hit the Philippines in na area, a situation its mayor, Marcelino terday in The Atlantic. Japarov told a news briefing. ness, as well as serving as the the political and justice con- ties with the president-elect. “Rest assured, the government will not the past five weeks, is equiv- Teodoro, said was “overwhelming” and The crisis “has left the fulcrum to address wealth in- text,” Gore told Reuters. that could affect the outcome, China and Russia, however, leave anybody behind,” Duterte said in a the worst since a typhoon flooded large body politic divided, angry, u Australia moved to prosecute alleged war crimes by its special alent in force to a Category 2 forces deployed in Afghanistan, years after harrowing reports emerged equality, climate change and As Biden’s chief of staff dur- and a skeptical reception from have held off. 03 national address, pledging shelter, relief hurricane swathes of the capital in 2009. and mistrustful,” he said. of civilians and prisoners being killed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison -- citing other issues. ing the 2008-2009 financial judges. As Trump, the first US pres- goods, financial aid and counselling. “The local government cannot handle It has also “allowed for allegations of “serious and possibly criminal misconduct” -- appointed a special Klain, who served as Pres - crisis, Klain helped oversee the Since the election was called ident to lose a re-election bid Nearly 200,000 people were evacuated this,” Teodoro told DZMM radio, requesting an ongoing breach of insti- investigator, a move to forestall any prosecution at the International Criminal ident Barack Obama’s “Ebola implementation of the $787 bil- for Biden by major news organ- since 1992, desperately tries to before Vamco arrived late on Wednesday people waded through waist-high floods, motorised boats and airlifts. tutional norms, procedural Court. Czar” in 2014 during an out - lion Recovery Act that boosted izations on Saturday, Trump cling to power, Democrats and packing winds of 155 kilometres (96 miles) carrying valuables and pets. Residents posted images on social media safeguards, and the adher- break of that virus in West Afri- the then-cratering economy. has maintained a minimal pub- other critics have accused him per hour and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 Coastguard swam through brown flood- of flooded homes and the disaster agency ence to basic facts that both ca, is expected to take a leading Meanwhile Trump has fo - lic schedule, preferring instead of aiming to undermine public mph). It has since weakened and exited water as high as electricity poles in some said parts of 36 cities and towns were in- Republicans and Democrats role in the Biden administra- cused on efforts to overturn the to air his grievances on Twit- trust in the US election system the mainland. areas, while rescue workers used rubber undated. once took for granted.” COVID-1:9 Countries worst affected tion’s response to the nation- election’s results in closely con- ter, and has not addressed the and delegitimize Biden’s victory ur Republican chal- Duterte told Southeast Asian leaders the boats and makeshift floats to move children Flights and mass transit in Manila were Obama said he was “en- Country Total cases Total wide spike in COVID-19 cases. tested states, despite present- climbing virus caseload nation- through unproven, anecdotal Olengers, monitoring devastation of recent weeks was “a stark and the elderly to safety. suspended and port operations stopped. couraged” by the election deaths Global tally The United States set records ing no evidence of irregularities wide. claims of voter fraud. the ballot count in De - reminder of the urgency of collective action In some suburbs east of Manila, residents Government work was halted and financial victory of his former vice troit, Michigan suffered to combat the effects of climate change”. took refuge atop flooded homes. markets shut. president, Joe Biden, and 1 USA 10,799,683 247,946 inexcusable harassment “The flood reached the entire second Vamco was headed towards Vietnam, his running mate Kamala ‘Overwhelming’ 2 India 8,727,900 128,686 52,928,265 & intimidation, including floor of our house. For more than eight where devastating floods and mudslides Harris, and their “character Australia Post Turkmenistan erects giant gilded dog monument racial and gender slurs. Nearly three million households in and hours, we stayed at our neighbour’s house,” over the past month have killed at least 160 and capacity to do what is 3 Brazil 5,751,485 163,492 Deaths These men and women around Manila were without power as call center worker Albert Rano, 35, told people in central areas. right.” Reuters | Ashgabat 4 France 1,898,710 42,960 will deliver mail deserve to be HEARD! I will share new details to- 5 Russia 1,858,568 32,032 1,296,339 to Aboriginal huge gilded statue of a dog night with @seanhannity 6 Spain 1,484,868 40,461 Ahas been unveiled on a at 9 pm ET! Recovered: place names busy traffic circle in the capital @kayleighmcenany 7 UK 1,290,195 50,928 AFP | Sydney of Turkmenistan by the coun- Laser-guided lightning may help prevent wildfires 8 Argentina 1,273,356 34,531 36,903,118 try’s longtime leader, who has ustralia’s postal ser- also written an ode to the local AFP | Sydney up and delivered to a specific 9 Colombia 1,165,326 33,312 New cases Avice has started de - breed and gifted one to Russian 04 point and trigger an electrical 10 Italy 1,066,401 43,589 livering mail addressed to President Vladimir Putin. mall, portable laser point- discharge. indigenous place names, The statue, with a screen Sers could be used to guide We can imagine a Although it is yet to be test- 11 Mexico 986,177 96,430 +497,505 in response to an online showing Turkmenistan’s be- lightning strikes, with a study future where this ed outside a lab, the technique 12 Peru 928,006 35,031 campaign calling for the loved Alabai dogs in action suggesting the technology may technology may could potentially be used to New deaths change. wrapped around the pedestal, prevent bolts from sparking induce electrical control dry lightning strikes, 13 Germany 745,523 12,230 Australia Post said it had joins another on a different wildfires, a researcher said yes- discharge from infamous for sparking large 14 South Africa 744,732 20,076 +7,409 updated its guidelines so major junction, also coated in terday. blazes including several major Australians could include gold, of President Kurbanguly enerosity that sup- A team of international scien- passing lightning, bushfires in Australia and the Figures as of closing traditional place names in ports the weak, tists have shown storm clouds helping to guide it western US in the past year, Mi- G to safe targets and Middle East the addresses of senders or The statue of a Turkmen shepherd dog in Ashgabat consoles the afflicted, could be “short-circuited” by roshnichenko added. Country Total new Total New Total Active recipients. relieves suffering and using a hollow laser -- like a pipe reduce the risk of “We can imagine a future cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases “Acknowledging the tra- Berdymukhamedov himself, adag, or protector. restores dignity to those of light -- to deliver particles catastrophic fires where this technology may in- ditional custodians of this seated on a horse. He has praised the Alabai, or stripped of it, is a con- into the clouds and draw light- VLADLEN SHVEDOV duce electrical discharge from land, their ancestors, elders KNOW WHAT Dogs and horses are sources Central Asian shepherd dog, as dition for a fully human ning strikes, research co-au- passing lightning, helping to Egypt 109,881 6,405 100,662 2,814 and the commitment to of national pride in the isolat- national heritage and written life. #WorldDayOfT- thor Professor Andrey Mirosh- ANU RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PHYSICS guide it to safe targets and re- Saudi 343,373 +405 5,235 +18 329,715 8,423 reconciliation with indig- ed desert nation, where they a book as well as a poem about hePoor nichenko from the University of duce the risk of catastrophic Arabia enous Australians is very are widely used by the many them. He gave Putin an Alabai @Pontifex New South Wales in Canberra “It turns out that to deliv - fires,” co-researcher Vladlen important to us,” the com- The Alabay is a home- traditional herders among the puppy in 2017. said. er particles, you do not need Shvedov, from the ANU Research A firefighter walks past burning trees during a battle against bushfires in UAE 146,735 +1,136 523 +3 141,215 4,997 pany said on Instagram on bred Turkmen variety population of six million, which The large, stocky breed is In lab tests, the team -- which high-intensity lasers, even low School of Physics, said. Australia Kuwait 134,932 +773 830 +4 125,593 8,509 Wednesday. of the Central Asian largely depends on revenues known as wolf crusher for its also included scientists from intensity like your laser pointer The research, published in “That’s why we’ve worked shepherd dog and from natural gas reserves. prowess in guarding sheep and Disclaimer: (Views expressed the Australian National Univer- ko said. accurate. will be already enough,” Mirosh- Nature Communications last Oman 119,442 +256 1,326 +5 110,050 8,066 on how you can include tra- is listed under the Berdymukhamedov has run goats and is also used to guard by columnists are personal and sity (ANU) -- successfully used a In the past, high-powered But the new research suggest- nichenko said. month, also involved Texas ditional place names when country’s national the tightly-controlled former homes and for dog fights, a pop- need not necessarily reflect our laser tractor beam to direct the lasers were needed to achieve ed that small, hand-held lasers Using a tractor beam with A&M University in Qatar and Qatar 135,132 +245 234 +1 132,153 2,745 sending and receiving your Soviet republic since 2007 and ular entertainment in Turk- editorial stances) path of an electrical discharge to similar results, making the tech- could be used in the field within a hollow centre, micro-parti- the University of California in parcel.” heritage is unofficially known as Ark- menistan. specific targets, Miroshnichen- nique dangerous, costly and in- the next decade, he said. cles in the air could be heated Los Angeles.