• The doses will go to 14 sites around Canada, with the most vulnerable, including the elderly in long-term care facilities and healthcare workers, first in line for shots.

• Trump objects to the fiscal 2021 NDAA because it does not repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

• Netanyahu said none of the normalisation deals "would have been possible" without the Trump administration.

• Britain cannot compromise on the "fundamental nature" of Brexit, controlling UK laws and fisheries, the prime minister said.

• More than 1.1 million new cases have been confirmed in the past week and the death toll is nearing 298,000 in the US.

• IGAD was founded in 1996 and brings together the east African nations of Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda.

• Her detention comes months after China held a high-profile Chinese-born Australian journalist, citing similar suspicions.

• Some scientists have opposed this plan because if trial participants become "unblinded" and find out what they received, they may change their behavior and this would corrupt the trial's data.

• Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were due to talk by phone later in the day.

• Labour unrest is not uncommon in India, with workers paid poorly and given few or no social security benefits.

• He added that it is the highest medal awarded in recognition of logistics contribution and support of the troops.

• As a deadline approached to decide whether to continue or abandon negotiations.

• The asylum-seekers have returned to Kara Tepe camp which houses 7,300 migrants, including vulnerable groups, in harsh conditions.

• The French and American heads of the Minsk Group, which led talks on the conflict for decades but failed to achieve a lasting agreement, met with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Saturday.

• A chase ensured after a lone 26-year-old man aboard refused to stop. He subsequently jumped off the vessel and was arrested, the coastguard said in a statement.

• Bourita, in the interview, highlighted Morocco's enduring connection to Israel through its domestic Jewish community and the estimated 700,000 Israeli Jews of Moroccan descent.

• The draft proposal would allow only essential shops such as supermarkets and pharmacies, as well as banks, to remain open.
• Germany has been in partial lockdown for six weeks, with bars and restaurants closed, while stores and schools have remained open. Some regions have already imposed tougher measures as infections grew.

• Angry farmers staged demonstrations near New Delhi after rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurances that the laws would double farmers’ income.
• Six rounds of talks between government officials and farmer union leaders have failed to resolve the challenge faced by Modi’s government.

• Bureau of Meteorology issued a “severe weather warning” for the border area between New South Wales and Queensland states, a heavily populated area that includes the Queensland state capital Brisbane.
• Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, is now under the flood warning, which includes urging drivers to avoid roads where waters were already rising.

• Police, some in riot gear, used their bodies and bicycles to keep the groups apart. There was also at least one clash between police and counter-protesters.
• Six people were arrested, following five arrests Friday night related to a brawl, local media reported.

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• Talks are continuing overnight, but as things stand the offer on the table from the EU remains unacceptable.
• The two sides have set a deadline of Sunday to find agreement and prevent a chaotic break.

• The loan will be used to boost longer-term financing for businesses hit by the pandemic downturn and to fund programmes focused on increasing their use of technology.
• The economy of the former Yugoslav republic is set to contract by 4.6% this year.

• The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus.
• The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

• Four Royal Navy patrol ships on standby.
• Conservative lawmaker calls move "irresponsible".
• French govt says "keep calm and carry on".

• The hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 199 to 57,761, compared with 304 deaths recorded on Friday.

• Doses of the vaccine from Pfizer and partner BioNTech , which was authorized for use by US regulators on Friday.
• Healthcare workers and elderly people in long-term care facilities are expected to be the main recipients of the first wave of 2.9 million shots in December.

*Organizers Stop The Steal, linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups urged supporters to participate in "Jericho Marches" and prayer rallies. * My charge to you is to go back to where you are from" and make demands, Flynn told the crowd, without being more specific.

• "Today, I wish to announce some further commitments for 2030," told Xi.
• That compares to targets China announced in 2015 of lowering carbon intensity by 60-65% by 2030.

• The US aviation regulator said pilots and controllers must not fly or conduct safety-related duties for 48 hours after receiving doses.
• The FAA added that additional vaccines will each be evaluated as emergency use authorizations are issued by the Food and Drug Administration.

• The survey by pollster Datafolha found 73% of respondents plan to take a shot and 5% do not know if they will, compared to 89% and 3%, respectively, in August.
• Only 47% of participants would take a vaccine made in China, while 50% said they would not take it and 3% said they were undecided.