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French.china.org.cn | Updated on 09-12-2020-
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Here is our “Latest news” section at 03:00 GMT:
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Helicopter crash in south-eastern France: 5 dead and one injured
PARIS – A helicopter crashed Tuesday evening with six people on board in Savoie, in the south-east of France, killing five and one injured, according to the latest report published. Research is underway, while the local prefecture has triggered the air-land rescue plan and activated the departmental operational center.
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United States: Joe Biden appoints retired General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON – US President-elect Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he will appoint retired four-star general Lloyd Austin as US Secretary of Defense. If his appointment is confirmed by the US Senate, Mr. Austin, 67, will be the first African-American to lead the Pentagon.
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(COVID-19) United States: positive rate on the rise in New York State
NEW YORK – Of the 162,464 COVID-19 tests carried out in New York state on Monday, 9,335 came back positive, or 5.74% of the total, up from 4.79% a day earlier, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo . As of Tuesday afternoon, the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University recorded 35,063 deaths linked to the new coronavirus in New York State, the worst toll in the country.
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Israel to start vaccinating its population against COVID-19 on December 20 (ministry)
JERUSALEM – Israel will begin mass immunizing its population against COVID-19 from December 20, according to a senior health ministry official. Israel bought eight million doses of the vaccine last month, the first batch of which is expected to arrive in the country in the coming days.
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