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Pompeo refuses to acknowledge Biden has won election, sparking furor and ‘disgust’ among diplomats

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Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory as President-elect, saying at the State Department Tuesday that “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,” igniting a furor and roiling diplomats.

A leading Democrat chastised the secretary for “baseless and dangerous attacks” on the results of last week’s elections, while diplomats at the State Department reacted with “disgust” and anger at comments they saw as directly undermining their work to promote fair elections and peaceful democratic transitions overseas.

GameStop Announces Voluntary Early Redemption of Senior Notes

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GRAPEVINE, Texas, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), today announced that it will redeem $125 million in principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) on December 11, 2020. This voluntary early redemption covers approximately 63% of the outstanding Notes.

Notes selected for redemption will be redeemed at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding,

Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting secretary “effective immediately.”

The President jettisoned Esper two days after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential election, a conclusion that Trump has refused to accept.
Esper’s increasingly tense relationship with Trump led him to prepare a letter of resignation weeks ago,

Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective, early data from large trial indicate

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Pfizer and partner BioNTech said Monday that their vaccine against Covid-19 was strongly effective, exceeding expectations with results that are likely to be met with cautious excitement — and relief — in the face of the global pandemic.

The vaccine is the first to be tested in the United States to generate late-stage data. The companies said an early analysis of the results showed that individuals who received two injections of the vaccine three weeks apart experienced more than 90% fewer cases of symptomatic Covid-19 than those who received a placebo.

Earthquake Reported in Mass. Sunday Morning, Felt Across Region

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The strongest earthquake to hit southern New England in decades rattled homes and nerves Sunday morning, but didn’t cause any significant damage, authorities said.

The quake was first reported as magnitude 4.0, but later downgraded to 3.6. It centered in Bliss Corner, a section of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, struck just after 9 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The epicenter was near Buzzards Bay, off the coast of New Bedford. The quake hit at a depth of a little more than 9.3 miles and was felt across Massachusetts,

Memorable ‘Jeopardy!’ moments

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(CNN)The world has changed a great deal, but the love for “Jeopardy!” has not.

The game show and its host, Alex Trebek, have provided some stable enjoyment in the midst of much instability this past year.
Trebek died Sunday at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Despite being ill, the long-time host continued to work on his hit quiz show and recently enjoyed a rare night in which returning champion Kevin Walsh found himself answering the final question solo after the other two contestants ended up with either a deficit or zero balance.

World Leaders Congratulate Biden On Win, And Some Celebrate Trump’s Defeat

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Reactions to Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election poured in Saturday from world leaders expressing everything from congratulations for the president-elect to relief at President Trump’s defeat.

The statements came after The Associated Press called the election for Biden and without a concession from Trump, who prematurely declared victory and has sought to halt ballot counting in several key states.

U.S. allies such as the U.K., France, Germany, the European Union and Ukraine are among those congratulating the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

‘Game-Changer’: Kamala Harris Makes History As Next Vice President

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California Sen. Kamala Harris will become the next vice president of the United States, shattering another racial and gender barrier in American politics, at the end of a bruising presidential race that further exposed a bitterly divided electorate.

Harris, 56, will bring a legion of firsts to the vice presidency: A daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, she will be the first woman, the first Black person, the first Indian American and the first Asian American to hold the office.

The seven lives of Zidane at Real Madrid

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Crisis over . And it is not the first that Zidane leaves behind at Real Madrid , with the corresponding part that it has of merit. Almost the same as the titles won , because without having previously overcome many of the delicate moments that he has lived in the white bench, he would not have been able to achieve many of them.Tell that Rafa Benitez and to Julen Lopetegui , who did not pass the first crisis and that was his story to the front of the set target.

Rudy Giuliani, Flailing in Philadelphia, Seems to Have Found His Level

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It’s been a busy few weeks for Rudy Giuliani. Aside from the New York Post–Hunter Biden saga, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer was egged by protesters in the city where he was once mayor at what was supposed to be a demonstration in support of the president, and caught with his hand in his pants in Borat 2. Now he’s been deployed as one of the faces of Trump’s legal challenge to the election results, tweeting on Wednesday,