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Today’s top news: Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough sparks global stocks rally. Portugal imposes curfews in effort to curb coronavirus infections. Daily coronavirus tallies retreat in several states.

Peter Wells in New York Texas reported its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in two weeks on Monday, but is shrinking the gap with California to rank as the US state with the highest overall number of Covid-19 cases. A further 3,816 people tested positive over the past 24 hours, the health department revealed, down from 5,404 on Sunday and compared with 4,763 on Monday last week. It was the smallest single-day increase since October 25, but comes after cases topped 8,300 on Thursday, which was the biggest one-day jump in nearly three months. Authorities have for months been adding older cases from backlogs of tests at commercial laboratories to the statewide tally, although these are excluded from the daily count. More than 550 historical cases were revealed today by ...

Finance

They’re still counting the votes in a handful of the key battleground states in the presidential election – but a look at where the current vote totals stand points to a second straight White House race decided by razor thin margins.

They’re still counting the votes in a handful of the key battleground states in the presidential election – but a look at where the current vote totals stand points to a second straight White House race decided by razor thin margins. The Fox News Decision Desk projected on Saturday that Democratic presidenital nominee Joe Biden would win the state of Nevada and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, giving the former vice president the electoral votes he needed to defeat President Trump and become president-elect. But the president has yet to concede, as he hopes that a flurry of lawsuits he’s filed and a couple of recounts in key states will reverse Biden’s victory. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2020 ELECTION RESULTS FROM FOX NEWS Biden, as of Monday afternoon, had won a record breaking 75.67 m...

U.S.

Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto cut away from campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany speaking at a Trump campaign press conference on Monday afternoon. | Clips

Fox News Channel anchor Neil Cavuto cut away from campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany speaking at a Trump campaign press conference on Monday afternoon. McEnany said, “There is only one party in America trying to keep observers out of the count room, that party my friends is the Democrat party. You dont take these positions because you want an honest election. You dont oppose an audit of the vote because you want an accurate count. You dont oppose our effort at sunlight at transparency because you have nothing to hide. You take these positions because you are a welcoming fraud and you are welcoming illegal voting.” Cavuto said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, I just think we have to be very clear. Shes charging the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting, unless she has more deta...

Sports

Brexit: Lords inflict crushing defeats on Government in votes on Internal Market Bill Evening Standard
Brexit LIVE: Look at EU! Brexiteer sends warning letter to Biden after White House leak Daily Express
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Peers moved to strip controversial clauses from the UK Internal Market Bill that would enable ministers to break international laws. The Lords voted 433 to 165, a majority of 268, to reject law-breaking powers after fierce criticism by Tory former leader Michael Howard and Tory ex-chancellor Ken Clarke. The Government immediately responded following the result on Monday night, by insisting it would not back down. A Government spokesperson said: "We are disappointed that the House of Lords has voted to remove clauses from the UK Internal Market Bill, which was backed in the House of Commons by 340 votes to 256 and delivers on a clear Conservative manifesto commitment. "We will re-table these clauses when the Bill returns to the Commons. "We've been consistently clear that the clauses r...

Europe

Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder has ‘lost his marbles’ as the Bronze Bomber continues to claim a conspiracy was behind his heavyweight defeat to the Gypsy King in February. American Wilder lost his titles to Fury as he was dominated in the Las Vegas rematch, being knocked down twice before his corner threw in the towel in the seventh round. Wilder has once again been making excuses for his defeat by Fury Rather than taking the defeat gracefully, Wilder has spent the eight months since losing crying foul and making various excuses as to why Fury beat him in their rematch after a draw in the first bout. Immediately after the fight he blamed the costume he wore for his ring walk – claiming it was too heavy and caused him to fatigue – while a bicep injury suffered during the bout was la...

U.S.

Is Sam Allardyce the man to save Leeds United? Well, one Whites supporter certainly thinks so as Danny rang into talkSPORT to vent after his beloved Leeds lost 4-1 for the second match in a row. Marcelo Bielsa’s side may still be 15th in the Premier League and seven points clear of the bottom three, but they have faded somewhat after their excellent start to the season and results are going against them. It’s been a bad week for Leeds with two 4-1 defeats on the bounce Leeds have lost three of their past four matches, with each of the previous two going against them 4-1; first to Leicester, and then to Crystal Palace on Saturday. The manner of the defeats is certainly a worry for Bielsa, with Leeds now conceding more goals than any other Premier League side this season (17), and with ...

Sports

The former vice-president is projected to win the White House – but does not get to move in straight away.

image copyrightGetty Images Joe Biden has been projected to reach the 270 electoral college votes needed to beat Donald Trump in the race to the White House. What happens now? The former vice-president does not get to move his furniture into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue straight away - there are a few things that need to happen first. It's usually a smooth process, but there are extra complications this time due to probable legal challenges to the election. First the votes need to be certified in each of the states. That's usually a formality and happens in the next few weeks. It's written in the US Constitution that the new term of office begins on 20 January at noon. It happens at a ceremony called the inauguration which takes place in the capital, Washington DC. The new president and...

U.S.

Reports of waste and abuse in the Paycheck Protection Program inundate government watchdogs and federal prosecutors

WASHINGTONThe federal government is swamped with reports of potential fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, according to government officials and public data, casting a shadow on one of Washingtons signature responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Congress and the Trump administration designed the PPP to give small businesses fast and easy access to taxpayer funds, and it worked: About $525 billion in loans were distributed to 5.2 million companies between April 3 and Aug. 8. Many business owners say it was a lifeline...

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