— Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US

— Italy hits record 39,800 daily coronavirus cases

— Germany reports daily record of more than 23,000 virus cases

— North Dakota, South Dakota have nation's worst virus deaths per capita in last 30 days

— Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows diagnosed with the coronavirus

— Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

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