France's COVID-19 related death toll tops 55,000

More than 55,000 people have died from COVID-19 in France, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement on Sunday.
Bird flu-hit Hiroshima culls over 130,000 chickens
Officials in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, are culling about 134,000 chickens after the H5 strain of bird flu was detected at a local farm.
U.S. police checks Russian airliner for explosive devices
New York police are checking a flight of Russian airline Aeroflot from Moscow at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for explosive devices, the Sputnik reported on Monday.
New US cases top 1 million over 5 days
Figures by Johns Hopkins University show that the number of new coronavirus infection cases in the first five days of December is about 1.04 million in the US.
Algerian airline resumes domestic flights after shutdown for over 8 months
Algeria's flag carrier airline Air Algeria Sunday resumed domestic flights after more than eight months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the official APS news agency reported.
Nationwide curfew to remain as Fiji fights COVID-19
The nationwide curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. (local time) will remain effective in Fiji as the island country continues to fight COVID-19, Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said on Monday.
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