China scientists allege coronavirus born in India
But these false claims of China were rejected by Professor David Robertson of Glasgow University, UK. He concluded that "it adds nothing to our understanding of coronavirus".

United Kingdom to launch new watchdog next year to police tech giants
The new code could also affect the media industry, which has lost much of its advertising revenues to Facebook and Google. Following EU legislation, Google has already signed similar agreements with French newspapers.

Mads Mikkelsen confirmed to replace Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts
Depp, who had earlier begun production on the third Fantastic Beasts movie in London, said he was asked to leave by Warner Bros. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3 is now in production, and is scheduled for release on 15 July 2022 .

COVID-19: Confirmed cases in USA surpass 13 million
Over the past one day, the U.S. recorded 205,557 COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's total tally to over 13.09 million. Now there are almost 90,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across the United States , according to the tracking project.

Pak vs NZ: New Zealand authorities ease some restrictions for Pakistan squad
Two previously reported cases are now considered to have recovered, bringing New Zealand's total number of active cases to 69. However, since then things have improved and Pakistani squad members have cooperated with authorities in New Zealand.

Red Deer with 170 active COVID-19 cases
Hospitalizations have grown to 405, an increase of 22 people since yesterday, and there are 86 people in the ICU. The province then works with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the school and the school board to monitor cases.

Novel Coronavirus Mutations Do Not Appear to Increase Transmissibility
New evidence found that this mutation was, in fact, not associated with a significantly increased transmission. The true origins of the deadly virus could lie in the trading of wildlife, much of it illegal, he said.

Face masks do NOT protect the wearer from coronavirus, Danish study finds
Roughly 40 states have implemented mask requirements of some sort , according to a database maintained by The New York Times . However, it cannot be ruled out that the widespread use of masks can be an effective means of reducing coronavirus infection.

Milwaukee County Finishes its Recount
Albeit slightly: Out of the roughly 460,000 ballots cast in Milwaukee County, Biden made a net gain of 132 votes on review. Biden, a Democrat, won the state by almost 20,600 votes, and his margin in Milwaukee and Dane counties was about 2-to-1.

The Mandalorian: Baby Yoda's name revealed as major character returns
Episode 5 of Season 2 of The Mandalorian finally had the debut Star Wars fans have been waiting for: live-action Ahsoka Tano . Well, guess what? Those macarons that Baby Yoda snacked on aren't just available in a galaxy far, far away anymore.

Ontario reports record 1,855 new COVID-19 cases
Over the past seven days, there has been an average of 1,523 new, lab-confirmed cases daily across the province. Ford made the remarks during his daily briefing, alongside Health Minister Christine Elliott and retired Gen.

Poland, Hungary moving deeper into isolation in European Union - senior EU diplomat
In that scenario, the bloc would operate under an emergency monthly budget, with the rule-of-law conditions still applying. This would allow funds to be denied to members that violated democratic norms, and could target Poland and Hungary.

Germany's COVID restrictions likely to continue in January - Merkel
Merkel said the exponential increase in new infections had come to a halt. "This is about how we can better protect people". It is not known if she was in the building at the time.

France reports 957 new Covid-19 deaths, hospitalisations down
The total number of recovered patients in Maharashtra stands at 16,68,538, while the death toll is at 46,813. Nunavut is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19, which brings the territory's active case count to 153.

Mediatonic teases a Wintery Holiday theme for Fall Guys Season 3
The video game industry annually hosts game awards to celebrate the different and wonderful titles that are now available to play. Seeing as winter is less than a week away, I don't think we will be waiting too long for Fall Guys season three.