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The Iraqi government will lodge an international lawsuit against the US for violating the country’s sovereignty and using internationally-banned depleted uranium weapons in civilian areas.

President Donald Trump is demanding that the Supreme Court overturn the results of the U.S. election. He accuses four states of committing voter fraud. And he's joined by 17 attorneys-generals in a lawsuit demanding that votes for Joe Biden not be counted in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia. The lawsuit comes ahead of next week's Electoral College, which is expected to officially confirm Biden as the next president.

Police in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu has punished a 24-year-old man for leaking personal information of a confirmed Covid-19 patient. The patient, a 20-year-old woman, is believed to have suffered from cyber bullying after her information was leaked online. She has been targeted and labelled as the person to blame for the new Covid-19 outbreak in the city because of her frequent visits to local bars and clubs. Is it possible to strike a balance between personal privacy and public safety amid fight with the pandemic?

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been around a long time. But 2020 was the year the 80-year-old physician became a household name. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And he's become the unofficial spokesperson on the coronavirus. One thing Fauci said this year tops an annual list of 2020's best quotations.

December the 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. More than 1 billion people in the world - live with a disability. Yet - many have no access to affordable healthcare - and are -at a high risk of violence. The United Nations finds - there is not enough being done - to advocate for those with disabilities. Especially because - they are among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and are more likely to die from the disease.

China has condemned the killings of Afghan civilians by Australian soldiers, with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying saying -- the Australian government - should feel "ashamed" by the murders. A recent major report found - that Australian Special Forces were allegedly involved - in the murders of 39 Afghan civilians. In some cases, prisoners were killed as a way of "blooding," or initiating junior soldiers, before inventing cover stories and planting weapons on corpses.

The global response to confront the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting efforts to fight another deadly pandemic: HIV-AIDS. Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. More than 12 million people around the world are waiting for access to treatment for the life-threatening condition, which has no cure. The global vaccine effort to combat Covid-19 is moving more quickly, but it is also slowing down decades of progress toward eliminating HIV-AIDS.

China's advent of the moderately prosperous society, xiǎokāng shèhuì, and the central achievement of eradicating all extreme poverty by the end of this year, 2020.

the 5th anniversary of the Five Major Development Concepts, formulated by President Xi Jinping in 2015 as the overarching, guiding strategy for China's economic and social development.

The 14th Five-Year Plan is deemed critical, given decreasing international trade such that demand for Chinese goods is less, and a volatile global environment such that sensitivity to China's rise is more, thus preparing the country for economic challenges at home and growing hostilities abroad.