Tweets Of The Day

AP Morning Wire:

• US endorses widespread use of vaccine as deaths mount.
• In French virus ward, death is harshest foe but also a fact.
• Across US, Europe, pandemic grips economies.
• The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stop.
https://t.co/GgmhEyp84I pic.twitter.com/NBnL3vYGVN

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 11, 2020

Germany faces calls for second lockdown before Christmas after recording 585 deaths in one day

Russia and Ukraine also reported record numbers of fatalities on Friday https://t.co/wE7bpFe2IF

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 11, 2020

Analysis by The Economist suggests that between 18% and 24% of Americans have been infected so far, or between 60m and 82m people https://t.co/iAz8CZ1v8X

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 11, 2020

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty https://t.co/2m1JTfLJcZ pic.twitter.com/B16pMJZxgu

— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) December 11, 2020

#UPDATE Morocco basked in US recognition of its sovereignty over the #WesternSahara Friday after outgoing President Donald Trump changed policy on the decades-old dispute in return for Rabat agreeing to normalise relations with Israel https://t.co/wbUXLVAEfC pic.twitter.com/B4E70jLw50

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 11, 2020

The federal investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter's taxes is looming over the incoming administration's transition efforts. That includes the choice of an attorney general who would have to oversee a probe into Biden’s son. https://t.co/BNd8fQhVU7

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) December 10, 2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4

— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020