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US President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the presidential election – and wants to have another vote count stopped by the country’s Supreme Court. “We won this election,” Trump said in the White House the night before Wednesday, although the outcome of the election is still open in several key states. The campaign team of challenger Joe Biden sharply criticized Trump’s statements. As things stand, Trump accounted for 213 voters and Biden for 224. “Honestly, we won,” he said before supporters in the White House – although final results…

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Due to the increasing number of infections with the coronavirus, Hungary imposes a night-time curfew. Restaurants and clubs have to close, theaters, cinemas and other event organizers are only allowed to allocate one third of the available seats, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced in a video that appeared on his Facebook page last night. “The spread of the pandemic has accelerated,” Orban said. “It is time for us to take new steps to protect the functioning of hospitals and the lives of our elderly citizens”. The curfew will apply from…

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In a speech announced at short notice, Joe Biden expressed optimism that he would emerge as the winner of the US presidential election. “I have a good feeling,” he said and appealed to his supporters to continue to believe in victory. He prepared them for the fact that the counting would take even longer. Biden’s statement was apparently intended to pre-empt Donald Trump’s unproven accusations of election fraud. Trump accused Biden immediately after his brief speech of trying to “steal the election”. This promptly earned Trump a warning from Twitter.…

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US Election Result: 4 November 2020, 7.09 AM – European Time Challenger Biden is not performing as well as predicted in the polls. Florida goes to Trump, Arizona to Biden – Trump accuses Biden of trying to “steal” the election. The race for the office of US president turns out to be tighter than many polls have predicted. Neither incumbent Donald Trump nor challenger Joe Biden could surprise with overwhelming approval. Some polls had already predicted a landslide victory for Biden. So far, however, it appears that Trump is doing…

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Starting November 15, anyone wishing to enter Slovakia will have to prove a negative CoV test or take a quick test directly at the border. Health Minister Marek Krajci said this today in an interview with the TV news channel TA3. Contrary to what was previously announced, however, the regulation will not come into force until November 15. Until then, test stations are to be set up at all major border crossings, some smaller ones will be closed. Government sticks to second round of testingKrajci confirmed that the government is…

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Slovakia tested two thirds of its 5.5 million inhabitants for the coronavirus in only two days. Head of government Igor Matovic considered it a success today that more people than expected came to the rapid tests. More than 38,000 people who tested positive and now had to go into quarantine could otherwise have spread the infection undetected, he said. According to the results presented by the government in Bratislava, more than 3.6 million people took part in the unprecedented action over the weekend. All residents over ten years of age…

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If Trump does not win Pennsylvania and Florida, it is likely that his presidency will be lost. Texas could also wobble. Who will be the next US president is decided in a few US states. In many of the 50 states the same party always wins, but about a dozen are fiercely contested. In the election on November 3, the eyes will be on these “Battleground States” or “Swing States”. The Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have also been increasingly campaigning for votes there in the…

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Shortly before the election in the USA, President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden went on the final offensive in the election campaign – including mutual attacks. Biden tried to score with the Obama factor before the vote tomorrow: He appeared twice on Saturday with the former president in the particularly contested state of Michigan. Trump spoke four times to supporters in Pennsylvania, another important “swing state”, Biden followed the day after. For Trump, Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida were five campaign appearances in one day.…

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The emergency declared because of the coronavirus pandemic could last until Christmas in the Czech Republic. This was admitted by Interior Minister Jan Hamacek yesterday on Czech television CT. The return to normality is not a question of days, but of weeks and months. By this he meant a number of new infections in the hundreds or even thousands every day. Currently, the authorities reported 11,428 new cases within 24 hours. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,251 people have died. On Friday, the Chamber of Deputies in Prague had…

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