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Updated 12:05 a.m. ET, January 8, 2021
What you need to know
More than half of Covid-19 cases might have been transmitted by people not showing symptoms, according to a new study by US CDC researchers.
The UK has introduced mandatory coronavirus testing for all international arrivals and extended a southern Africa travel ban to curb a new Covid-19 variant.
Israel s PM said every citizen aged over 16 would be vaccinated by the end of March after the country reached a deal with Pfizer to speed up deliveries.
Japan declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures after the country reported a record rise in Covid-19 cases.
Trump s former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney resigns
From CNN s Kevin Liptak
Mick Mulvaney, then acting White House chief of staff, listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 2, 2020. Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, has resigned.
He told CNBC in an interview this morning that he called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last night and resigned. I called Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay, Mulvaney said in the interview.
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By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN
Updated 10:34 AM ET, Wed December 30, 2020
Palestinian DJ Sama Abdul Hadi poses outside her apartment in Paris during a photo session in December 2017. (CNN)A leading female Palestinian DJ has been remanded in custody for 15 days after she was arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for performing at a party at a Muslim holy site, leading to claims of official over-reaction to an event that sparked furious scenes over the weekend.
PA security forces detained DJ Sama Abdul Hadi and several others at the party on Saturday at Nabi Musa, the site where Moses is believed to be buried, which lies in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Jericho.