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Biden makes picks for key public health roles as pandemic rages: sources

President- elect Joe Biden is likely to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of health and human services, while Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, is his likely choice to run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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EU weighs up sanctions against Turkey in east Med gas dispute

European Union foreign ministers evaluated grounds on Monday for sanctions against Turkey over a Mediterranean gas dispute before the bloc's leaders decide at a summit on Dec. 10-11 whether to make good on their threat to impose punitive measures.

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