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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York ruled Saturday that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully, a determination that invalidated Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people from deportation.

NEW YORK, Nov 14 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has expressed the hope that United States, under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, would adopt a balanced approach towards India and Pakistan, and help prevent an all-out confrontation that threatens the region.

“We hope that, as in the past, the U.S. would adopt a balanced approach towards both India and Pakistan, an approach that is equitable, that takes into account the national interests of not only India, but also Pakistan,” he said in an wide-ranging interview with Newsweek.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (APP): Secretary-General United Nations, Antonio Guterres has warned that people with diabetes are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”.

In a message for World Diabetes Day, on Saturday, the United Nation’s (UN) chief called for working together to limit the disease that effects a large number of people worldwide.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday refuted U.S. President Donald Trump's claim about New York state's preparation for COVID-19 vaccination, saying it "untrue."

"What the president says is just untrue. ... We trust the drug companies," Cuomo told CNN's Situation Room.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They’re emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who wears it.

Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people to wear masks because of evidence that it stops people who are infected with coronavirus — whether they know it or not — from spreading it to others.

But this week the CDC posted a new scientific brief discussing recent studies finding that a wearer gets some protection.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (APP): The UN General Assembly’s main committee has adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a Pakistan-sponsored resolution under which the 193-member Assembly would reaffirm the urgent need to reach an early agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (APP): Three Pakistani draft resolutions focusing on regional disarmament were adopted with overwhelming support by the UN General Assembly’s main committee on Tuesday that diplomats here said could lead to the strengthening of international peace and security.

The resolutions dealt with regional disarmament, conventional arms control at regional and sub-regional levels as well as Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in the regional and sub-regional context.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infections that shows no signs of slowing.

The new wave appears bigger and more widespread than the surges that happened in the spring and summer — and threatens to be worse. But experts say there are also reasons to think the nation is better able to deal with the virus this time around.

NEW YORK, Nov 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 50 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The global case count reached 50,052,204, with a total of 1,253,110 deaths worldwide as of 11:24 a.m. local time (1624 GMT), the CSSE data showed.

NEW YORK, Nov 08 (APP): US President-elect Joe Biden has thanked American voters for delivering “a clear victory” for him in the fiercely-fought election, calling America a “beacon for the globe” and promising to lead it by setting an example.

“Tonight the whole world is watching America and I believe at our best, America is a beacon for the globe.