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***** Analysis: Rising economic risks, but Fed likely won't tweak bond-buying for now ***** These rare red pandas are the new members of this Chile zoo ***** France's Macron calls for respect after comments by Turkish president ***** Dish Network reaches $210 million telemarketing settlement ***** U.S. leaders urgently called on Americans to wear masks as deaths from the coronavirus set a single-day record with 2,861 deaths reported on Thursday, according to a @Reuters tally of official data ***** Brexit deal not possible yet so PM Johnson to speak to EU chief ***** 'We're not Hungary,' Macron says, rejecting 'illiberal' accusations ***** The U.S. economy added the fewest workers in six months in November, hindered by a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases that, together with a lack of more government relief money, threatens the recovery from the pandemic recession ***** U.S. regulator fines The Cheesecake Factory for misleading COVID-19 impact disclosures ***** India considers changing new farm laws after mass protests ***** Moderna CEO confident of producing 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021 ***** Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray's fugitive local leader countered that civilians were protesting against looting by soldiers from Eritrea who are allied to the federal forces ***** U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe ***** Explainer: How France will distribute COVID-19 vaccines ***** Rare U.S. soybean cargo unloading at Paranaguá, port authority says ***** France's Macron says France must stop abuse of right of asylum ***** Bangladesh naval vessels carried about 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal despite complaints by refugees and rights groups that some were being coerced ***** Russia's 2020 inflation seen at 4.6–4.8% year-on-year: economy ministry ***** Serbia unearths mass grave from Kosovo war ***** Airlines try COVID-19 tested transatlantic flights to build confidence ***** From @Breakingviews: Dog demand has soared under lockdown, doubling the price of the average UK pooch to nearly 2,000 pounds. @edwardcropley has more ***** U.S. House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level ***** European Union officials said a post-Brexit trade deal could finally be clinched this weekend, but London insisted that negotiations were still 'very difficult' ***** WHO warns against pandemic complacency amid vaccine rollout ***** The House voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, but the legislation is not expected to advance further as long as the Senate remains in Republican hands