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Monday 28 November 2022 00:59 EST

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TOP STORIES

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA — Authorities eased anti-virus rules in scattered areas but reaffirmed China’s severe “zero- COVID” strategy after crowds demanded President Xi Jinping resign during protests against controls that confine millions of people to their homes. By Joe McDonald. SENT: 610 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA-POLITICAL PRESSURES — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his draconian “zero COVID” program that will soon enter its fourth year. By Dake Kang. SENT: 1,130 words, photo.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR-HEALTH SYSTEM — Devastating Russian strikes, which continued last week and plunged Ukraine into darkness again, have cut off power to many hospitals. Power outages have strained and disrupted the country’s health care system, already battered by years of corruption, mismanagement, the COVID-19 pandemic and nine months of war. Scheduled operations are being postponed; patient records are unavailable because of internet outages; and paramedics have had to use flashlights to examine patients in darkened apartments. By Yuras Karmanau, Sam Mednick and Dasha Litvinova. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.

ELECTION 2022-ARIZONA — Six Arizona counties must decide Monday whether to certify 2022 election results amid pressure from some Republicans not to officially approve a vote count that had Democrats winning for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide races. By Jonathan J. Cooper. SENT: 560 words, photos. UPCOMING: Certification votes at 11 a.m. Also see ELECTION 2024-SENATE below.

FEDERAL PRISONS-SEXUAL ABUSE — The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” goes on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells. By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 5 a.m.

BRITAIN-EARTHSHOT — Prince William and the Princess of Wales will be looking to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators when they make their first visit to the U.S. in eight years this week, a trip likely to be dogged by tensions with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, who have criticized Britain’s royal family in the American media. By Danica Kirka. SENT: 800 words, photos.

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