AP News:中国外交部向拜登和哈里斯表示祝贺

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China has now congratulated Joe Biden on being elected President of the United States. An official government statement said -quote-"we respect the choice of the American people".
California is now the second state to record one million coronavirus cases. Texas was the first. More than 100,000 cases have been confirmed nationwide every day for more than a week.

New York City schools are still open despite rising coronavirus rates. The schools could be shut down with learning going online if 3% of tests in the city come back positive over seven days.
A helicopter crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed seven international peacekeeping personnel including five Americans. The force that monitors the Egypt-Israel peace deal says one American survived but was badly injured.