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The picture in Athens on the first day of the lockdown looked like anything but that, as opposed to the March lockdown during which people actually stayed home.

The prospect of a vaccine electrified world markets with the S&P 500 and Dow hitting record highs. JPMorgan said it expected the S&P 500 index to hit 4,000 points by early 2021.

Mr. Biden has a lot to do right off the bat for his  citizenry. He does not have a magic wand to deal with Greece and the new global realities.

Throughout Europe including Greece the COVID-19 pandemic is placing an excessive burden on public health conditions and is necessitating new lockdowns everywhere.

When Biden enters the White House on 20 January, the oldest person to assume the office at age 78, he likely will face a difficult task governing in a deeply polarised Washington.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable election victory in 2016. But in 2020, he needed a wider swath of voters to believe in his promise to “Make America Great Again

The US as a state is no longer the post-war pole that it was in the Cold War, nor is it the land of opportunity and collective mores that predominated internationally.

The government was forced into a lockdown that just a few weeks ago the PM declared would result in tragic repercussions on the economy and grave social injustices.

U.S. cases climb by record for second day in a row

Coronavirus cases in the United States surged by at least 120,276 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, the second consecutive daily record rise as the outbreak spreads in every region.

Measures include a one-off 800 euros to be paid to workers furloughed during November and expanding a fourth round of state loans to enterprises worth one billion euros.

'We have to stop this [COVID-19] wave. The 50 ICU beds that we added to Sotiria Hospital [donated by the Greek Parliament], at this rate could be filled in three to four days,' Mitsotakis said.

Not everyone should be allowed access to university buildings and the status of university student is not a license to vandalise property or to violently attack professors.

Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias in announcing the one-month lockdown said the epidemiological data are worsening as the spread of the virus has become much more aggressive.

Virology Professor Gkikas Magiorkinis said the virus' transmission rate in Thessaloniki is five times more rapid than that of the Attica region.

The day after the election the entire world will be looking at the US, a country that taught the world multi-culturalism and opportunity and that millions could dream and progress.

There have been countless incidents of violence over the years on university campuses that have been addressed with knee-jerk, timid, and ineffective initiatives.

(Reuters) - From the beach towns of Pinellas, Florida, to the suburbs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Wall Street will be closely watching a few dozen counties on Tuesday night for hints on who will win the U.S. presidential race.

From now on whoever remains silent in the face of such violence at universities is co-responsible. Whoever tolerates it shares the guilt.

With the images of crowding and laxity in summer vacation resorts experts had no doubt either about the advent of a second wave or about the results of such reckless behaviour.