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VOA NEWSNovember 16, 2020This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Jim Bertel.U.S. President Donald Trump asserted on Twitter on Sunday (he would soon file) "big cases" challenging the 2020 election results in which Joe Biden is the projected president-elect.Earlier, President Trump appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Biden won the presidential election. AP's Ben Thomas reports.Trump did not use Biden's name but says "He won," at the same time making clear he is not conceding and will keep trying to overturn the election result.The Sunday morning tweets included several baseless claims about the November 3 vote calling it rigged and only a victory for Biden in the eyes of the media.(state and) federal officials say the election was safe and secure.On ABC's This Week, Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton called on Republicans to speak up."If the Republican voters are only hearing Donald Trump's misrepresentations, it's not surprising that they believe it. It's critical for other Republican leaders to stand up and explain what actually happened."Ben Thomas, Washington.U.N.-led talks aimed at appointing an interim administrator in Libya to help bring an end to a decade of conflict concluded without naming the exe(cutive).The U.N. says the parties have agreed to a virtual meeting in about a week to "agree on the selection mechanism for the coming authority."The leader of Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray region confirmed on Sunday that his forces had fired rockets at the airport in Eritrea's capital. It's a major escalation that raises fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa region.Tigray's leader accused neighboring Eritrea of sending tanks and thousands of troops into Tigray in support of an Ethiopian government offensive.Ethiopian ... Ethiopia launched the campaign in Tigray on November 4.From Washington, you're listening to VOA news.Israel's Housing Ministry and a settlement watchdog group say the country is moving forward on the construction of hundreds of new homes for Jewish residents in a sensitive east Jerusalem neighborhood. AP's Zaria Shaklee reports.The Housing Ministry has opened up tenders for more than 1,200 new homes in the Givat Hamatos area of Jerusalem. The settlement watchdog group Peace (Now and) other critics say construction there would seal off the Palestinian city of Bethlehem from east Jerusalem, further cutting off access for the Palestinians to the eastern sector of the city, which they claim as capital of their hoped-for state.The move may test ties with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to take a firmer tack against Israeli settlement expansion after four years of a more lenient policy under President Donald Trump.I'm Zaria Shaklee.The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reports more than (54) million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world as of Sunday.The U.S., India and Brazil continue to top the list as the places with the most infections.In Europe, the continent is facing another surge of the coronavirus and several countries have imposed tighter COVID-19 restrictions.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after being in contact with a member of parliament who tested positive for COVID-19. Johnson fell sick with the virus in April.In minutes, SpaceX, the (rocket company of) high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, will launch four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station. It's NASA's first operational mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.A test flight earlier this year sent two astronauts to the [spada] space outpost.Dustin Johnson captures Masters golf tournament in record fashion. AP's ??? has the story.Johnson has posted a record 20-under-par total to win the Masters by commanding five shots. Johnson overcame two early ... with a final round 68 to secure the win over Australia's Cameron Smith and South Korea's Sung-jae Im, who tied for second with 15-under.The 36-year-old Johnson claimed to the tournament with the first day 65 and dominated from there on a ... Augusta National course.It was his second major win ending a long wait after winning the U.S. Open back in 2016.I'm ???.The European Mediterranean Seismological Center says a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Min(danao in the Phili)ppines on Sunday. The quake was at a depth of 15 kilometers.For more news, go to . Via remote, I'm Jim Bertel, VOA news. ................
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